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 39:16 - Go Thus saith to Ebedmelech the Ethiopian Thus saith Thus saith the LORD of hosts the God of Israel Behold I will bring my words upon this city for evil and not for good before and they shall be accomplished in that day

  • Jeremiah 39:18 - For I will surely For I will surely by the sword thee and thou shalt not fall but thy life shall be for a prey unto thee because thou hast put thy trust in me saith the LORD

  • Jeremiah 40:1 - The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD after had let him go that Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard from Ramah when he had taken him being bound in chains among all that were carried away captive of Jerusalem and Judah which were carried away captive unto Babylon

  • Jeremiah 40:3 - hath brought it and done Now the LORD according as he hath said because ye have sinned Now the LORD and have not obeyed his voice therefore this thing

  • Jeremiah 41:1 - month Now it came to pass in the seventh with him came that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah the son of Elishama of the seed royal and the princes of the king even ten unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam to Mizpah and there they did eat bread together to Mizpah

  • Jeremiah 41:2 - Then arose Ishmael the son of Nethaniah and the ten that were with him and smote Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan with the sword and slew had made governor him whom the king of Babylon over the land

  • Jeremiah 41:3 - all the Jews that were with him even with Gedaliah at Mizpah and the Chaldeans that were found there and the men of war also slew Ishmael

  • Jeremiah 41:4 - day And it came to pass the second after he had slain Gedaliah and no man knew

  • Jeremiah 41:6 - went forth And Ishmael the son of Nethaniah to meet from Mizpah all along all along them weeping and it came to pass as he met them he said unto them Come to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam

  • Jeremiah 41:7 - And it was so when they came into the midst of the city slew that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah into the midst of the pit

  • Jeremiah 41:13 - saw Now it came to pass that when all the people which were with Ishmael Johanan the son of Kareah and all the captains of the forces that were with him then they were glad

  • Jeremiah 42:4 - said Then Jeremiah the prophet unto them I have heard you behold I will pray the LORD your God according to your words according to your words shall answer the LORD you I will declare back according to your words

  • Jeremiah 42:5 - Then they said to Jeremiah The LORD witness be a true and faithful not even according to all things shall send The LORD thy God between us if we do

  • Jeremiah 42:7 - And it came to pass after ten days that the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah

  • Jeremiah 42:16 - Then it shall come to pass that the sword shall overtake you there in the land of Egypt and the famine whereof ye were afraid shall follow close after of Egypt and there ye shall die

  • Jeremiah 42:17 - that set from that I will bring into Egypt to sojourn there they shall die by the sword by the famine and by the pestilence and none of them shall remain or escape from the evil that I will bring

  • Jeremiah 42:18 - For thus saith the LORD of hosts the God of Israel be poured forth As mine anger and my fury upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem be poured forth and my fury upon you when ye shall enter into Egypt and ye shall be an execration and an astonishment and a curse and a reproach and ye shall see this place

  • Jeremiah 43:1 - had made an end And it came to pass that when Jeremiah of speaking unto all the people all the words for which the LORD their God had sent for which the LORD their God all the words

  • Jeremiah 43:8 - Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah in Tahpanhes saying

  • Jeremiah 44:1 - The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the Jews which dwell and in the country of Egypt which dwell at Migdol and at Tahpanhes and at Noph and in the country of Pathros saying