Strong's H1961 (Hebrew)[edit | edit source]

Lemma: הָיָה (hâyâh)

Pronunciation: haw-yaw

POS: haw-yaw Morph: v

Exegesis: a primitive root (compare );

Definition: a primitive root (compare הָוָא); to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary); 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.

KJV Usage: 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.

Senses[edit | edit source]

• 1. 1) to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out
• 2. 1a) (Qal)
• 3. 1a1) ——-
• 4. 1a1a) to happen, fall out, occur, take place, come about, come to pass
• 5. 1a1b) to come about, come to pass
• 6. 1a2) to come into being, become
• 7. 1a2a) to arise, appear, come
• 8. 1a2b) to become
• 9. 1a2b1) to become
• 10. 1a2b2) to become like
• 11. 1a2b3) to be instituted, be established
• 12. 1a3) to be
• 13. 1a3a) to exist, be in existence
• 14. 1a3b) to abide, remain, continue (with word of place or time)
• 15. 1a3c) to stand, lie, be in, be at, be situated (with word of locality)
• 16. 1a3d) to accompany, be with
• 17. 1b) (Niphal)
• 18. 1b1) to occur, come to pass, be done, be brought about
• 19. 1b2) to be done, be finished, be gone

Cross References[edit | edit source]

• GREEK G450
• GREEK G455
• GREEK G576
• GREEK G1081
• GREEK G1096
• GREEK G1300
• GREEK G1325
• GREEK G1339
• GREEK G1380
• GREEK G1554
• GREEK G1910
• GREEK G1966
• GREEK G2064
• GREEK G2192
• GREEK G2192
• GREEK G2476
• GREEK G2521
• GREEK G2523
• GREEK G2564
• GREEK G2606
• GREEK G2621
• GREEK G2641
• GREEK G2730
• GREEK G2837
• GREEK G2932
• GREEK G3049
• GREEK G3306
• GREEK G3854
• GREEK G4060
• GREEK G4160
• GREEK G4819
• GREEK G5225
• GREEK G5316
• GREEK G5442

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