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Bible Lexicons

Old Testament Hebrew Lexical DictionaryHebrew Lexicon

Strong's #01933 - הָוָא

Transliteration

hâvâʼ

Phonetics

haw-vaw', haw-vaw'

Root Word (Etymology)

a primitive root [compare (H183), (H1961)]

Parts of Speech

Verb

TWOT

484,491

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs'

1) Qal)

1a) to fall

1b) to be, become, exist, happen

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

KJV (6)

Genesis 1

Nehemiah 1

Job 1

Ecclesiastes 2

Isaiah 1

HCS (0)

HCS (6)

Genesis 1

Nehemiah 1

Job 1

Ecclesiastes 2

Isaiah 1

BSB (6)

Genesis 1

Nehemiah 1

Job 1

Ecclesiastes 2

Isaiah 1

ESV (4)

Genesis 1

Nehemiah 1

Job 1

Ecclesiastes 1

WEB (7)

Genesis 1

Nehemiah 2

Job 1

Ecclesiastes 2

Isaiah 1

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

1097) e e (הה HH) AC: Breathe CO: Breath AB: Exist: The pictograph e represents one who is looking at a great sight with his hands raised and taking a long breath. The pictograph e represents one who is looking at a great sight with his hands raised and taking a long breath.

A) e e (הה HH) AC: ? CO: Breath AB: ?

N^m ) e e (הה HH) - Woe: A heavy breath. KJV (1): woe - Strongs: H1929 (הָהּ)

J) e f e (הוה HWH) AC: Exist CO: Breath AB: ?

V) e e (הוה HWH) - Exist: To exist or have breath. That which exists has breath. In Hebrew thought the breath is the character of someone or something. Just as a man has character, so do objects. [Hebrew and Aramaic] KJV (75): (vf: Paal) be, hath, was - Strongs: H1933 (הָוָא), H1934 (הָוָא)

M) e i e (היה HYH) AC: Exist CO: Breath AB: ?

V) e i e (היה HYH) - Exist: To exist or have breath. That which exists has breath. In Hebrew thought the breath is the character of someone or something. Just as a man has character, so do objects. [A generic verb with a wide application meaning to exist or be] KJV (74): (vf: Paal, Niphal) was, come to pass, came, been, happened, become, pertained, better for thee - Strongs: H1961 (הָיָה)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

הָוָא verb fall (Arabic

id. e.g. of a star Qor 53:1) —

Qal Imperative Job 37:6 for he saith to the snow הֱוֵאאָֿ֑רֶץ Fall earthwards (an Arabizing usage).

הובנים see [ הָבְנִי].

הוד (√ of following; De Job 39:20 compare Bedouin crash, roar, resonance; 'weithin hallende Selbstverkündigung' Id. Psalm 8:6; but ordinarily means be Gentle, quiet, especially in speech).

[הָוָה] verb become (Arabic to fall (see הָוָא), also to gape or yawn, and to desire (compare הַוָּה): compare Fl^{De Job 6:2}; Aramaic הֲוָא, the usual word for to be (probably originally to fall out, accidit, hence come to pass, come to be, γίγνεσθαι), Mishna id. very common) a rare synonym of הָיָה q. v. : —

Qal Imperfect with apocope יְהוּא Ecclesiastes 11:3 (for יְהוּ with א otiosum; Ges^{§ 75} R I:3 e Kö^{p. 597f.}; but Gr plausibly הוּא); Imperative masculine singular הֱוֵה Genesis 27:29, feminine singular, הֱוִי Isaiah 16:4, Participle הֹוֶה Ecclesiastes 2:22; Nehemiah 6:6 : — Genesis 27:29 הֱוֵה גְבִיר לְאַחֶיךָ become lord to thy brethren, Isaiah 16:4 (perhaps in imitation of Moabite dialect) הֱוִי סֵתֶר לָמוֺ become thou (Zion) a defence to them, Ecclesiastes 2:22; Ecclesiastes 11:3; Nehemiah 6:6.

List of Word Forms

הֱוִי־ הֱוֵ֤ה הֱוֵ֫א הֹוֶ֤ה הוא הוה הוי־ יְהֽוּא׃ יהוא׃ hĕ·wê hĕ·wêh hĕ·wî- heVe heVeh hevi hĕwê hĕwêh hĕwî- hō·weh hoVeh hōweh yə·hū yeHu yəhū