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)


  • 2 Kings 7:18 - had spoken And it came to pass as the man of God to the king saying Two measures of barley for a shekel Two measures of fine flour for a shekel about this time shall be to morrow in the gate of Samaria

  • 2 Kings 7:19 - answered And that lord the man of God and said Now behold if the LORD should make windows in heaven might such a thing and said Behold thou shalt see it with thine eyes but shalt not eat

  • 2 Kings 7:20 - trode And so it fell out unto him for the people upon him in the gate and he died

  • 2 Kings 8:3 - end And it came to pass at the seven years returned that the woman out of the land of the Philistines and she went forth to cry unto the king for her house and for her land

  • 2 Kings 8:5 - And it came to pass as he was telling O king he had restored to life a dead body that behold the woman he had restored to life and this is her son cried O king for her house and for her land said And Gehazi My lord O king that behold the woman and this is her son he had restored to life whom Elisha

  • 2 Kings 8:15 - And it came to pass on the morrow that he took a thick cloth and dipped it in water and spread it on his face so that he died reigned and Hazael

  • 2 Kings 8:17 - old Thirty and two years and he reigned eight years and he reigned in Jerusalem

  • 2 Kings 8:18 - in the way of the kings of Israel and he did the house of Ahab for the daughter of Ahab was his wife and he did evil in the sight of the LORD

  • 2 Kings 8:21 - went over So Joram to Zair and all the chariots with him and he rose by night and smote the Edomites which compassed him about and the captains and all the chariots fled and the people into their tents

  • 2 Kings 9:14 - conspired So Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi Now Joram Now Joram had kept Ramothgilead he and all Israel because of Hazael king of Syria

  • 2 Kings 9:22 - saw And it came to pass when Joram Jehu And he answered Is it peace Jehu And he answered Is it peace so long as the whoredoms Jezebel of thy mother and her witchcrafts are so many

  • 2 Kings 9:37 - And the carcase This is Jezebel shall be as dung upon the face of the field in the portion of Jezreel so that they shall not say This is Jezebel

  • 2 Kings 10:7 - came And it came to pass when the letter to them that they took sons the king's and slew seventy persons and put their heads in baskets and sent him them to Jezreel

  • 2 Kings 10:9 - And it came to pass in the morning that he went out and stood and said to all the people Ye be righteous behold I conspired against my master and slew him but who slew

  • 2 Kings 10:25 - And it came to pass as soon as he had made an end of offering the burnt offering said that Jehu and the guard and the captains Go in And they smote them let none come forth And they smote them with the edge of the sword cast them out and the guard and the captains to the city of the house of Baal

  • 2 Kings 11:3 - in the house of the LORD And he was with her hid six years And Athaliah did reign over the land

  • 2 Kings 11:8 - And ye shall compass and be ye with the king round about every man with his weapons in his hand and as he cometh in within the ranges let him be slain and be ye with the king as he goeth out and as he cometh in

  • 2 Kings 11:17 - made And Jehoiada a covenant between the LORD and the king also and the people also and the people between the LORD and the king also and the people

  • 2 Kings 12:6 - year and twentieth But it was so that in the three year of king Jehoash had not repaired the priests the breaches of the house

  • 2 Kings 12:10 - And it was so when they saw that there was much money in the chest came up scribe that the king's priest and the high and they put up in bags and told money that was found in the house of the LORD