Hebrew · Strong’s H1961
הָיָה
hâyâh/haw-yaw/
to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
Derivation:
a primitive root (compare H1933 (הָוָא));
3,557
Times used
3,557
Old Testament
0
New Testament
Verses (first 60 of 62)
- Genesis 1:2
- Genesis 1:3
- Genesis 1:29
- Genesis 2:18
- Genesis 3:1
- Genesis 4:14
- Genesis 9:26
- Genesis 10:8
- Genesis 11:3
- Genesis 13:3
- Genesis 13:8
- Genesis 15:1
- Genesis 24:60
- Genesis 27:1
- Genesis 34:10
- Genesis 41:40
- Exodus 3:1
- Exodus 3:14
- Exodus 5:13
- Exodus 8:22
- Exodus 9:3
- Exodus 11:6
- Exodus 12:4
- Exodus 18:19
- Exodus 19:15
- Exodus 25:15
- Leviticus 23:15
- Leviticus 26:12
- Numbers 10:2
- Numbers 15:40
- Numbers 31:16
- Deuteronomy 4:32
- Deuteronomy 27:9
- Joshua 22:20
- Judges 12:2
- Judges 14:17
- Judges 18:19
- Judges 19:30
- Judges 20:3
- 1 Samuel 2:11
- 1 Samuel 4:9
- 1 Samuel 6:9
- 1 Samuel 21:8
- 2 Samuel 3:17
- 2 Samuel 4:2
- 2 Samuel 7:24
- 2 Samuel 9:9
- Nehemiah 6:8
- Psalms 50:21
- Proverbs 13:19
- Jeremiah 5:30
- Jeremiah 48:6
- Ezekiel 2:8
- Ezekiel 16:34
- Ezekiel 20:32
- Ezekiel 21:7
- Ezekiel 39:8
- Daniel 8:27
- Daniel 12:1
- Hosea 3:3
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Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890), public domain. Verse list from the Strong’s-tagged King James Version.