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 24:11 - was up David's in the morning the word of the LORD Gad came unto the prophet seer David's saying

  • 2 Samuel 24:13 - came So Gad to David and told him and said came unto him Shall seven years of famine in thy land thee or that there be three months or wilt thou flee before thine enemies while they pursue thee or that there be three days pestilence in thy land now advise and see I shall return to him that sent what answer

  • 2 Samuel 24:16 - stretched out his hand And the angel upon Jerusalem that destroyed repented it the LORD him of the evil and said And the angel that destroyed the people It is enough stay his hand And the angel it the LORD was by the threshingplace of Araunah the Jebusite

  • 2 Samuel 24:17 - and said And David unto the LORD when he saw the angel that smote the people and said Lo I have sinned and I have done wickedly but these sheep what have they done let thine hand house I pray thee be against me and against my father's

  • Amos 1:1 - The words of Amos who was among the herdmen of Tekoa which he saw concerning Israel and in the days of Uzziah king of Judah and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash king concerning Israel two years before the earthquake

  • Amos 3:6 - be blown Shall a trumpet in a city and the people not be afraid shall there be evil in a city and the LORD hath not done

  • Amos 4:11 - I have overthrown overthrew some of you as God Sodom and Gomorrah and ye were as a firebrand plucked out of the burning yet have ye not returned unto me saith the LORD

  • Amos 5:5 - But seek and Bethel for Gilgal nor enter not to Beersheba and pass for Gilgal go into captivity go into captivity and Bethel shall come to nought

  • Amos 5:14 - Seek good and not evil that ye may live and so the LORD the God of hosts shall be with you as ye have spoken

  • Amos 6:9 - And it shall come to pass if there remain ten house in one that they shall die

  • Amos 7:2 - And it came to pass that when they had made an end of eating the grass of the land then I said O Lord forgive arise I beseech thee by whom shall Jacob for he is small

  • Amos 7:3 - repented The LORD for this It shall not be saith The LORD

  • Amos 7:6 - repented The LORD for this This also shall not be saith the Lord GOD

  • Amos 8:9 - And it shall come to pass in that day saith the Lord GOD to go down that I will cause the sun at noon and I will darken the earth And it shall come to pass in that day in the clear

  • Daniel 1:6 - Now among these were of the children of Judah Daniel Hananiah Mishael and Azariah

  • Daniel 1:16 - Thus Melzar took away of their meat and the wine that they should drink and gave them pulse

  • Daniel 1:21 - And Daniel year continued even unto the first Cyrus of king

  • Daniel 2:1 - year And in the second of the reign Nebuchadnezzar dreamed Nebuchadnezzar dreams was troubled wherewith his spirit and his sleep brake

  • Daniel 8:2 - And I saw in a vision And I saw that I was at Shushan in the palace of Elam which is in the province And I saw in a vision and I was by the river of Ulai

  • Daniel 8:5 - And as I was considering and the goat behold an he came from the west on the face not the ground and touched not the ground and the goat horn had a notable between his eyes