ha.yah H1961

הָיָה (ha.yah) means “to be” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

הָיָה Hebrew · H1961 3,561 tagged occurrences in 3,132 verses

Pronunciation guide: haw-yaw Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H1961

הָיָה · ha.yah · to be

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

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

a primitive root (compare H1933 (הָוָא)); to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)

KJV glosses: 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.

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How translators render H1961

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering	Count
will be	205
came	155
was	149
be	108
and	91
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will become	48
is	36
are	31
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to be	28
now	27
vvv	25
there was	24
has become	21
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i am	19
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so	18
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they will be	17
he was	15
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become	11
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been	10
have	10
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when	9
will	9
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and he became	7
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as	7
as soon as	7
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but	7
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however	7
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it shall be	7
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some time later	7
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after	6
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to	6
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one day	4
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all	3
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spread	3
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whenever	3
while	3
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about	2
act	2
am	2
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and bind them	2
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a man	1
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and would receive	1
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and you will have	1
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appeared	1
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at	1
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her	1
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shall extend	1
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share	1
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so adonijah	1
so are	1
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so whenever	1
so will i be	1
sold	1
some time later however	1
soon	1
spent	1
stand	1
still belongs to	1
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supported	1
take	1
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testify	1
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the following	1
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then you will become	1
there	1
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therefore be	1
therefore it will remain	1
these curses will be	1
these may become	1
these nations were left	1
these nobles kept	1
these will serve	1
they are but	1
they become	1
they came into	1
they had been	1
they had taken	1
they have	1
they have occurred	1
they have remained	1
they married	1
they may marry	1
they pressed the amorites	1
they serve	1
they spent	1
they themselves have been	1
they went	1
they will	1
they will be fulfilled	1
they will be left	1
they will be thorns	1
they will come	1
they will make	1
they will remain	1
they will serve as	1
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this happened	1
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to be used	1
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to have this	1
to make	1
to marry	1
to provide	1
to remain	1
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treat	1
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whether that man will be	1
which	1
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which he was	1
which served	1
while he is	1
while joseph was	1
while they were	1
who are	1
who became	1
who comes	1
who had preceded me	1
who had received	1
who is	1
who was	1
who were	1
why was	1
wielding	1
wife has	1
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will be put	1
will be set	1
will be spread	1
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will go up	1
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will qualify	1
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will stand	1
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will surely come to pass	1
will take place	1
will touch	1
will you have	1
with this bitter	1
would happen	1
would last forever	1
would lie	1
yet it seemed	1
yet they shall be	1
yet you have	1
you	1
you are to apply	1
you are to observe	1
you are to treat them	1
you be	1
you had	1
you harbored	1
you have become	1
you have been working	1
you have done	1
you have indeed become	1
you lived	1
you must	1
you must be	1
you must have	1
you must maintain	1
you must treat	1
you must use	1
you shall have	1
you shall maintain	1
you shall regard it	1
you should be	1
you to be	1
you were only	1
you who were	1
you will escape	1
you will go	1
your god	1

KJV rendering counts
Rendering	Count
shall be	6
and be	2
and there shall be	2
be	2
done	2
had	2
is	2
let there be	2
was	2
accomplished	1
all that pertained	1
and it came to pass	1
and it is done	1
and it shall be	1
and it shall come to pass	1
and it was so	1
and quit	1
and shall be brought to pass	1
and thou shalt not be	1
and ye shall be	1
art become	1
as when there was	1
be thou	1
brake	1
came	1
caused	1
did	1
fainted	1
fell	1
followed	1
had been	1
had communication	1
happened to us	1
hath been	1
how was	1
i am	1
is committed	1
is done	1
kept	1
lasted	1
required	1
should be	1
that i am	1
that i was altogether	1
them that thou mayest use	1
there are	1
there hath not been	1
there was	1
this that is done	1
thou art become	1
thou shalt be	1
to be	1
to you it shall be	1
to you quit	1
unto thee be not	1
unto thee therefore thou art	1
we should have been	1
we will be	1
were	1
what is done	1
which were	1
with us and be to us	1
you and will be	1

