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));
Ruth 1:1 - Now it came to pass in the days ruled ruled that there was a famine in the land And a certain man of Bethlehemjudah to sojourn in the country of Moab he and his wife and his two sons
Ruth 1:2 - And the name of the man was Elimelech And the name of his wife Naomi And the name of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion Ephrathites of Bethlehemjudah And they came into the country of Moab
Ruth 1:7 - Wherefore she went forth out of the place where she was and her two daughters in law on the way to return unto the land of Judah
Ruth 1:11 - said And Naomi Turn again my daughters with me are there yet any more sons in my womb
Ruth 1:12 - Turn again my daughters your way for I am too old if I should have an husband If I should say I have hope also to night if I should have an husband and should also bear sons
Ruth 1:13 - for them Would ye tarry till they were grown for them would ye stay from having husbands nay my daughters for it grieveth me much is gone out for your sakes that the hand of the LORD
Ruth 1:19 - So they two And it came to pass when they were come to Bethlehem And it came to pass when they were come to Bethlehem was moved that all the city about them and they said Is this Naomi
Ruth 2:12 - recompense The LORD thy work reward and a full The LORD God of Israel thou art come to trust under whose wings
Ruth 2:13 - Then she said Let me find favour in thy sight my lord for that thou hast comforted me and for that thou hast spoken friendly of thine handmaidens though I be not like unto one of thine handmaidens
Ruth 2:17 - So she gleaned in the field until even and beat out So she gleaned and it was about an ephah of barley
Ruth 2:19 - and said And her mother in law and where unto her Where hast thou gleaned to day with whom I wrought be he that did take knowledge thou blessed of thee And she shewed And her mother in law with whom I wrought and said name The man's with whom I wrought to day is Boaz
Ruth 3:2 - And now is not Boaz of our kindred with whose maidens thou wast Behold he winnoweth in the threshingfloor barley to night
Ruth 3:4 - And it shall be when he lieth down that thou shalt mark the place And it shall be when he lieth down and thou shalt go in and uncover his feet And it shall be when he lieth down and he will tell thee what thou shalt do
Ruth 3:8 - And it came to pass at midnight was afraid that the man and turned himself and behold a woman lay at his feet
Ruth 3:13 - Tarry this night and it shall be in the morning let him do the kinsman's part well let him do the kinsman's part but if he will let him do the kinsman's part let him do the kinsman's part liveth to thee as the LORD lie down and it shall be in the morning
Ruth 4:12 - And let thy house And let thy house of Pharez bare whom Tamar unto Judah of the seed shall give which the LORD thee of this young woman
Ruth 4:13 - took So Boaz Ruth and she was his wife and when he went in gave unto her the LORD her conception and she bare a son
Ruth 4:15 - And he shall be unto thee a restorer of thy life and a nourisher of thine old age for thy daughter in law which loveth hath born thee which is better to thee than seven sons
Ruth 4:16 - took And Naomi the child and laid it in her bosom and became nurse
Song of Solomon 1:7 - Tell loveth me O thou whom my soul where where thou feedest where thou makest thy flock to rest at noon for why should I be as one that turneth aside by the flocks of thy companions