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));
Ecclesiastes 11:8 - years for they shall be many live But if a man and rejoice in them all yet let him remember the days of darkness for they shall be many All that cometh is vanity
Ecclesiastes 12:7 - return Then shall the dust to the earth as it was and the spirit return unto God who gave
Ecclesiastes 12:9 - And moreover because the preacher was wise he still taught knowledge the people and sought out and set in order proverbs many
Esther 1:1 - Now it came to pass in the days this is Ahasuerus this is Ahasuerus which reigned from India even unto Ethiopia and seven and twenty over an hundred provinces
Esther 1:22 - For he sent letters into every province into all the king's into every province into every province according to the writing of every people of every people according to the language that every man should bear rule in his own house and that it should be published according to the language of every people
Esther 2:5 - there was a certain Jew Now in Shushan the palace whose name was Mordecai the son of Jair the son of Shimei the son of Kish a Benjamite
Esther 2:7 - And he brought up Hadassah that is Esther daughter his uncle's for she had neither father and mother and the maid was fair and beautiful were dead for she had neither father and mother took whom Mordecai daughter
Esther 2:8 - was heard commandment So it came to pass when the king's and his decree were gathered together maidens and when many unto Shushan the palace to the custody of Hegai was brought that Esther house So it came to pass when the king's to the custody of Hegai keeper of the women
Esther 2:12 - was come turn Now when every maid's Now when every maid's to go in to king Ahasuerus after according to the manner of the women that she had been twelve months accomplished for so were the days of their purifications and six months with oil of myrrh and six months with sweet odours and with other things for the purifying of the women
Esther 2:15 - was come Now when the turn And Esther her for his daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai who had taken her for his daughter to go in the king's she required nothing appointed but what Hegai chamberlain the king's the keeper of the women And Esther obtained favour in the sight of all them that looked
Esther 2:20 - Esther had not yet shewed her kindred nor her people had charged as Mordecai the commandment as Mordecai Esther did like as when she was brought up
Esther 3:4 - Now it came to pass when they spake daily daily unto him and he hearkened for he had told Haman to see would stand matters whether Mordecai's for he had told them that he was a Jew
Esther 3:14 - The copy of the writing to be given for a commandment in every province in every province was published unto all people that they should be ready against that day
Esther 5:1 - day Now it came to pass on the third put on that Esther her royal apparel and stood court house and the king in the inner over against house and the king and the king sat throne her royal house her royal over against the gate house
Esther 5:2 - saw And it was so when the king Esther the queen standing in the court that she obtained favour in his sight held out And it was so when the king Esther of the sceptre the golden that was in his hand drew near Esther and touched the top of the sceptre
Esther 6:1 - On that night could not sleep the king and he commanded to bring the book of records of the chronicles and they were read before the king
Esther 8:13 - The copy of the writing to be given for a commandment in every province in every province was published unto all people and that the Jews against that day to avenge themselves on their enemies
Esther 8:16 - The Jews had light and gladness and joy and honour
Esther 9:21 - To stablish this among them that they should keep day the fourteenth of the month Adar day and the fifteenth of the same yearly of the same yearly
Esther 9:27 - ordained and took The Jews upon them and upon their seed and upon all such as joined themselves unto them so as it should not fail that they would keep these two days according to their writing and according to their appointed time every year every year