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 24:60 - And they blessed Rebekah and said art our sister unto her Thou be thou the mother of thousands of millions possess and let thy seed the gate of those which hate
Genesis 24:67 - brought her And Isaac tent Sarah's his mother's and took Rebekah and she became his wife and he loved was comforted And Isaac after his mother's
Genesis 25:3 - And Jokshan begat Sheba and Dedan And the sons and Dedan were Asshurim and Letushim and Leummim
Genesis 25:11 - And it came to pass after the death of Abraham blessed that God Isaac his son dwelt Isaac by the well Lahairoi
Genesis 25:20 - And Isaac old was forty years when he took Rebekah the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padanaram the sister to Laban the Syrian to wife
Genesis 25:27 - grew And the boys and Esau a man was a cunning hunter a man of the field and Jacob a man was a plain dwelling in tents
Genesis 26:1 - And there was a famine in the land beside And there was a famine the first that was in the days of Abraham And Isaac unto Abimelech king of the Philistines unto Gerar
Genesis 26:3 - Sojourn countries and I will be with thee and will bless thee for unto thee and unto thy seed I will give countries all these and I will perform the oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father
Genesis 26:8 - And it came to pass when he had been there a long time looked out that Abimelech king of the Philistines at a window and saw and behold Isaac was sporting with Rebekah his wife
Genesis 26:14 - For he had possession of flocks For he had possession of herds of servants and great store envied and the Philistines
Genesis 26:28 - And they said We saw We saw that the LORD And they said Let there be now an oath betwixt betwixt betwixt us and thee and let us make a covenant
Genesis 26:32 - And it came to pass the same day came servants that Isaac's and told him concerning the well which they had digged and said unto him We have found water
Genesis 26:34 - And Esau old was forty years when he took to wife Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite and Bashemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite
Genesis 26:35 - Which were a grief of mind unto Isaac and to Rebekah
Genesis 27:1 - And it came to pass was old that when Isaac were dim and his eyes so that he could not see he called Esau son his eldest and he said son and he said
Genesis 27:12 - peradventure will feel My father me and I shall seem to him as a deceiver and I shall bring a curse upon me and not a blessing
Genesis 27:23 - And he discerned hands hands Esau's as his brother were hairy so he blessed
Genesis 27:30 - had made an end And it came to pass as soon as Isaac of blessing Jacob was yet gone out gone out Jacob from the presence And it came to pass as soon as Isaac his father that Esau his brother came in from his hunting
Genesis 27:33 - trembled And Isaac very exceedingly and said Who where is he that hath taken venison and brought it me and I have eaten and brought and have blessed and have blessed
Genesis 27:39 - answered And Isaac his father and said shall be the fatness of the earth unto him Behold thy dwelling and of the dew of heaven from above