H1961 · הָיָה
hâyâh · haw-yaw · was, come to pass, become
H1961 (hâyâh, pronounced haw-yaw) is the Hebrew word הָיָה in Strong’s dictionary: to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary). It appears 3230 times in 2842 verses of the BSB (Yahweh).
Strong’s entry
- Original word
- הָיָה (Hebrew)
- Transliteration
- hâyâh
- Pronunciation
- haw-yaw
- Derivation
- a primitive root (compare H1933 (הָוָא));
- Definition
- to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
- Rendered in the KJV
- 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.
In the Berean Standard Bible (Yahweh)
3230 occurrences in 2842 verses (2858 with English words of their own, 372 in the original with no English word of their own).
How the BSB renders it
- “will be” ×198
- “came” ×155
- “was” ×148
- “be” ×96
- “And” ×66
- “were” ×60
- “will become” ×47
- “is” ×34
By book
Genesis 246 · Exodus 187 · Leviticus 123 · Numbers 143 · Deuteronomy 134 · Joshua 101 · Judges 92 · Ruth 17 · 1 Samuel 129 · 2 Samuel 120 · 1 Kings 150 · 2 Kings 88 · 1 Chronicles 86 · 2 Chronicles 102 · Ezra 5 · Nehemiah 34 · Esther 14 · Job 43 · Psalms 101 · Proverbs 27 · Ecclesiastes 35 · Song of Solomon 4 · Isaiah 165 · Jeremiah 222 · Lamentations 22 · Ezekiel 276 · Daniel 19 · Hosea 25 · Joel 9 · Amos 9 · Obadiah 4 · Jonah 9 · Micah 17 · Nahum 3 · Habakkuk 3 · Zephaniah 11 · Haggai 7 · Zechariah 49 · Malachi 11
First 30 of 2842 verses
- Genesis 1:2
- Genesis 1:3
- Genesis 1:5
- Genesis 1:6
- Genesis 1:7
- Genesis 1:8
- Genesis 1:9
- Genesis 1:11
- Genesis 1:13
- Genesis 1:14
- Genesis 1:15
- Genesis 1:19
- Genesis 1:23
- Genesis 1:24
- Genesis 1:29
- Genesis 1:30
- Genesis 1:31
- Genesis 2:5
- Genesis 2:7
- Genesis 2:10
- Genesis 2:18
- Genesis 2:24
- Genesis 2:25
- Genesis 3:1
- Genesis 3:5
- Genesis 3:20
- Genesis 3:22
- Genesis 4:2
- Genesis 4:3
- Genesis 4:8
Related words
Numbers that share a root with H1961.