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));
2 Samuel 2:23 - Howbeit he refused to turn aside smote wherefore Abner behind of the spear him under the fifth came out of the spear behind fell down and died in the same place and it came to pass that as many as came him under to the place fell down where Asahel and died stood still
2 Samuel 2:25 - gathered themselves together And the children of Benjamin after Abner troop and became one and stood on the top of an hill and became one
2 Samuel 2:26 - called Then Abner to Joab and said for ever devour Shall the sword knowest thou not that it will be bitterness in the latter end and said the people return from following their brethren
2 Samuel 3:1 - war Now there was long and the house of Saul and the house but David but David waxed and stronger and the house of Saul waxed and weaker
2 Samuel 3:2 - born And unto David were sons in Hebron and his firstborn was Amnon of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess
2 Samuel 3:6 - And it came to pass while there was war and the house of Saul and the house of David that Abner made himself strong and the house of Saul
2 Samuel 3:17 - And Abner had communication with the elders of Israel saying in times past had communication Ye sought for David to be king
2 Samuel 3:37 - understood For all the people and all Israel that day that it was not of the king to slay Abner the son of Ner
2 Samuel 4:2 - had two captains of bands that were of the children And Saul's and the name of the one was Baanah and the name of the other Rechab of the children of Rimmon a Beerothite of the children of Benjamin for Beeroth also was reckoned of Benjamin
2 Samuel 4:3 - fled And the Beerothites to Gittaim and were sojourners there until this day
2 Samuel 4:4 - And Jonathan had a son Saul's had a son that was lame of his feet had a son He was five years came when the tidings Saul's And Jonathan out of Jezreel took him up and his nurse and fled and it came to pass as she made haste and fled that he fell and became lame And his name was Mephibosheth
2 Samuel 4:10 - When one told me saying is dead Behold Saul good tidings thinking to have brought I took hold of him and slew him in Ziklag who thought that I would have given him a reward for his tidings
2 Samuel 5:2 - Also in time past when Saul was king over us thou wast he that leddest out and broughtest in Israel said and the LORD to thee Thou shalt feed my people Israel and thou shalt be a captain Israel
2 Samuel 5:24 - And let it be when thou hearest the sound of a going in the tops of the mulberry trees that then thou shalt bestir go out thyself for then shall the LORD before thee to smite the host of the Philistines
2 Samuel 6:13 - had gone And it was so that when they that bare the ark of the LORD six paces he sacrificed oxen and fatlings
2 Samuel 6:16 - And as the ark of the LORD came into the city David Michal daughter Saul's looked through a window and saw king David leaping and dancing before of the LORD and she despised him in her heart
2 Samuel 6:22 - And I will yet be more vile than thus and will be base in mine own sight and of the maidservants which thou hast spoken of of them shall I be had in honour
2 Samuel 6:23 - Therefore Michal the daughter of Saul unto the day of her death
2 Samuel 7:1 - sat And it came to pass when the king in his house and the LORD had given him rest round about from all his enemies
2 Samuel 7:4 - And it came to pass that night that the word of the LORD came unto Nathan saying