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)


  • Micah 5:10 - And it shall come to pass in that day saith the LORD that I will cut off thy horses out of the midst of thee and I will destroy thy chariots

  • Micah 5:12 - And I will cut off witchcrafts out of thine hand and thou shalt have no more soothsayers

  • Micah 7:1 - Woe is me! for I am as when they have gathered the summer fruits as the grapegleanings of the vintage there is no cluster to eat the firstripe fruit desired my soul

  • Micah 7:4 - The best of them is as a brier the most upright is sharper than a thorn hedge the day of thy watchmen and thy visitation cometh now shall be their perplexity

  • Micah 7:10 - shall behold Then she that is mine enemy shall cover it and shame her which said unto me Where is the LORD thy God mine eyes shall behold her now shall she be trodden down as the mire of the streets

  • Micah 7:13 - Notwithstanding the land shall be desolate because of them that dwell therein for the fruit of their doings

  • Nahum 3:7 - And it shall come to pass that all they that look upon thee shall flee from thee and say is laid waste Nineveh who will bemoan her whence shall I seek comforters

  • Nahum 3:9 - Ethiopia were her strength and Egypt and it was infinite Put and Lubim were thy helpers

  • Nahum 3:11 - Thou also shalt be drunken thou shalt be hid thou also shalt seek strength because of the enemy

  • Nehemiah 1:1 - The words of Nehemiah the son of Hachaliah And it came to pass in the month Chisleu year in the twentieth as I was in Shushan the palace

  • Nehemiah 1:4 - And it came to pass when I heard these words that I sat down and wept and mourned certain days and fasted and prayed before the God of heaven

  • Nehemiah 1:6 - Let thine ear now be attentive and thine eyes open that thou mayest hear the prayer of thy servant which I pray before thee now day and night for the children of Israel of thy servant and confess the sins for the children of Israel have sinned house against thee both I and my father's have sinned

  • Nehemiah 1:9 - But if ye turn unto me and keep my commandments and do them though there were of you cast out unto the uttermost part of the heaven yet will I gather them from thence and will bring them unto the place that I have chosen to set my name

  • Nehemiah 1:11 - I beseech O Lord thee let now thine ear be attentive and to the prayer I pray thee thy servant and to the prayer I pray thee thy servant who desire to fear thy name and prosper I pray thee thy servant this day and grant him mercy in the sight of this man For I was the king's

  • Nehemiah 2:1 - And it came to pass in the month Nisan year in the twentieth of Artaxerxes it unto the king that wine in his presence him and I took up that wine and gave it unto the king Now I had not been beforetime sad in his presence

  • Nehemiah 2:6 - said And the king unto me (the queen also sitting by him For how long shall thy journey be and when wilt thou return So it pleased And the king to send me and I set him a time

  • Nehemiah 2:11 - So I came to Jerusalem days and was there three

  • Nehemiah 2:13 - And I went out and the gates of the valley by night even before well the dragon and the gates and to the dung and viewed the walls of Jerusalem which were broken down and the gates thereof were consumed with fire

  • Nehemiah 2:15 - Then went I up by the brook in the night and viewed the wall and so returned and entered by the gate of the valley and so returned

  • Nehemiah 2:17 - Then said I unto them Ye see the distress of Jerusalem lieth waste and the gates thereof are burned with fire and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem that we be no more a reproach