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)


  • Deuteronomy 23:13 - And thou shalt have a paddle upon thy weapon and it shall be when thou wilt ease thyself abroad thou shalt dig therewith and shalt turn back and cover that which cometh

  • Deuteronomy 23:14 - For the LORD thy God walketh in the midst of thy camp to deliver thee and to give up thine enemies before of thy camp be holy that he see no unclean thing in thee and turn away from thee

  • Deuteronomy 23:17 - There shall be no whore of the daughters of Israel nor a sodomite of the sons of Israel

  • Deuteronomy 23:21 - When thou shalt vow a vow it for the LORD thy God thou shalt not slack to pay require require it for the LORD thy God it of thee and it would be sin

  • Deuteronomy 23:22 - But if thou shalt forbear to vow it shall be no sin

  • Deuteronomy 24:1 - hath taken When a man a wife and married because he hath found no favour in his eyes because he hath found uncleanness some in her then let him write her a bill of divorcement and give it in her hand and send her out of his house

  • Deuteronomy 24:2 - And when she is departed out of his house she may go man's and be another

  • Deuteronomy 24:4 - may husband Her former which sent her away her again not take to be his wife after that she is defiled for that is abomination before the LORD to sin and thou shalt not cause the land the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance

  • Deuteronomy 24:5 - hath taken When a man his wife a new he shall not go out to war neither shall he be charged with any business but he shall be free at home year one and shall cheer up his wife hath taken

  • Deuteronomy 24:13 - In any case In any case him the pledge goeth down when the sun that he may sleep in his own raiment and bless thee and it shall be righteousness unto thee before the LORD thy God

  • Deuteronomy 24:15 - At his day thou shalt give him his hire go down neither shall the sun upon it for he is poor and setteth his heart upon it lest he cry against thee unto the LORD and it be sin

  • Deuteronomy 24:18 - But thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt redeemed and the LORD thy God thee thence therefore I command thee to do this thing

  • Deuteronomy 24:19 - When thou cuttest down thine harvest in the field and hast forgot a sheaf in the field thou shalt not go again to fetch it it shall be for the stranger for the fatherless and for the widow may bless that the LORD thy God thee in all the work of thine hands

  • Deuteronomy 24:20 - When thou beatest thine olive tree thou shalt not go over the boughs again it shall be for the stranger for the fatherless and for the widow

  • Deuteronomy 24:21 - When thou gatherest the grapes of thy vineyard thou shalt not glean it afterward it shall be for the stranger for the fatherless and for the widow

  • Deuteronomy 24:22 - And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt therefore I command thee to do this thing

  • Deuteronomy 25:1 - If there be a controversy between men and they come unto judgment that the judges may judge them then they shall justify the righteous and condemn the wicked

  • Deuteronomy 25:2 - be worthy and to be beaten And it shall be if the wicked man shall cause him to lie down that the judge and to be beaten before his face according to his fault by a certain number

  • Deuteronomy 25:5 - dwell If brethren together of the dead and one and have no child her to him to wife of the dead shall not marry without unto a stranger her husband's brother shall go in unto her and take her to him to wife and perform the duty of an husband's brother

  • Deuteronomy 25:6 - And it shall be that the firstborn which she beareth shall succeed in the name of his brother which is dead be not put out in the name of Israel