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
were	61
will become	48
is	36
are	31
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to be	28
now	27
vvv	25
there was	24
has become	21
you will be	21
i am	19
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so	18
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they will be	17
he was	15
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then	12
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you were	12
become	11
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been	10
have	10
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and became	9
has happened	9
i have become	9
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when	9
will	9
and i will be	8
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it was	8
remained	8
you are to hold	8
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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
i will be	7
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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during	5
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happen	5
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you will become	5
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one day	4
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all	3
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and end	3
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spread	3
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we have become	3
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whenever	3
while	3
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will last forever	3
will lie	3
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you are to have	3
about	2
act	2
am	2
and as	2
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and bind them	2
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and if	2
and it will surely happen	2
and joash remained	2
and let them be	2
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including	2
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make	2
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numbered	2
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yet	2
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you will	2
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a man	1
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and prove yourself	1
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and will be	1
and with	1
and would receive	1
and you became	1
and you can serve	1
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and you must have	1
and you were	1
and you will become	1
and you will have	1
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appeared	1
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at	1
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does	1
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having	1
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he become	1
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he must be	1
he owned so many	1
he remained	1
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he replied	1
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he will renew	1
he will stay	1
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her	1
his message becomes	1
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i need not raise	1
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i will pounce	1
i will serve	1
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in	1
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it belongs	1
it even brought	1
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it had been	1
it has come	1
it is	1
it is to be	1
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it remained	1
it serves	1
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it sprang up	1
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it will bring	1
it will go	1
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joram brought	1
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long as he lives	1
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lying	1
man be	1
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my flock will be	1
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nor	1
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one to be	1
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reach	1
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results	1
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set	1
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shall belong to	1
shall endure	1
shall extend	1
shall he be	1
share	1
she	1
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she had done	1
she has	1
she is	1
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she was	1
shortly before	1
should be	1
should he bring	1
should i be	1
should you be	1
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since what they already had	1
so adonijah	1
so are	1
so as	1
so he became	1
so i	1
so it has become	1
so it shall serve as	1
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so that david will not have	1
so that i am	1
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so that it may remain	1
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so that you may become	1
so that you will be	1
so that you will not be	1
so that you would no longer be	1
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so there are to be	1
so there is	1
so there were	1
so they became	1
so they could give me	1
so they used	1
so they were counted as	1
so this allotment was	1
so this city will bring	1
so when	1
so when it was	1
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
stretched	1
struck	1
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supported	1
take	1
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testify	1
that he was	1
that i might be	1
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that is what happened	1
that it may turn into	1
that may be	1
that they may become	1
that they may go	1
that they would become	1
that you become	1
that you should crush	1
the animals must be	1
the city must remain	1
the following	1
the remainder will belong to	1
their company	1
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then i will be	1
then i would be revealed	1
then we will be	1
then when	1
then you shall be	1
then you will become	1
there	1
there are	1
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there has ever been	1
there is to be	1
there must be	1
there should now be	1
therefore and be	1
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
this continued	1
this happened	1
this is what happened	1
this was	1
this will belong to	1
this will bring	1
this will happen	1
this will make	1
those things are	1
those who	1
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to be used	1
to bring	1
to come	1
to have this	1
to make	1
to marry	1
to provide	1
to remain	1
to serve	1
to the lord	1
to use	1
together	1
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touches	1
treat	1
turned into	1
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using	1
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was happening	1
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was provided	1
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we seemed	1
we will be	1
we will become	1
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when you are	1
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where they will be	1
whether that man will be	1
which	1
which became	1
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
will apply	1
will be again	1
will be counted	1
will be inscribed	1
will be like	1
will be plundered	1
will be put	1
will be set	1
will be spread	1
will be used	1
will be yours	1
will bring you	1
will decay	1
will descend	1
will equal	1
will go out	1
will go up	1
will help	1
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will it cause	1
will join	1
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will not come	1
will qualify	1
will reach	1
will receive	1
will reside	1
will rule over	1
will seem	1
will sell	1
will serve as	1
will stain	1
will stand	1
will strike	1
will supply	1
will surely become	1
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

Page 24 of 63. 3132 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.

