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)


  • Genesis 48:6 - And thy issue which thou begettest after after the name of their brethren them shall be thine and shall be called in their inheritance

  • Genesis 48:19 - refused And his father and said I know it my son I know it he also shall become a people and he also shall be great but truly brother his younger and he also shall be great than he and his seed shall become a multitude of nations

  • Genesis 48:21 - said And Israel unto Joseph Behold I die but God shall be with you and bring you again unto the land of your fathers

  • Genesis 49:15 - And he saw that rest was good and the land that it was pleasant and bowed his shoulder to bear unto tribute and became a servant

  • Genesis 49:17 - Dan shall be a serpent by the way an adder in the path that biteth heels the horse shall fall so that his rider backward

  • Genesis 49:26 - The blessings of thy father have prevailed The blessings of my progenitors unto the utmost bound hills of the everlasting they shall be on the head of Joseph and on the crown of the head of him that was separate from his brethren

  • Genesis 50:9 - And there went up with him both chariots and horsemen company great and it was a very

  • Habakkuk 1:3 - Why dost thou shew me iniquity grievance and cause me to behold for spoiling and violence strife and contention are before me and there are that raise up

  • Habakkuk 2:7 - suddenly Shall they not rise up that shall bite that shall vex thee and thou shalt be for booties

  • Habakkuk 3:4 - And his brightness was as the light he had horns coming out of his hand and there was the hiding of his power

  • Haggai 1:1 - year In the second of Darius the king month in the sixth day in the first month came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet unto Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel governor of Judah and to Joshua the son of Josedech priest the high saying

  • Haggai 1:3 - Then came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet saying

  • Haggai 2:1 - In the seventh and twentieth month in the one day of the month came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet saying

  • Haggai 2:9 - shall be greater than The glory house of this latter of the former saith the LORD of hosts and in this place will I give peace saith the LORD of hosts

  • Haggai 2:10 - and twentieth In the four day of the ninth year month in the second of Darius came the word of the LORD Haggai the prophet saying

  • Haggai 2:16 - Since those days were when one came to an heap of twenty measures there were but ten Since those days were when one came to the pressfat for to draw out fifty vessels out of the press of twenty

  • Haggai 2:20 - the word of the LORD And again came unto Haggai and twentieth in the four day of the month saying

  • Hosea 1:1 - The word of the LORD that came unto Hosea the son of Beeri and in the days of Uzziah Jotham Ahaz and Hezekiah king of Judah and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel

  • Hosea 1:5 - And it shall come to pass at that day that I will break the bow of Israel in the valley of Jezreel

  • Hosea 1:9 - Then said God Call his name Loammi for ye are not my people