HebrewH1961Verb

הָיָה

ha.yah

2,957Occurrences
H1961Strong's #
VerbPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)

a primitive root (compare H1933 (הָוָא));

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
  1. to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out 1a) (Qal) 1a1) --- 1a1a) to happen, fall out, occur, take place, come about, come to pass 1a1b) to come about, come to pass 1a2) to come into being, become 1a2a) to arise, appear, come 1a2b) to become 1a2b1) to become 1a2b2) to become like 1a2b3) to be instituted, be established 1a3) to be 1a3a) to exist, be in existence 1a3b) to abide, remain, continue (with word of place or time) 1a3c) to stand, lie, be in, be at, be situated (with word of locality) 1a3d) to accompany, be with 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to occur, come to pass, be done, be brought about 1b2) to be done, be finished, be gone

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Verb

Morphology Code

H:V

Full Description

Hebrew Verb

Occurrences

הָיָה appears 2,957 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Genesis
276
Ezk
271
Jeremiah
242
Exodus
187
Isaiah
181
1 Kings
155
Numbers
151
Deuteronomy
142

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 1:10BSB

Cush was the father of Nimrod, who began to be a mighty one on the earth.

2 Kings 7:19BSB

And the officer had answered the man of God, “Look, even if the LORD were to make windows in heaven, could this really happen?”So Elisha had replied, “You will see it with your own eyes, but you will not eat any of it!”

Ezk 16:63BSB

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Isaiah 24:13BSB

So will it be on the earthand among the nations,like a harvested olive tree,like a gleaning after a grape harvest.

Joshua 19:33BSB

Their border started at Heleph and the great tree of Zaanannim, passing Adami-nekeb and Jabneel as far as Lakkum and ending at the Jordan.

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