Verses containing H1961

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Judges 1:33 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Naphtali failed to drive out the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh and Beth-anath. So the Naphtalites also lived among the Canaanite inhabitants of the land, but the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh and Beth-anath served them as forced laborers.
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Judges 1:35 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And the Amorites were determined to dwell in Mount Heres, Aijalon, and Shaalbim. But when the house of Joseph grew in strength, they pressed the Amorites into forced labor.
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Judges 2:3 · BSB · 2 occurrences
So now I tell you that I will not drive out these people before you; they will be thorns in your sides, and their gods will be a snare to you.”
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Judges 2:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When the angel of the LORD had spoken these words to all the Israelites, the people lifted up their voices and wept.
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Judges 2:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Wherever Israel marched out, the hand of the LORD was against them to bring calamity, just as He had sworn to them. So they were greatly distressed.
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Judges 2:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Whenever the LORD raised up a judge for the Israelites, He was with that judge and saved them from the hands of their enemies while the judge was still alive; for the LORD was moved to pity by their groaning under those who oppressed them and afflicted them.
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Judges 2:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But when the judge died, the Israelites became even more corrupt than their fathers, going after other gods to serve them and bow down to them. They would not give up their evil practices and stubborn ways.
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Judges 3:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
These nations were left to test the Israelites, to find out whether they would keep the commandments of the LORD, which He had given their fathers through Moses.
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Judges 3:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he became Israel’s judge and went out to war. And the LORD delivered Cushan-rishathaim king of Aram into the hand of Othniel, who prevailed against him.
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Judges 3:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
After Ehud had finished presenting the tribute, he ushered out those who had carried it.
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Judges 3:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence
On arriving in Seirah, he blew the ram’s horn throughout the hill country of Ephraim. The Israelites came down with him from the hills, and he became their leader.
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Judges 3:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence
After Ehud came Shamgar son of Anath. And he too saved Israel, striking down six hundred Philistines with an oxgoad.
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Judges 4:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“I will certainly go with you,” Deborah replied, “but the road you are taking will bring you no honor, because the LORD will be selling Sisera into the hand of a woman.” So Deborah got up and went with Barak to Kedesh,
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Judges 4:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Stand at the entrance to the tent,” he said, “and if anyone comes and asks you, ‘Is there a man here?’ say, ‘No.’”
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Judges 6:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Whenever the Israelites planted their crops, the Midianites, Amalekites, and other people of the east would come up and invade them,
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Judges 6:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now when the Israelites cried out to the LORD because of Midian,
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Judges 6:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Surely I will be with you,” the LORD replied, “and you will strike down all the Midianites as one man.”
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Judges 6:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
On that very night the LORD said to Gideon, “Take your father’s young bull and a second bull seven years old, tear down your father’s altar to Baal, and cut down the Asherah pole beside it.
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Judges 6:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So Gideon took ten of his servants and did as the LORD had told him. But because he was too afraid of his father’s household and the men of the city, he did it by night rather than in the daytime.
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Judges 6:37 · BSB · 1 occurrence
then behold, I will place a fleece of wool on the threshing floor. If there is dew only on the fleece and all the ground is dry, then I will know that You are going to save Israel by my hand, as You have said.”
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Judges 6:38 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And that is what happened. When Gideon arose the next morning, he squeezed the fleece and wrung out the dew—a bowlful of water.
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Judges 6:39 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Then Gideon said to God, “Do not be angry with me; let me speak one more time. Please allow me one more test with the fleece. This time let it be dry, and the ground covered with dew.”
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Judges 6:40 · BSB · 2 occurrences
And that night God did so. Only the fleece was dry, and dew covered the ground.
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Judges 7:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Early in the morning Jerubbaal (that is, Gideon) and all the men with him camped beside the spring of Harod. And the camp of Midian was north of them in the valley near the hill of Moreh.
