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 44:6 - was poured forth Wherefore my fury and mine anger and was kindled in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem and they are wasted and desolate as at this day

  • Jeremiah 44:8 - In that ye provoke me unto wrath with the works of your hands burning incense gods unto other in the land of Egypt whither ye be gone to dwell that ye might cut yourselves off and that ye might be a curse and a reproach among all the nations in the land

  • Jeremiah 44:12 - And I will take the remnant of Judah that have set their faces to go in the land of Egypt to sojourn there and they shall all be consumed in the land of Egypt and fall by the sword and by the famine there and they shall all be consumed from the least even unto the greatest by the sword and by the famine they shall die and they shall be an execration and an astonishment and a curse and a reproach

  • Jeremiah 44:14 - there shall escape or remain So that none of the remnant of Judah which are gone to sojourn into the land of Egypt that they should return into the land of Judah to the which they have a desire that they should return to dwell that they should return there shall escape

  • Jeremiah 44:17 - But we will certainly But we will certainly whatsoever thing goeth forth out of our own mouth to burn incense unto the queen of heaven and to pour out drink offerings But we will certainly we and our fathers our kings and our princes in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem for then had we plenty of victuals and were well no evil and saw

  • Jeremiah 44:22 - could So that the LORD no longer bear and because of the evil of your doings and because of the abominations which ye have committed therefore is your land a desolation and an astonishment and a curse without an inhabitant as at this day

  • Jeremiah 44:26 - Therefore hear ye the word of the LORD all Judah that dwell in all the land of Egypt Behold I have sworn name by my great saith of the LORD name shall no more be named in the mouth of any man all Judah saith liveth The Lord GOD in all the land of Egypt

  • Jeremiah 46:1 - The word of the LORD which came to Jeremiah the prophet against the Gentiles

  • Jeremiah 46:2 - Against Egypt against the army of Pharaohnecho king Against Egypt which was by the river Euphrates in Carchemish smote which Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon year in the fourth of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah

  • Jeremiah 46:19 - thyself to go into captivity furnish dwelling O thou daughter in Egypt for Noph shall be waste and desolate dwelling

  • Jeremiah 47:1 - The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet against the Philistines smote before that Pharaoh Gaza

  • Jeremiah 47:2 - Thus saith the LORD Behold waters rise up out of the north flood and shall be an overflowing and shall be an overflowing of the land and all that is therein the city and all the inhabitants shall cry therein then the men shall howl and all the inhabitants of the land

  • Jeremiah 48:6 - Flee save your lives and be like the heath in the wilderness

  • Jeremiah 48:9 - Give wings unto Moab that it may flee and get away for the cities thereof shall be desolate without any to dwell therein

  • Jeremiah 48:19 - by the way stand and espy O inhabitant of Aroer ask him that fleeth and her that escapeth and say What is done

  • Jeremiah 48:26 - Make ye him drunken himself against the LORD for he magnified also shall wallow Moab in his vomit and he also shall be in derision

  • Jeremiah 48:27 - a derision For was not Israel among thieves unto thee was he found for since thou spakest of him thou skippedst

  • Jeremiah 48:28 - leave the cities and dwell in the rock O ye that dwell in Moab and be like the dove that maketh her nest in the sides mouth of the hole's

  • Jeremiah 48:34 - From the cry of Heshbon even unto Elealeh and even unto Jahaz have they uttered their voice from Zoar even unto Horonaim as an heifer of three years old for the waters also of Nimrim shall be desolate

  • Jeremiah 48:39 - saying How is it broken down They shall howl turned the back how hath Moab with shame how hath Moab be a derision and a dismaying to all them about