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)


  • 1 Samuel 1:4 - And when the time offered was that Elkanah he gave to Peninnah his wife and to all her sons and her daughters portions

  • 1 Samuel 1:12 - And it came to pass as she continued praying before the LORD that Eli marked her mouth

  • 1 Samuel 1:18 - And she said find Let thine handmaid grace in thy sight So the woman her way and did eat and her countenance

  • 1 Samuel 1:20 - was come Wherefore it came to pass when the time had conceived about after Hannah that she bare a son and called his name Samuel him of the LORD saying Because I have asked

  • 1 Samuel 1:28 - Therefore also I have lent him to the LORD as long as he liveth Therefore also I have lent him to the LORD And he worshipped him to the LORD

  • 1 Samuel 2:11 - And Elkanah to Ramah to his house And the child did minister unto the LORD before Eli the priest

  • 1 Samuel 2:17 - Wherefore the sin of the young men great was very before of the LORD abhorred for men the offering of the LORD

  • 1 Samuel 2:27 - And there came a man of God unto Eli and said and said the LORD Did I plainly Did I plainly house of thy father when they were in Egypt house in Pharaoh's

  • 1 Samuel 2:31 - Behold the days come that I will cut off and the arm and the arm house of thy father's that there shall not be an old man house

  • 1 Samuel 2:32 - And thou shalt see an enemy in my habitation in all the wealth which God shall give Israel and there shall not be an old man in thine house for ever

  • 1 Samuel 2:36 - And it shall come to pass that every one that is left in thine house shall come and crouch to him for a piece of silver and a morsel of bread and shall say Put me I pray thee into one of the priests' offices that I may eat a piece of bread

  • 1 Samuel 3:1 - And the child Samuel ministered of the LORD before Eli And the word of the LORD was precious in those days vision there was no open

  • 1 Samuel 3:2 - And it came to pass at that time when Eli was laid down in his place and his eyes began to wax dim that he could not see

  • 1 Samuel 3:9 - said Therefore Eli So Samuel and lay down and it shall be if he call said Speak LORD heareth for thy servant So Samuel and lay down in his place

  • 1 Samuel 3:19 - grew And Samuel and the LORD fall was with him and did let none of his words to the ground

  • 1 Samuel 4:1 - And the word of Samuel Now Israel went out Now Israel against and the Philistines to battle and pitched beside Ebenezer and the Philistines and pitched in Aphek

  • 1 Samuel 4:5 - came And when the ark of the covenant of the LORD into the camp shouted all Israel shout with a great rang again so that the earth

  • 1 Samuel 4:7 - were afraid And the Philistines And they said is come God into the camp And they said Woe unto us! for there hath not been such a thing heretofore

  • 1 Samuel 4:9 - Be strong and quit O ye Philistines as they have been unto the Hebrews as they have been and quit and fight

  • 1 Samuel 4:10 - fought And the Philistines was smitten and Israel and they fled every man into his tent slaughter great and there was a very for there fell and Israel thirty thousand footmen