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 99:8 - them O LORD our God Thou answeredst thou wast a God that forgavest them though thou tookest vengeance of their inventions

  • Psalms 102:6 - I am like a pelican of the wilderness I am like an owl of the desert

  • Psalms 102:7 - I watch and am as a sparrow alone upon the house top

  • Psalms 104:20 - Thou makest darkness and it is night do creep wherein all the beasts of the forest

  • Psalms 104:31 - The glory of the LORD shall endure for ever shall rejoice of the LORD in his works

  • Psalms 105:12 - When they were but a few men in number yea very few and strangers

  • Psalms 106:36 - And they served their idols which were a snare

  • Psalms 109:7 - When he shall be judged let him be condemned and let his prayer become sin

  • Psalms 109:8 - Let his days be few his office take and let another

  • Psalms 109:9 - Let his children be fatherless and his wife a widow

  • Psalms 109:12 - Let there be none to extend mercy unto him neither let there be any to favour his fatherless children

  • Psalms 109:13 - Let his posterity be cut off and in the generation following be blotted out let their name

  • Psalms 109:15 - Let them be before the LORD continually that he may cut off of them from the earth the memory

  • Psalms 109:19 - Let it be unto him as the garment which covereth him and for a girdle continually wherewith he is girded

  • Psalms 109:25 - I became also a reproach unto them when they looked upon me they shaked their heads

  • Psalms 112:2 - shall be mighty upon earth His seed the generation of the upright shall be blessed

  • Psalms 112:6 - for ever Surely he shall not be moved remembrance for ever the righteous

  • Psalms 113:2 - be the name of the LORD Blessed from this time forth and for evermore

  • Psalms 114:2 - Judah was his sanctuary and Israel his dominion

  • Psalms 115:8 - They that make them are like unto them so is every one that trusteth