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)


  • 1 Samuel 29:3 - Then said the princes of the Philistines What do these Hebrews Then said here And Achish the princes of the Philistines Is not this David the servant of Saul the king of Israel in him since or these years and I have found no fault in him since he fell in him since

  • 1 Samuel 29:4 - were wroth And the princes of the Philistines said And the princes of the Philistines return this fellow return to his place which thou hast appointed him and let him not go down lest in the battle he be an adversary lest in the battle to us for wherewith should he reconcile himself unto his master should it not be with the heads of these men

  • 1 Samuel 29:8 - said And David unto Achish But what have I done and what hast thou found in thy servant so long as I have been with thee so long as that I may not go fight against the enemies of my lord the king

  • 1 Samuel 30:1 - were come And it came to pass when David Ziklag day on the third that the Amalekites had invaded the south Ziklag and smitten Ziklag and burned it with fire

  • 1 Samuel 30:25 - And it was so from that day forward that he made it a statute and an ordinance for Israel And it was so from that day

  • 1 Samuel 31:8 - And it came to pass on the morrow came when the Philistines to strip the slain that they found Saul and his three sons fallen in mount Gilboa

  • 2 Chronicles 1:3 - So Solomon and all the congregation to the high place that was at Gibeon for there was the tabernacle of the congregation of God had made which Moses the servant of the LORD in the wilderness

  • 2 Chronicles 1:11 - said And God to Solomon Because this was in thine heart and thou hast not asked riches wealth or honour nor the life of thine enemies life long and thou hast not asked and thou hast not asked wisdom and knowledge for thyself that thou mayest judge my people over whom I have made thee king

  • 2 Chronicles 1:12 - Wisdom and knowledge is granted thee riches and wealth and honour is granted such as none of the kings have had that have been before thee neither shall there any after

  • 2 Chronicles 1:14 - gathered And Solomon chariots and horsemen thousand and four hundred chariots and twelve thousand and horsemen which he placed cities chariots and with the king at Jerusalem

  • 2 Chronicles 5:8 - For the cherubims spread forth their wings over the place of the ark covered For the cherubims of the ark and the staves thereof above

  • 2 Chronicles 5:9 - And they drew out of the staves but they were not seen of the ark that the ends of the staves from the ark before the oracle but they were not seen without And there it is unto this day

  • 2 Chronicles 5:11 - were come out And it came to pass when the priests of the holy And it came to pass when the priests that were present were sanctified and did not then wait by course

  • 2 Chronicles 5:13 - to make one It came even to pass as the trumpeters and singers to be heard sound to make one and praised and thanking of the LORD and when they lifted up sound with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of musick and praised of the LORD saying For he is good endureth for ever for his mercy even the house was filled with a cloud even the house of the LORD

  • 2 Chronicles 6:5 - Since the day that I brought forth my people out of the land of Egypt I chose no city among all the tribes Israel to build an house in that my name I chose I any man to be a ruler my people Israel

  • 2 Chronicles 6:6 - But I have chosen Jerusalem that my name But I have chosen David to be over my people Israel

  • 2 Chronicles 6:7 - Now it was in the heart of David my father to build an house for the name of the LORD God of Israel

  • 2 Chronicles 6:8 - said But the LORD to David my father Forasmuch as it was in thine heart to build an house for my name thou didst well Forasmuch as it was in thine heart

  • 2 Chronicles 6:20 - That thine eyes may be open upon this house day and night toward this place whereof thou hast said that thou wouldest put thy name there to hearken unto the prayer prayeth which thy servant toward this place

  • 2 Chronicles 6:26 - is shut up When the heaven and there is no rain because they have sinned against thee yet if they pray toward this place and confess thy name from their sin and turn when thou dost afflict