Judges 21:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When their fathers or brothers come to us to complain, we will tell them, ‘Do us a favor by helping them, since we did not get wives for each of them in the war. Since you did not actually give them your daughters, you have no guilt.’”
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Ruth 1:1 · BSB · 2 occurrences
In the days when the judges ruled, there was a famine in the land. And a certain man from Bethlehem in Judah, with his wife and two sons, went to reside in the land of Moab.
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Ruth 1:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The man’s name was Elimelech, his wife’s name was Naomi, and the names of his two sons were Mahlon and Chilion. They were Ephrathites from Bethlehem in Judah, and they entered the land of Moab and settled there.
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Ruth 1:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Accompanied by her two daughters-in-law, she left the place where she had been living and set out on the road leading back to the land of Judah.
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Ruth 1:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But Naomi replied, “Return home, my daughters. Why would you go with me? Are there still sons in my womb to become your husbands?
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Ruth 1:12 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Return home, my daughters. Go on, for I am too old to have another husband. Even if I thought there was hope for me to have a husband tonight and to bear sons,
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Ruth 1:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
would you wait for them to grow up? Would you refrain from having husbands? No, my daughters, it is much more bitter for me than for you, because the hand of the LORD has gone out against me.”
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Ruth 1:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So Naomi and Ruth traveled until they came to Bethlehem. When they entered Bethlehem, the whole town was stirred because of them, and the women of the town exclaimed, “Can this be Naomi?”
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Ruth 2:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
May the LORD repay your work, and may you receive a rich reward from the LORD, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have taken refuge.”
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Ruth 2:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“My lord,” she said, “may I continue to find favor in your eyes, for you have comforted and spoken kindly to your maidservant, though I am not like one of your servant girls.”
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Ruth 2:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So Ruth gathered grain in the field until evening. And when she beat out what she had gleaned, it was about an ephah of barley.
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Ruth 2:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then her mother-in-law asked her, “Where did you glean today, and where did you work? Blessed be the man who noticed you.” So she told her mother-in-law where she had worked. “The name of the man I worked with today is Boaz,” she said.
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Ruth 3:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now is not Boaz, with whose servant girls you have been working, a relative of ours? In fact, tonight he is winnowing barley on the threshing floor.
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Ruth 3:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When he lies down, note the place where he lies. Then go in and uncover his feet, and lie down, and he will explain to you what you should do.”
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Ruth 3:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
At midnight, Boaz was startled, turned over, and there lying at his feet was a woman!
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Ruth 3:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Stay here tonight, and in the morning, if he wants to redeem you, good. Let him redeem you. But if he does not want to redeem you, as surely as the LORD lives, I will. Now lie here until morning.”
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Ruth 4:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And may your house become like the house of Perez, whom Tamar bore to Judah, because of the offspring the LORD will give you by this young woman.”
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Ruth 4:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So Boaz took Ruth, and she became his wife. And when he had relations with her, the LORD enabled her to conceive, and she gave birth to a son.
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Ruth 4:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He will renew your life and sustain you in your old age. For your daughter-in-law, who loves you and is better to you than seven sons, has given him birth.”
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Ruth 4:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And Naomi took the child, placed him on her lap, and became a nurse to him.
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1 Samuel 1:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now there was a man named Elkanah who was from Ramathaim-zophim in the hill country of Ephraim. He was the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephraimite.
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1 Samuel 1:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He had two wives, one named Hannah and the other Peninnah. And Peninnah had children, but Hannah had none.
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1 Samuel 1:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And whenever the day came for Elkanah to present his sacrifice, he would give portions to his wife Peninnah and to all her sons and daughters.
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1 Samuel 1:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
As Hannah kept on praying before the LORD, Eli watched her mouth.
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1 Samuel 1:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“May your maidservant find favor with you,” said Hannah. Then she went on her way, and she began to eat, and her face was no longer downcast.
