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 21:12 - Cry and howl son of man for it shall be upon my people it shall be upon all the princes of Israel terrors by reason of the sword for it shall be upon my people smite by reason of therefore upon thy thigh

  • Ezekiel 21:13 - Because it is a trial even the rod and what if the sword contemn it shall be no more saith the Lord GOD

  • Ezekiel 21:18 - The word of the LORD came unto me again saying

  • Ezekiel 21:22 - At his right hand was the divination for Jerusalem to appoint battering rams to open the mouth in the slaughter to lift up the voice with shouting to appoint battering rams against the gates to cast a mount and to build a fort

  • Ezekiel 21:23 - divination And it shall be unto them as a false in their sight to them that have sworn oaths but he will call to remembrance the iniquity that they may be taken

  • Ezekiel 21:27 - I will overturn I will overturn I will overturn it and it shall be no more until he come whose right it is and I will give

  • Ezekiel 21:32 - to the fire Thou shalt be for fuel thy blood shall be in the midst of the land thou shalt be no more remembered for I the LORD have spoken

  • Ezekiel 22:1 - Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me saying

  • Ezekiel 22:6 - Behold the princes of Israel every one were in thee to their power to shed blood

  • Ezekiel 22:9 - In thee are men that carry tales to shed blood upon the mountains and in thee they eat lewdness of thee they commit in the midst

  • Ezekiel 22:13 - Behold therefore I have smitten mine hand at thy dishonest gain which thou hast made and at thy blood which hath been in the midst

  • Ezekiel 22:17 - And the word of the LORD came unto me saying

  • Ezekiel 22:18 - Son of man the house of Israel is to me become dross all they are brass and tin and iron and lead in the midst of the furnace is to me become dross of silver

  • Ezekiel 22:19 - Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD Because ye are all become dross behold therefore I will gather you into the midst of Jerusalem

  • Ezekiel 22:23 - And the word of the LORD came unto me saying

  • Ezekiel 23:1 - The word of the LORD came again unto me saying

  • Ezekiel 23:2 - Son of man there were two women the daughters mother of one

  • Ezekiel 23:4 - And the names is Aholah the elder Aholibah her sister and they were mine and they bare sons and daughters And the names Samaria is Aholah and Jerusalem Aholibah

  • Ezekiel 23:10 - These discovered her nakedness her sons and her daughters they took her with the sword and slew and she became famous among women judgment for they had executed

  • Ezekiel 23:32 - Thus saith the Lord GOD cup of thy sister's Thou shalt drink deep and large thou shalt be laughed to scorn and had in derision much it containeth