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
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and	91
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is	36
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now	27
vvv	25
there was	24
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so	18
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as	7
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after	6
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to	6
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all	3
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about	2
act	2
am	2
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and bind them	2
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and would receive	1
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her	1
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so are	1
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sold	1
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soon	1
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stand	1
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supported	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
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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
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to marry	1
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treat	1
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which served	1
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while they were	1
who are	1
who became	1
who comes	1
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who had received	1
who is	1
who was	1
who were	1
why was	1
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wife has	1
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will be set	1
will be spread	1
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will take place	1
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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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1 Samuel 6:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
but keep watching it. If it goes up the road to its homeland, toward Beth-shemesh, it is the LORD who has brought on us this great disaster. But if it does not, then we will know that it was not His hand that punished us and that it happened by chance.”
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1 Samuel 7:2 · BSB · 2 occurrences
And from that day a long time passed, twenty years in all, as the ark remained at Kiriath-jearim. And all the house of Israel mournfully sought the LORD.
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1 Samuel 7:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
As the Philistines drew near to fight against Israel, Samuel was offering up the burnt offering. But that day the LORD thundered loudly against the Philistines and threw them into such confusion that they fled before Israel.
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1 Samuel 7:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So the Philistines were subdued, and they stopped invading the territory of Israel. And the hand of the LORD was against the Philistines all the days of Samuel.
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1 Samuel 7:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The cities from Ekron to Gath, which the Philistines had taken, were restored to Israel, who also delivered the surrounding territory from the hand of the Philistines. And there was peace between the Israelites and the Amorites.
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1 Samuel 8:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When Samuel grew old, he appointed his sons as judges over Israel.
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1 Samuel 8:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The name of his firstborn son was Joel, and the name of his second was Abijah. They were judges in Beersheba.
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1 Samuel 8:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He said, “This will be the manner of the king who will reign over you: He will take your sons and appoint them to serve his own chariots and horses, and to run in front of his chariots.
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1 Samuel 8:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He will take a tenth of your flocks, and you yourselves will become his slaves.
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1 Samuel 8:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Nevertheless, the people refused to listen to Samuel. “No!” they said. “We must have a king over us.
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1 Samuel 8:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then we will be like all the other nations, with a king to judge us, to go out before us, and to fight our battles.”
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1 Samuel 9:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now there was a Benjamite, a powerful man, whose name was Kish son of Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of Becorath, the son of Aphiah of Benjamin.
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1 Samuel 9:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And he had a son named Saul, choice and handsome, without equal among the Israelites—a head taller than any of the people.
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1 Samuel 9:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence
They got up early in the morning, and just before dawn Samuel called to Saul on the roof, “Get ready, and I will send you on your way!” So Saul got ready, and both he and Samuel went outside together.
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1 Samuel 10:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
After that you will come to Gibeah of God, where the Philistines have an outpost. As you approach the city, you will meet a group of prophets coming down from the high place, preceded by harps, tambourines, flutes, and lyres, and they will be prophesying.
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1 Samuel 10:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When these signs have come, do as the occasion demands, for God is with you.
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1 Samuel 10:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
As Saul turned to leave Samuel, God changed Saul’s heart, and all the signs came to pass that day.
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1 Samuel 10:11 · BSB · 2 occurrences
When all those who had formerly known Saul saw him prophesying with the prophets, they asked one another, “What has happened to the son of Kish? Is Saul also among the prophets?”
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1 Samuel 10:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then a man who lived there replied, “And who is their father?” So the saying became a proverb: “Is Saul also among the prophets?”
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1 Samuel 10:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But some worthless men said, “How can this man save us?” So they despised him and brought him no gifts; but Saul remained silent about it.
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1 Samuel 11:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And when Saul numbered them at Bezek, there were 300,000 Israelites and 30,000 men of Judah.
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1 Samuel 11:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So they said to the messengers who had come, “Tell the men of Jabesh-gilead: ‘Deliverance will be yours tomorrow by the time the sun is hot.’” And when the messengers relayed this to the men of Jabesh, they rejoiced.
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1 Samuel 11:11 · BSB · 2 occurrences
The next day Saul organized the troops into three divisions, and during the morning watch they invaded the camp of the Ammonites and slaughtered them, until the hottest part of the day. And the survivors were so scattered that no two of them were left together.