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1 Samuel 1:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So in the course of time, Hannah conceived and gave birth to a son. She named him Samuel, saying, “Because I have asked for him from the LORD.”
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1 Samuel 1:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I now dedicate the boy to the LORD. For as long as he lives, he is dedicated to the LORD.” So they worshiped the LORD there.
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1 Samuel 2:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Elkanah went home to Ramah, but the boy began ministering to the LORD before Eli the priest.
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1 Samuel 2:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Thus the sin of these young men was severe in the sight of the LORD, for they were treating the LORD’s offering with contempt.
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1 Samuel 2:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then a man of God came to Eli and told him, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Did I not clearly reveal Myself to your father’s house when they were in Egypt under Pharaoh’s house?
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1 Samuel 2:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Behold, the days are coming when I will cut off your strength and the strength of your father’s house, so that no one in it will reach old age.
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1 Samuel 2:32 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You will see distress in My dwelling place. Despite all that is good in Israel, no one in your house will ever again reach old age.
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1 Samuel 2:36 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And everyone left in your house will come and bow down to him for a piece of silver or a morsel of bread, pleading, “Please appoint me to some priestly office so that I can eat a piece of bread.”’”
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1 Samuel 3:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And the boy Samuel ministered to the LORD before Eli. Now in those days the word of the LORD was rare, and visions were scarce.
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1 Samuel 3:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And at that time Eli, whose eyesight had grown so dim that he could not see, was lying in his room.
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1 Samuel 3:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Go and lie down,” he said to Samuel, “and if He calls you, say, ‘Speak, LORD, for Your servant is listening.’” So Samuel went and lay down in his place.
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1 Samuel 3:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And Samuel grew, and the LORD was with him, and He let none of Samuel’s words fall to the ground.
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1 Samuel 4:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Thus the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now the Israelites went out to meet the Philistines in battle and camped at Ebenezer, while the Philistines camped at Aphek.
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1 Samuel 4:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When the ark of the covenant of the LORD entered the camp, all the Israelites raised such a great shout that the ground shook.
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1 Samuel 4:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
the Philistines were afraid. “The gods have entered their camp!” they said. “Woe to us, for nothing like this has happened before.
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1 Samuel 4:9 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Take courage and be men, O Philistines! Otherwise, you will serve the Hebrews just as they served you. Now be men and fight!”
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1 Samuel 4:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So the Philistines fought, and Israel was defeated, and each man fled to his tent. The slaughter was very great—thirty thousand foot soldiers of Israel fell.
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1 Samuel 4:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When he arrived, there was Eli, sitting on his chair beside the road and watching, because his heart trembled for the ark of God. When the man entered the city to give a report, the whole city cried out.
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1 Samuel 4:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“I have just come from the battle,” the man said to Eli. “I fled from there today.” “What happened, my son?” Eli asked.
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1 Samuel 4:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The messenger answered, “Israel has fled before the Philistines, and there has been a great slaughter among the people. Your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, are both dead, and the ark of God has been captured.”
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1 Samuel 4:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
As soon as the ark of God was mentioned, Eli fell backward from his chair by the city gate, and being old and heavy, he broke his neck and died. And Eli had judged Israel forty years.
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1 Samuel 5:9 · BSB · 2 occurrences
But after they had moved the ark to Gath, the LORD’s hand was also against that city, throwing it into great confusion and afflicting the men of the city, both young and old, with an outbreak of tumors.
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1 Samuel 5:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So they sent the ark of God to Ekron, but as it arrived, the Ekronites cried out, “They have brought us the ark of the God of Israel in order to kill us and our people!”
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1 Samuel 5:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the Ekronites called together all the rulers of the Philistines and said, “Send away the ark of the God of Israel. It must return to its place, so that it will not kill us and our people!” For a deadly confusion had pervaded the city; the hand of God was very heavy upon it.
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1 Samuel 6:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When the ark of the LORD had been in the land of the Philistines seven months,
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