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)


  • Proverbs 4:3 - son For I was my father's tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother

  • Proverbs 5:14 - I was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly

  • Proverbs 5:17 - Let them be only thine own and not strangers

  • Proverbs 5:18 - Let thy fountain be blessed and rejoice with the wife of thy youth

  • Proverbs 8:30 - Then I was by him as one brought up his delight with him and I was daily with him and I was daily rejoicing before always

  • Proverbs 12:8 - according to his wisdom shall be commended A man but he that is of a perverse heart shall be despised

  • Proverbs 12:24 - The hand of the diligent shall bear rule but the slothful shall be under tribute

  • Proverbs 13:19 - The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul but it is abomination to fools to depart from evil

  • Proverbs 14:23 - In all labour there is profit but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury

  • Proverbs 14:26 - In the fear of the LORD confidence is strong and his children shall have a place of refuge

  • Proverbs 14:35 - favour The king's servant is toward a wise but his wrath is against him that causeth shame

  • Proverbs 22:19 - may be in the LORD That thy trust I have made known to thee this day

  • Proverbs 22:26 - Be not thou one of them that strike hands or of them that are sureties for debts

  • Proverbs 23:20 - Be not among winebibbers among riotous eaters of flesh

  • Proverbs 23:34 - Yea thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea Yea thou shalt be as he that lieth down upon the top of a mast

  • Proverbs 24:1 - Be not thou envious against evil neither desire

  • Proverbs 24:20 - For there shall be no reward to the evil man the candle of the wicked shall be put out

  • Proverbs 24:28 - Be not a witness without cause against thy neighbour and deceive not with thy lips

  • Proverbs 26:5 - Answer a fool according to his folly lest he be wise in his own conceit

  • Proverbs 29:21 - He that delicately bringeth up from a child his servant at the length shall have him become his son