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));
1 Samuel 20:24 - hid So David himself in the field and when the new moon sat him down was come the king meat to eat
1 Samuel 20:27 - And it came to pass on the morrow day of the month which was the second was empty place that David's said and Saul unto Jonathan his son Wherefore cometh his son of Jesse neither yesterday nor to day to meat
1 Samuel 20:35 - And it came to pass in the morning went out that Jonathan into the field at the time appointed with David lad and a little
1 Samuel 20:42 - said And Jonathan to David in peace forasmuch as we have sworn both of us in the name The LORD said The LORD and thy seed and thy seed for ever And he arose And Jonathan went into the city
1 Samuel 21:5 - answered And David the priest and said unto him Of a truth women have been kept days from us about these three since I came out and the vessels of the young men are holy and the bread is in a manner common this day yea though it were sanctified and the vessels
1 Samuel 21:6 - gave So the priest him hallowed bread bread from before that was taken from before the LORD to put bread hot in the day when it was taken away
1 Samuel 21:8 - said And David unto Ahimelech not And is there here under thine hand spear my sword my sword nor my weapons for I have neither brought here under thine hand required business because the king's haste
1 Samuel 22:2 - gathered And every one that was in distress And every one that was in debt And every one that was discontented themselves unto him and he became a captain over them and there were with him about four hundred And every one
1 Samuel 22:4 - And he brought them before the king of Moab and they dwelt with him all the while that David was in the hold
1 Samuel 23:6 - fled And it came to pass when Abiathar the son of Ahimelech to David to Keilah with an ephod that he came down in his hand
1 Samuel 23:17 - And he said unto him Fear shall not find not for the hand of Saul my father thee and thou shalt be king over Israel and I shall be next of Saul my father knoweth
1 Samuel 23:22 - I pray you prepare yet and know and see his place where his haunt and see him there for it is told me that he dealeth very
1 Samuel 23:23 - See therefore and take knowledge of all the lurking places where he hideth himself and come ye again to me with the certainty and I will go with you and it shall come to pass if he be in the land that I will search him out throughout all the thousands of Judah
1 Samuel 23:26 - And Saul on that side of the mountain David on that side of the mountain David made haste for fear And Saul And Saul compassed David to take
1 Samuel 24:1 - was returned And it came to pass when Saul from following the Philistines that it was told him saying Behold David is in the wilderness of Engedi
1 Samuel 24:5 - And it came to pass afterward smote heart that David's him because he had cut off skirt Saul's
1 Samuel 24:12 - judge The LORD avenge The LORD me of thee but mine hand
1 Samuel 24:13 - As saith the proverb of the ancients from the wicked proceedeth Wickedness but mine hand
1 Samuel 24:15 - The LORD therefore be judge and deliver between me and thee and see and plead my cause and deliver me out of thine hand
1 Samuel 24:16 - had made an end And it came to pass when David of speaking these words And Saul said And Saul Is this thy voice my son And it came to pass when David lifted up And Saul Is this thy voice and wept