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)


  • 1 Kings 10:5 - And the meat of his table and the sitting of his servants and the attendance of his ministers and their apparel and his ascent by which he went up unto the house of the LORD there was no more spirit

  • 1 Kings 10:6 - And she said to the king It was a true of thy acts that I heard in mine own land of thy acts and of thy wisdom

  • 1 Kings 10:9 - be the LORD thy God Blessed which delighted in thee to set thee on the throne Israel loved be the LORD Israel for ever therefore made he thee king to do judgment and justice

  • 1 Kings 10:14 - Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon year in one and six hundred threescore and six talents of gold

  • 1 Kings 10:26 - gathered together And Solomon chariots and horsemen thousand and four hundred chariots and twelve thousand and horsemen whom he bestowed in the cities chariots and with the king at Jerusalem

  • 1 Kings 11:3 - and his wives princesses And he had seven hundred concubines and three hundred turned away and his wives his heart

  • 1 Kings 11:4 - For it came to pass when was old Solomon that his wives turned away and his heart after gods other and his heart was not perfect with the LORD gods and his heart of David his father

  • 1 Kings 11:11 - said Wherefore the LORD unto Solomon Forasmuch as this is done of thee and thou hast not kept my covenant and my statutes which I have commanded rend rend the kingdom from thee and will give it to thy servant

  • 1 Kings 11:15 - For it came to pass when David in Edom was gone up and Joab the captain of the host to bury the slain after he had smitten every male in Edom

  • 1 Kings 11:20 - bare And the sister of Tahpenes and Genubath his son weaned of Tahpenes among house Pharaoh's and Genubath house Pharaoh's among his son Pharaoh's

  • 1 Kings 11:24 - And he gathered unto him and became captain over a band slew when David in Damascus and dwelt therein and reigned in Damascus

  • 1 Kings 11:25 - And he was an adversary Israel all the days of Solomon beside the mischief that Hadad did and he abhorred Israel and reigned over Syria

  • 1 Kings 11:29 - And it came to pass at that time when Jeroboam went out of Jerusalem found Ahijah the Shilonite that the prophet him in the way and he had clad garment himself with a new and they two were alone in the field

  • 1 Kings 11:32 - out of all the tribes But he shall have one for my servant David's sake and for Jerusalem's sake the city which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel

  • 1 Kings 11:36 - And unto his son will I give tribe one may have a light that David my servant alway before me in Jerusalem the city which I have chosen me to put my ~

  • 1 Kings 11:37 - And I will take thee and thou shalt reign desireth according to all that thy soul and shalt be king over Israel

  • 1 Kings 11:38 - And it shall be if thou wilt hearken unto all that I command thee and wilt walk in my ways and do that is right in my sight to keep my statutes and my commandments and do as David my servant as I built house thee a sure as I built as David and will give Israel

  • 1 Kings 11:40 - sought Solomon therefore to kill And Jeroboam arose And Jeroboam and fled and was in Egypt unto Shishak king and was in Egypt and was in Egypt until the death Solomon

  • 1 Kings 12:2 - heard And it came to pass when Jeroboam the son of Nebat in Egypt of it (for he was fled from the presence of king Solomon dwelt And it came to pass when Jeroboam in Egypt

  • 1 Kings 12:6 - How do ye advise And king Rehoboam with the old men that stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived and said How do ye advise that I may this people answer