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));
1 Kings 17:1 - said And Elijah the Tishbite who was of the inhabitants of Gilead unto Ahab liveth As the LORD God of Israel whom I stand before these years there shall not be dew nor rain but according to my word
1 Kings 17:2 - And the word of the LORD came unto him saying
1 Kings 17:4 - of the brook And it shall be that thou shalt drink the ravens and I have commanded to feed
1 Kings 17:7 - And it came to pass after a while dried up that the brook because there had been no rain in the land
1 Kings 17:8 - And the word of the LORD came unto him saying
1 Kings 17:17 - And it came to pass after these things fell sick that the son of the woman the mistress of the house and his sickness sore was so left that there was no breath
1 Kings 18:1 - days And it came to pass after many that the word of the LORD came to Elijah year in the third saying shew thyself unto Ahab and I will send rain upon the earth
1 Kings 18:3 - called And Ahab Now Obadiah which was the governor of his house Now Obadiah feared the LORD greatly
1 Kings 18:4 - cut off For it was so when Jezebel prophets of the LORD took that Obadiah an hundred prophets and hid them by fifty in a cave and fed them with bread and water
1 Kings 18:7 - And as Obadiah was in the way Elijah met him and he knew him and fell on his face and said Art thou that my lord Elijah
1 Kings 18:12 - from thee that the Spirit of the LORD shall carry thee whither I know not and so when I come and tell Ahab and he cannot find thee he shall slay me but I thy servant fear of the LORD from my youth
1 Kings 18:17 - saw And it came to pass when Ahab Elijah said And it came to pass when Ahab unto him Art thou he that troubleth Israel
1 Kings 18:24 - And call on the ~ and the God And call on the ~ of the LORD and the God answered by fire and the God answered And all the people and said It is well spoken
1 Kings 18:27 - And it came to pass at noon mocked that Elijah them and said Cry aloud for he is a god either he is talking or he is pursuing or he is in a journey or peradventure he sleepeth and must be awaked
1 Kings 18:29 - was past And it came to pass when midday and they prophesied until the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice that there was neither voice nor any to answer nor any that regarded
1 Kings 18:31 - took And Elijah twelve stones according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob unto whom the word of the LORD came saying Israel shall be thy ~
1 Kings 18:36 - And it came to pass at the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice came near that Elijah the prophet and said LORD God of Abraham Isaac and of Israel this day let it be known God and of Israel and that I am thy servant all these things at thy word and that I have done all these things at thy word
1 Kings 18:44 - And it came to pass at the seventh time And he said cloud a little hand like a man's Behold there ariseth out of the sea And he said Behold there ariseth And he said unto Ahab Prepare thy chariot and get thee down stop that the rain
1 Kings 18:45 - And it came to pass in the mean while And it came to pass in the mean while that the heaven was black with clouds and wind rain and there was a great rode And Ahab to Jezreel
1 Kings 18:46 - And the hand of the LORD was on Elijah and he girded up his loins and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel