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)


  • Nehemiah 3:26 - Moreover the Nethinims dwelt in Ophel gate unto the place over against the water toward the east and the tower that lieth out

  • Nehemiah 4:1 - heard But it came to pass that when Sanballat that we builded the wall he was wroth indignation and took great and mocked the Jews

  • Nehemiah 4:4 - Hear O our God for we are despised and turn their reproach upon their own head and give them for a prey in the land of captivity

  • Nehemiah 4:6 - So built and all the wall was joined together and all the wall unto the half had a mind thereof for the people to work

  • Nehemiah 4:7 - heard But it came to pass that when Sanballat and Tobiah and the Arabians and the Ammonites and the Ashdodites were made up that the walls of Jerusalem began and that the breaches to be stopped wroth then they were very

  • Nehemiah 4:12 - came And it came to pass that when the Jews which dwelt by them they said unto us ten times From all places whence ye shall return

  • Nehemiah 4:15 - heard And it came to pass when our enemies that it was known had brought unto us and God their counsel that we returned all of us to the wall every one unto his work

  • Nehemiah 4:16 - And it came to pass from that time and the other half of my servants wrought in the work and the other half of them held both the spears the shields and the bows and the habergeons and the rulers were behind all the house of Judah

  • Nehemiah 4:22 - Likewise at the same time said I unto the people Let every one with his servant lodge within Jerusalem that in the night they may be a guard on the day to us and labour

  • Nehemiah 5:1 - cry of the people and of their wives And there was a great against their brethren the Jews

  • Nehemiah 5:13 - my lap Also I shook and said Also I shook So God every man that performeth according to this promise from his house and from his labour Also I shook and emptied and said And all the congregation Amen and praised the LORD did And the people according to this promise

  • Nehemiah 5:14 - Moreover from the time that I was appointed of the governor in the land of Judah year from the twentieth year and thirtieth even unto the two of Artaxerxes the king year even unto the two I and my brethren the bread of the governor have not eaten

  • Nehemiah 5:18 - Now that which was prepared days was one ox was one sheep and six choice also fowls Now that which was prepared for me and once in ten days of all sorts of wine store yet for all not I the bread of the governor this required was heavy because the bondage upon this people

  • Nehemiah 6:1 - heard Now it came to pass when Sanballat and Tobiah and Geshem the Arabian and the rest of our enemies that I had builded the wall left and that there was no breach therein (though at that time the doors I had not set up upon the gates

  • Nehemiah 6:8 - Then I sent as thou sayest There are no such things as thou sayest them out of thine own heart but thou feignest

  • Nehemiah 6:13 - Therefore was he hired that I should be afraid and do so and sin report and that they might have matter for an evil that they might reproach

  • Nehemiah 6:14 - think My God thou upon Tobiah and Sanballat according to these their works Noadiah and on the prophetess and the rest of the prophets that would have put me in fear

  • Nehemiah 6:16 - heard And it came to pass that when all our enemies saw thereof and all the heathen that were about us cast down these things they were much in their own eyes for they perceived of our God was wrought that this work

  • Nehemiah 6:19 - his good deeds Also they reported before my words me and uttered letters sent to him And Tobiah to put me in fear

  • Nehemiah 7:1 - was built Now it came to pass when the wall and I had set up the doors were appointed and the porters and the singers and the Levites