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));
Genesis 13:8 - said And Abram unto Lot no Let there be strife I pray thee between me and thee and between my herdmen I pray thee between me and thee and between my herdmen be brethren
Genesis 14:1 - And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar Arioch king of Ellasar Chedorlaomer king of Elam and Tidal king of nations
Genesis 15:1 - After the word came the word of the LORD not Abram in a vision saying Fear not Abram I am thy shield reward great and thy exceeding
Genesis 15:5 - And he brought him forth abroad and said Look now toward heaven and tell the stars if thou be able and tell and said unto him So shall thy seed
Genesis 15:12 - And when the sun was going down a deep sleep fell upon Abram and lo an horror darkness of great fell
Genesis 15:13 - And he said unto Abram Know Know shall be a stranger that thy seed in a land that is not theirs and shall serve them and they shall afflict them four hundred years
Genesis 15:17 - And it came to pass that when the sun went down and it was dark furnace behold a smoking lamp and a burning that passed between those pieces
Genesis 16:12 - And he will be a wild man his hand his hand in the presence of all his brethren against him and he shall dwell
Genesis 17:1 - And when Abram old was ninety years and nine years appeared the LORD And when Abram and said God unto him I am the Almighty walk before me and be thou perfect
Genesis 17:4 - As for me behold my covenant is with thee and thou shalt be a father of many nations
Genesis 17:5 - any more be called Neither shall thy name Abram Neither shall thy name shall be Abraham for a father of many nations have I made thee
Genesis 17:7 - And I will establish covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations covenant for an everlasting to be a God between me and thee and thy seed after thee
Genesis 17:8 - And I will give unto thee and to thy seed after thee all the land wherein thou art a stranger all the land of Canaan possession for an everlasting and I will be their God
Genesis 17:11 - And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin and it shall be a token of the covenant
Genesis 17:13 - be circumcised be circumcised He that is born in thy house and he that is bought with thy money and my covenant shall be in your flesh and my covenant for an everlasting
Genesis 17:16 - And I will bless her and give thee a son And I will bless her and she shall be a mother of nations kings of people
Genesis 18:11 - Now Abraham and Sarah were old and well stricken in age and it ceased and Sarah after the manner of women
Genesis 18:12 - laughed Therefore Sarah within herself saying After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure my lord being old also
Genesis 18:18 - Seeing that Abraham and all the nations shall surely become a great and mighty shall be blessed and all the nations of the earth
Genesis 18:25 - That be far do after this manner to slay and that the righteous should be as the wicked and that the righteous should be as the wicked That be far from thee Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right