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)


  • Psalms 37:25 - I have been young and now am old yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken nor his seed begging bread

  • Psalms 38:14 - Thus I was as a man that heareth not and in whose mouth are no reproofs

  • Psalms 42:3 - My tears have been my meat day and night say while they continually unto me Where is thy God

  • Psalms 45:16 - Instead of thy fathers shall be thy children whom thou mayest make princes in all the earth

  • Psalms 50:21 - These things hast thou done and I kept silence thou thoughtest that I was altogether that I was altogether such an one as thyself but I will reprove thee and set them in order before thine eyes

  • Psalms 53:5 - fear There were they in great There were they in great because God hath scattered the bones of him that encampeth against thee thou hast put them to shame because God hath despised

  • Psalms 55:18 - He hath delivered in peace my soul from the battle that was against me for there were many

  • Psalms 59:16 - But I will sing of thy power yea I will sing aloud in the morning of thy mercy for thou hast been my defence and refuge in the day of my trouble

  • Psalms 61:3 - For thou hast been a shelter tower for me and a strong from the enemy

  • Psalms 63:7 - Because thou hast been my help therefore in the shadow of thy wings will I rejoice

  • Psalms 63:10 - They shall fall by the sword they shall be a portion for foxes

  • Psalms 64:7 - shall shoot But God at them with an arrow suddenly shall they be wounded

  • Psalms 69:8 - I am become a stranger unto my brethren and an alien children unto my mother's

  • Psalms 69:10 - When I wept with fasting and chastened my soul that was to my reproach

  • Psalms 69:11 - I made also my garment sackcloth and I became a proverb

  • Psalms 69:22 - Let their table before become a snare them and that which should have been for their welfare let it become a trap

  • Psalms 69:25 - Let their habitation be desolate in their tents and let none dwell

  • Psalms 71:3 - Be thou my strong habitation resort whereunto I may continually thou hast given commandment to save me for thou art my rock and my fortress

  • Psalms 71:7 - I am as a wonder unto many refuge but thou art my strong

  • Psalms 72:16 - There shall be an handful of corn in the earth upon the top of the mountains thereof shall shake like Lebanon the fruit shall flourish and they of the city like grass in the earth