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1 Samuel 12:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
If you fear the LORD and serve Him and obey His voice, and if you do not rebel against the command of the LORD, and if both you and the king who rules over you follow the LORD your God, then all will be well.
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1 Samuel 12:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But if you disobey the LORD and rebel against His command, then the hand of the LORD will be against you as it was against your fathers.
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1 Samuel 13:2 · BSB · 2 occurrences
He chose for himself three thousand men of Israel: Two thousand were with Saul at Michmash and in the hill country of Bethel, and a thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin. And the rest of the troops he sent away, each to his own home.
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1 Samuel 13:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Just as he finished offering the burnt offering, Samuel arrived, and Saul went out to greet him.
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1 Samuel 13:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The charge was a pim for sharpening a plowshare or mattock, a third of a shekel for sharpening a pitchfork or an axe, and a third of a shekel for repointing an oxgoad.
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1 Samuel 13:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So on the day of battle not a sword or spear could be found in the hands of the troops with Saul and Jonathan; only Saul and his son Jonathan had weapons.
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1 Samuel 14:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
One day Jonathan son of Saul said to the young man bearing his armor, “Come, let us cross over to the Philistine outpost on the other side.” But Jonathan did not tell his father.
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1 Samuel 14:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
In that first assault, Jonathan and his armor-bearer struck down about twenty men in about half an acre of land.
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1 Samuel 14:15 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Then panic struck the Philistines in the camp, in the field, and among all the people. Even those in the outposts and raiding parties trembled. Indeed, the earth quaked, and panic spread from God.
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1 Samuel 14:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Saul said to Ahijah, “Bring the ark of God.” (For at that time it was with the Israelites.)
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1 Samuel 14:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
While Saul was talking to the priest, the commotion in the Philistine camp continued to increase. So Saul said to the priest, “Withdraw your hand.”
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1 Samuel 14:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Saul and all his troops assembled and marched to the battle, and they found the Philistines in total confusion, with each man wielding the sword against his neighbor.
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1 Samuel 14:21 · BSB · 2 occurrences
And the Hebrews who had previously gone up into the surrounding camps to join the Philistines now went over to the Israelites who were with Saul and Jonathan.
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1 Samuel 14:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then all the troops entered the forest, and there was honey on the ground.
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1 Samuel 14:38 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Therefore Saul said, “Come here, all you leaders of the troops, and let us investigate how this sin has occurred today.
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1 Samuel 14:40 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Then Saul said to all Israel, “You stand on one side, and I and my son Jonathan will stand on the other side.” “Do what seems good to you,” the troops replied.
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1 Samuel 14:49 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now the sons of Saul were Jonathan, Ishvi, and Malchishua. His two daughters were named Merab (his firstborn) and Michal (his younger daughter).
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1 Samuel 14:52 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And the war with the Philistines was fierce for all the days of Saul. So whenever he noticed any strong or brave man, Saul would enlist him.
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1 Samuel 15:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the word of the LORD came to Samuel, saying,
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1 Samuel 15:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“I will not return with you,” Samuel replied. “For you have rejected the word of the LORD, and He has rejected you as king over Israel.”
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1 Samuel 16:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When they arrived, Samuel saw Eliab and said, “Surely here before the LORD is His anointed.”
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1 Samuel 16:16 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Let our lord command your servants here to seek out someone who can skillfully play the harp. Whenever the spirit of distress from God is upon you, he is to play it, and you will be well.”
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1 Samuel 16:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When David came to Saul and entered his service, Saul loved him very much, and David became his armor-bearer.
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1 Samuel 16:23 · BSB · 2 occurrences
And whenever the spirit from God came upon Saul, David would pick up his harp and play. Then Saul would find relief and feel better, and the spirit of distress would depart from him.
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1 Samuel 17:9 · BSB · 2 occurrences
If he is able to fight me and kill me, then we will be your servants. But if I prevail against him and kill him, then you shall be our servants and work for us.”
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1 Samuel 17:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now the men of Israel had been saying, “Do you see how this man keeps coming out to defy Israel? To the man who kills him the king will give great riches. And he will give him his daughter in marriage and exempt his father’s house from taxation in Israel.”
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1 Samuel 17:34 · BSB · 1 occurrence
David replied, “Your servant has been tending his father’s sheep, and whenever a lion or a bear came and carried off a lamb from the flock,
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