Hebrew Lexicon Strong's Concordance Definition

Strong's H1961: הָיָה (hâyâh) Definition

Strong's number
H1961
Lemma
הָיָה
Transliteration
hâyâh
Pronunciation
haw-yaw
Strong's definition
to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary) beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use. a primitive root (compare H1933 (הָוָא));

3126 instances of the word הָיָה hâyâh (H1961)


  • Jeremiah 2:28 - But where are thy gods that thou hast made thee let them arise if they can save thee in the time of thy trouble for according to the number of thy cities But where are thy gods O Judah

  • Jeremiah 2:31 - O generation see ye the word of the LORD Have I been a wilderness unto Israel a land of darkness wherefore say my people We are lords we will come

  • Jeremiah 3:1 - They say put away If a man his wife and she go If a man from him and become another shall he return unto her again be greatly be greatly shall not that land but thou hast played the harlot lovers with many shall he return unto her again to me saith the LORD

  • Jeremiah 3:3 - have been withholden Therefore the showers and there hath been no latter rain forehead and thou hadst a whore's thou refusedst to be ashamed

  • Jeremiah 3:9 - And it came to pass through the lightness of her whoredom that she defiled the land and committed adultery with stones and with stocks

  • Jeremiah 3:16 - And it shall come to pass when ye be multiplied and increased in the land in those days saith of the LORD they shall say no more The ark of the covenant of the LORD neither shall it come to mind neither shall they remember it neither shall they visit it neither shall that be done

  • Jeremiah 4:9 - And it shall come to pass at that day saith the LORD shall perish and the heart of the king and the heart of the princes shall be astonished and the priests and the prophets shall wonder

  • Jeremiah 4:10 - Then said I Ah Lord GOD surely deceived deceived this people and Jerusalem Then said Ye shall have peace reacheth whereas the sword unto the soul

  • Jeremiah 4:17 - As keepers of a field are they against her round about because she hath been rebellious against me saith the LORD

  • Jeremiah 4:27 - said For thus hath the LORD shall be desolate The whole land a full end yet will I not make

  • Jeremiah 5:8 - horses They were as fed in the morning every one wife after his neighbour's neighed

  • Jeremiah 5:13 - And the prophets shall become wind is not in them thus shall it be done

  • Jeremiah 5:19 - And it shall come to pass when ye shall say Wherefore doeth the LORD gods And it shall come to pass when ye shall say them Like as ye have forsaken me and served gods strange in a land me and served strangers in a land

  • Jeremiah 5:23 - But this people heart hath a revolting and a rebellious they are revolted

  • Jeremiah 5:30 - A wonderful and horrible thing is committed in the land

  • Jeremiah 6:10 - To whom shall I speak and give warning that they may hear is uncircumcised behold their ear and they cannot hearken behold the word of the LORD is unto them a reproach they have no delight

  • Jeremiah 7:1 - The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD saying

  • Jeremiah 7:11 - become a den of robbers Is this house which is called by my name in your eyes Behold even I have seen it saith the LORD

  • Jeremiah 7:23 - But this thing commanded I them saying Obey my voice and I will be your God and ye shall be my people and walk ye in all the ways commanded you that it may be well

  • Jeremiah 7:24 - But they hearkened not nor inclined their ear in the counsels and in the imagination heart of their evil and went backward and not forward