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 Samuel 13:28 - had commanded Now Absalom his servants and when I say Mark is merry heart Amnon with wine and when I say unto you Smite Amnon then kill him fear had commanded you be courageous and be valiant

  • 2 Samuel 13:30 - And it came to pass while they were in the way that tidings came to David saying hath slain Absalom sons all the king's of them left and there is not one

  • 2 Samuel 13:32 - answered And Jonadab sons of Shimeah brother David's and said and said Let not my lord all the young men sons the king's only is dead for Amnon only is dead for by the appointment of Absalom this hath been determined from the day that he forced Tamar his sister

  • 2 Samuel 13:35 - said And Jonadab Behold the king's sons Behold the king's come said as thy servant

  • 2 Samuel 13:36 - And it came to pass as soon as he had made an end of speaking sons and the king came and lifted up their voice and wept and the king also and all his servants and wept sore very

  • 2 Samuel 13:38 - So Absalom fled to Geshur and was there three years

  • 2 Samuel 14:2 - sent And Joab to Tekoah and fetched but be as a woman thence a wise and said mourned and put on apparel now mourning and anoint not thyself with oil but be as a woman time that had a long mourned for the dead

  • 2 Samuel 14:17 - said Then thine handmaid The word of my lord the king shall now be comfortable for as an angel of God of my lord the king to discern good and bad therefore the LORD of God

  • 2 Samuel 14:25 - as Absalom there was none for his beauty But in all Israel praised to be so much from the sole of his foot even to the crown of his head there was no blemish

  • 2 Samuel 14:26 - And when he polled his head end for it was at every year's for it was at every year's And when he polled it because the hair was heavy And when he polled it he weighed the hair his head at two hundred shekels weight after the king's

  • 2 Samuel 14:27 - there were born And unto Absalom three sons daughter and one whose name was Tamar she was a woman of a fair countenance

  • 2 Samuel 15:1 - And it came to pass after this prepared that Absalom him chariots and horses and fifty men to run before

  • 2 Samuel 15:2 - rose up early And Absalom and stood beside the way of the gate and it was so that when any man that had a controversy came to the king for judgment called And Absalom art thou And he said Of what city art thou And he said is of one of the tribes of Israel Thy servant

  • 2 Samuel 15:4 - said Absalom moreover Oh that I were made judge in the land might come that every man which hath any suit or cause unto me and I would do him justice

  • 2 Samuel 15:5 - came nigh And it was so that when any man to him to do him obeisance he put forth his hand and took him and kissed

  • 2 Samuel 15:7 - And it came to pass after forty years said that Absalom unto the king and pay my vow which I have vowed unto the LORD in Hebron

  • 2 Samuel 15:12 - sent And Absalom for Ahithophel the Gilonite counsellor David's from his city even from Giloh while he offered sacrifices And the conspiracy was strong for the people continually increased And Absalom

  • 2 Samuel 15:13 - And there came a messenger to David saying The hearts of the men of Israel are after Absalom

  • 2 Samuel 15:14 - said And David unto all his servants that were with him at Jerusalem Arise and let us flee for we shall not else escape from Absalom make speed make speed lest he overtake and bring evil upon us and smite the city with the edge of the sword

  • 2 Samuel 15:21 - answered And Ittai the king and said liveth As the LORD liveth and as my lord the king surely in what place and as my lord the king shall be whether in death liveth even there also will thy servant