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Judges 7:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the LORD said to Gideon, “There are still too many men. Take them down to the water, and I will sift them for you there. If I say to you, ‘This one shall go with you,’ he shall go. But if I say, ‘This one shall not go with you,’ he shall not go.”
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Judges 7:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And the number of those who lapped the water with their hands to their mouths was three hundred men; all the others knelt to drink.
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Judges 7:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So Gideon sent the rest of the Israelites to their tents but kept the three hundred men, who took charge of the provisions and rams’ horns of the others. And the camp of Midian lay below him in the valley.
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Judges 7:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
That night the LORD said to Gideon, “Get up and go down against the camp, for I have delivered it into your hand.
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Judges 7:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When Gideon heard the dream and its interpretation, he bowed in worship. He returned to the camp of Israel and said, “Get up, for the LORD has delivered the camp of Midian into your hand.”
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Judges 7:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Watch me and do as I do,” Gideon said. “When I come to the outskirts of the camp, do exactly as I do.
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Judges 8:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And Gideon went up by way of the caravan route east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and he attacked their army, taking them by surprise.
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Judges 8:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The weight of the gold earrings he had requested was 1,700 shekels, in addition to the crescent ornaments, the pendants, the purple garments of the kings of Midian, and the chains from the necks of their camels.
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Judges 8:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence
From all this Gideon made an ephod, which he placed in Ophrah, his hometown. But soon all Israel prostituted themselves by worshiping it there, and it became a snare to Gideon and his household.
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Judges 8:30 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Gideon had seventy sons of his own, since he had many wives.
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Judges 8:33 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And as soon as Gideon was dead, the Israelites turned and prostituted themselves with the Baals, and they set up Baal-berith as their god.
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Judges 9:33 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And in the morning at sunrise, get up and advance against the city. When Gaal and his men come out against you, do to them whatever you are able.”
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Judges 9:42 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The next day the people of Shechem went out into the fields, and this was reported to Abimelech.
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Judges 9:51 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But there was a strong tower inside the city, and all the men, women, and leaders of the city fled there. They locked themselves in and went up to the roof of the tower.
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Judges 10:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He had thirty sons who rode on thirty donkeys. And they had thirty towns in the land of Gilead, which to this day are called Havvoth-jair.
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Judges 10:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And the rulers of Gilead said to one another, “Whoever will launch the attack against the Ammonites will be the head of all who live in Gilead.”
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Judges 11:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valor; he was the son of a prostitute, and Gilead was his father.
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Judges 11:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Some time later, when the Ammonites fought against Israel
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Judges 11:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and made war with them, the elders of Gilead went to get Jephthah from the land of Tob.
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Judges 11:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Come,” they said, “be our commander, so that we can fight against the Ammonites.”
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Judges 11:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
They answered Jephthah, “This is why we now turn to you, that you may go with us, fight the Ammonites, and become leader over all of us who live in Gilead.”
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Judges 11:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But Jephthah asked them, “If you take me back to fight the Ammonites and the LORD gives them to me, will I really be your leader?”
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Judges 11:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And the elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, “The LORD is our witness if we do not do as you say.”
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Judges 11:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the Spirit of the LORD came upon Jephthah, and he passed through Gilead and Manasseh, then through Mizpah of Gilead. And from there he advanced against the Ammonites.
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Judges 11:31 · BSB · 2 occurrences
then whatever comes out the door of my house to greet me on my triumphant return from the Ammonites will belong to the LORD, and I will offer it up as a burnt offering.”
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Judges 11:35 · BSB · 2 occurrences
As soon as Jephthah saw her, he tore his clothes and said, “No! Not my daughter! You have brought me to my knees! You have brought great misery upon me, for I have given my word to the LORD and cannot take it back.”
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