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)


  • Leviticus 16:17 - And there shall be no man in the tabernacle of the congregation when he goeth and have made an atonement in the holy place until he come out and have made an atonement for himself and for his household and for all the congregation of Israel

  • Leviticus 16:29 - And this shall be a statute for ever day of the month unto you that in the seventh on the tenth day of the month ye shall afflict your souls no work and do at all whether it be one of your own country or a stranger that sojourneth among

  • Leviticus 16:34 - statute And this shall be an everlasting unto you to make an atonement for the children of Israel for all their sins once a year And he did commanded as the LORD Moses

  • Leviticus 17:7 - And they shall no more offer their sacrifices unto devils whom they have gone a whoring after This shall be a statute for ever unto them throughout their generations

  • Leviticus 19:2 - Speak unto all the congregation of the children of Israel and say am holy am holy for I the LORD your God

  • Leviticus 19:20 - And whosoever lieth with a woman carnally that is a bondmaid betrothed And whosoever and not at all and not at all nor freedom given her she shall be scourged they shall not be put to death because she was not free

  • Leviticus 19:23 - And when ye shall come into the land and shall have planted all manner of trees for food then ye shall count the fruit three years shall it be as uncircumcised unto you it shall not be eaten

  • Leviticus 19:24 - year But in the fourth all the fruit thereof shall be holy to praise the LORD

  • Leviticus 19:34 - with you shall be unto you as one born But the stranger that dwelleth among you and thou shalt love But the stranger in the land of Egypt I am the LORD your God

  • Leviticus 19:36 - balances Just weights Just ephah Just hin Just shall ye have I am the LORD your God which brought you out of the land of Egypt

  • Leviticus 20:7 - Sanctify yourselves therefore and be ye holy for I am the LORD your God

  • Leviticus 20:14 - And if a man take a wife and her mother both he and they that there be no wickedness with fire they shall be burnt both he and they that there be no wickedness among

  • Leviticus 20:21 - And if a man shall take wife his brother's it is an unclean thing nakedness his brother's he hath uncovered they shall be childless

  • Leviticus 20:26 - And ye shall be holy And ye shall be holy unto me for I the LORD and have severed you from other people

  • Leviticus 20:27 - A man also or woman that hath a familiar spirit or that is a wizard be put to death be put to death them with stones they shall stone their blood

  • Leviticus 21:3 - And for his sister a virgin that is nigh unto him which hath had no husband for her may he be defiled

  • Leviticus 21:6 - therefore they shall be holy of their God and not profane the name of their God for the offerings of the LORD and the bread of their God they do offer They shall be holy

  • Leviticus 21:8 - Thou shalt sanctify the bread of thy God him therefore for he offereth he shall be holy he shall be holy unto thee for I the LORD Thou shalt sanctify

  • Leviticus 21:17 - Speak unto Aaron saying Whosoever he be of thy seed in their generations that hath any blemish let him not approach let him not approach the bread of his God

  • Leviticus 21:19 - Or a man or brokenhanded or brokenhanded