Old Testament Hebrew

Entry for Strong's #1961 - הָיָה

Transliteration:

hâyâh

Phonetics:

haw-yaw'

Word Origin:

a primitive root [compare (01933)]

Parts of Speech:

Verb

TWOT:

491

Word Definition [ Brown-Drivers-Briggs' | Strong's ]

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition
to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out

(Qal)
1. to happen, fall out, occur, take place, come about, come to pass
2. to come about, come to pass
3. to come into being, become
4. to arise, appear, come
5. to become
6. to become
7. to become like
8. to be instituted, be established
9. to be
10. to exist, be in existence
11. to abide, remain, continue (with word of place or time)
12. to stand, lie, be in, be at, be situated (with word of locality)
13. to accompany, be with
(Niphal)
1. to occur, come to pass, be done, be brought about
2. to be done, be finished, be gone

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 1966 ‑ ἐπιοῦσα (ep‑ee‑oo'‑sah); 450 ‑ ἀνίστημι (an‑is'‑tay‑mee); 576 ‑ ἀποβαίνω (ap‑ob‑ah'ee‑no); 1081 ‑ γέννημα (ghen'‑nay‑mah); 1300 ‑ διατελέω (dee‑at‑el‑eh'‑o); 1325 ‑ δίδωμι (did'‑o‑mee); 1554 ‑ ἐκδίδωμι (ek‑did'‑o‑mee); 1910 ‑ ἐπιβαίνω (ep‑ee‑bah'ee‑no); 2064 ‑ ἔρχομαι (er'‑khom‑ahee); 2192 ‑ ἔχω (ekh'‑o); 2476 ‑ ἵστημι (his'‑tay‑mee); 2521 ‑ κάθημαι (kath'‑ay‑mahee); 2523 ‑ καθίζω (kath‑id'‑zo); 2564 ‑ καλέω (kal‑eh'‑o); 2641 ‑ καταλείπω (kat‑al‑i'‑po); 2730 ‑ κατοικέω (kat‑oy‑keh'‑o); 2932 ‑ κτάομαι (ktah'‑om‑ahee); 3049 ‑ λογίζομαι (log‑id'‑zom‑ahee); 3306 ‑ μένω (men'‑o); 3854 ‑ παραγίνομαι (par‑ag‑in'‑om‑ahee); 4060 ‑ περιτίθημι (per‑ee‑tith'‑ay‑mee); 4160 ‑ ποιέω (poy‑eh'‑o); 4819 ‑ συμβαίνω (soom‑bah'ee‑no); 5225 ‑ ὑπάρχω (hoop‑ar'‑kho); 5316 ‑ φαίνω (fah'ee‑no); 455 ‑ ἀνοίγω (an‑oy'‑go); 5442 ‑ φυλάσσω (foo‑las'‑so); 1380 ‑ δοκέω (dok‑eh'‑o); 2606 ‑ καταγελάω (kat‑ag‑el‑ah'‑o); 2192 ‑ ἔχω (ekh'‑o); 1448 ‑ ἐγγίζω (eng‑id'‑zo); 1410 ‑ δύναμαι (doo'‑nam‑ahee); 4924 ‑ συνοικέω (soon‑oy‑key'‑o); 1339 ‑ διΐστημι (dee‑is'‑tay‑mee); 2837 ‑ κοιμάω (koy‑mah'‑o); 1096 ‑ γίνομαι (ghin'‑om‑ahee); 2621 ‑ κατάκειμαι (kat‑ak'‑i‑mahee);

Frequency / Word lists [ Book | Word ]

Verse Results

KJV

NAS

Genesis	17
Exodus	10
Leviticus	2
Numbers	3
Deuteronomy	2
Joshua	1
Judges	6
1 Samuel	4
2 Samuel	4
1 Kings	4
2 Chronicles	1
Nehemiah	1
Psalms	1
Proverbs	1
Isaiah	1
Jeremiah	3
Ezekiel	5
Daniel	3
Hosea	1
Joel	1
Zechariah	1

Genesis	110
Exodus	77
Leviticus	51
Numbers	54
Deuteronomy	55
Joshua	62
Judges	48
Ruth	9
1 Samuel	63
2 Samuel	54
1 Kings	68
2 Kings	34
1 Chronicles	39
2 Chronicles	40
Ezra	2
Nehemiah	7
Esther	4
Job	17
Psalms	44
Proverbs	3
Ecclesiastes	19
Song of Solomon	2
Isaiah	75
Jeremiah	132
Lamentations	16
Ezekiel	128
Daniel	9
Hosea	12
Joel	6
Amos	4
Obadiah	1
Jonah	4
Micah	8
Nahum	1
Habakkuk	2
Zephaniah	6
Haggai	6
Zechariah	22
Malachi	1

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