Hebrew Word Study · Strong’s H1961

הָיָה

ha.yah · “to be

Used 3,575 times across 39 books

Definition
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
Where it appears
Genesis
316
Exodus
235
Leviticus
147
Numbers
181
Deuteronomy
171
Joshua
150
Judges
121
Ruth
21
1 Samuel
168
2 Samuel
154
1 Kings
198
2 Kings
121
1 Chronicles
105
2 Chronicles
133
Ezra
5
Nehemiah
48
Esther
17
Job
50
Psalms
104
Proverbs
28
Ecclesiastes
47
Song of Solomon
4
Isaiah
211
Jeremiah
266
Lamentations
23
Ezekiel
341
Daniel
23
Hosea
27
Joel
11
Amos
10
Obadiah
7
Jonah
10
Micah
18
Nahum
3
Habakkuk
3
Zephaniah
11
Haggai
9
Zechariah
67
Malachi
11
In the text
Genesis 1:2And the earth was without form and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.Genesis 1:3And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.Genesis 1:5And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.Genesis 1:6And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.Genesis 1:7And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.Genesis 1:8And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.Genesis 1:9And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.Genesis 1:11And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.Genesis 1:13And the evening and the morning were the third day.Genesis 1:14And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:

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