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)


  • Ezekiel 18:5 - But if a man be just and do that which is lawful and right

  • Ezekiel 18:13 - upon usury Hath given forth increase and hath taken shall he then live he shall not live all these abominations he hath done die die his blood

  • Ezekiel 18:20 - The soul that sinneth it shall die The son bear the iniquity neither shall the father neither shall the father bear the iniquity The son the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him and the wickedness of the wicked

  • Ezekiel 18:30 - every one according to his ways Therefore I will judge you O house of Israel saith the Lord Repent Repent yourselves from all your transgressions shall not be your ruin so iniquity

  • Ezekiel 19:3 - And she brought up one of her whelps it became a young lion and it learned to catch the prey men it devoured

  • Ezekiel 19:6 - And he went up and down among the lions he became a young lion and learned to catch the prey men and devoured

  • Ezekiel 19:10 - Thy mother is like a vine in thy blood by the waters planted she was fruitful and full of branches by the waters by reason of many

  • Ezekiel 19:11 - rods And she had strong for the sceptres of them that bare rule was exalted and her stature among the thick branches and she appeared in her height with the multitude of her branches

  • Ezekiel 19:14 - is gone out And fire of a rod of her branches her fruit which hath devoured of a rod so that she hath no strong to be a sceptre to rule This is a lamentation This is a lamentation

  • Ezekiel 20:1 - year And it came to pass in the seventh in the fifth month the tenth day of the month came that certain of the elders of Israel to enquire of the LORD and sat before

  • Ezekiel 20:2 - Then came the word of the LORD unto me saying

  • Ezekiel 20:12 - them my sabbaths Moreover also I gave to be a sign between me and them that they might know that I am the LORD that sanctify

  • Ezekiel 20:20 - my sabbaths And hallow and they shall be a sign between me and you that ye may know that I am the LORD your God

  • Ezekiel 20:24 - my judgments Because they had not executed my statutes but had despised my sabbaths and had polluted were after idols their fathers and their eyes

  • Ezekiel 20:32 - And that which cometh into your mind We will be We will be shall not be at all that ye say We will be as the heathen as the families of the countries to serve wood and stone

  • Ezekiel 20:45 - Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me saying

  • Ezekiel 21:1 - And the word of the LORD came unto me saying

  • Ezekiel 21:7 - and shall be brought to pass And it shall be when they say unto thee Wherefore sighest And it shall be when they say For the tidings because it cometh shall melt and every heart shall be feeble and all hands shall faint and every spirit and all knees as water because it cometh and shall be brought to pass saith the Lord GOD

  • Ezekiel 21:8 - Again the word of the LORD came unto me saying

  • Ezekiel 21:10 - to make a sore slaughter It is sharpened that it may glitter should we then make mirth the rod of my son it contemneth as every tree