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
are	31
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now	27
vvv	25
there was	24
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i am	19
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so	18
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and he became	7
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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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while	3
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about	2
act	2
am	2
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appeared	1
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at	1
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her	1
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so are	1
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sold	1
some time later however	1
soon	1
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stand	1
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supported	1
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there	1
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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
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they serve	1
they spent	1
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they went	1
they will	1
they will be fulfilled	1
they will be left	1
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they will make	1
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treat	1
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which he was	1
which served	1
while he is	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 qualify	1
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will take place	1
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will you have	1
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would happen	1
would last forever	1
would lie	1
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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 40 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.

Nehemiah 2:1 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Now in the month of Nisan, in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes, when wine was set before him, I took the wine and gave it to the king. I had never been sad in his presence,
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Nehemiah 2:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the king, with the queen seated beside him, asked me, “How long will your journey take, and when will you return?” So it pleased the king to send me, and I set a time.
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Nehemiah 2:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
After I had arrived in Jerusalem and had been there three days,
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Nehemiah 2:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So I went out at night through the Valley Gate toward the Well of the Serpent and the Dung Gate, and I inspected the walls of Jerusalem that had been broken down and the gates that had been destroyed by fire.
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Nehemiah 2:15 · BSB · 2 occurrences
so I went up the valley by night and inspected the wall. Then I headed back and reentered through the Valley Gate.
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Nehemiah 2:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then I said to them, “You see the trouble we are in. Jerusalem lies in ruins, and its gates have been burned down. Come, let us rebuild the wall of Jerusalem, so that we will no longer be a disgrace.”
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Nehemiah 3:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and the temple servants living on the hill of Ophel made repairs opposite the Water Gate toward the east and the tower that juts out.
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Nehemiah 4:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now when Sanballat heard that we were rebuilding the wall, he was furious and filled with indignation. He ridiculed the Jews
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Source alternate reference: 3.33
Nehemiah 4:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Hear us, O God, for we are despised. Turn their scorn back upon their own heads, and let them be taken as plunder to a land of captivity.
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Source alternate reference: 3.36
Nehemiah 4:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So we rebuilt the wall until all of it was joined together up to half its height, for the people had a mind to work.
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Source alternate reference: 3.38
Nehemiah 4:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When Sanballat and Tobiah, together with the Arabs, Ammonites, and Ashdodites, heard that the repair to the walls of Jerusalem was progressing and that the gaps were being closed, they were furious,
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Source alternate reference: 4.1
Nehemiah 4:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
At that time the Jews who lived nearby came and told us ten times over, “Wherever you turn, they will attack us.”
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Source alternate reference: 4.6
Nehemiah 4:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When our enemies heard that we were aware of their scheme and that God had frustrated it, each of us returned to his own work on the wall.
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Source alternate reference: 4.9
Nehemiah 4:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And from that day on, half of my servants did the work while the other half held spears, shields, bows, and armor. The officers stationed themselves behind all the people of Judah
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Source alternate reference: 4.10
Nehemiah 4:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
At that time I also said to the people, “Let every man and his servant spend the night inside Jerusalem, so that they can stand guard by night and work by day.”
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Source alternate reference: 4.16
Nehemiah 5:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
About that time there was a great outcry from the people and their wives against their fellow Jews.
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Nehemiah 5:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I also shook out the folds of my robe and said, “May God likewise shake out of his house and possessions every man who does not keep this promise. May such a man be shaken out and have nothing!” The whole assembly said, “Amen,” and they praised the LORD. And the people did as they had promised.
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Nehemiah 5:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Furthermore, from the day King Artaxerxes appointed me to be their governor in the land of Judah, from his twentieth year until his thirty-second year (twelve years total), neither I nor my brothers ate the food allotted to the governor.
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Nehemiah 5:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Each day one ox, six choice sheep, and some fowl were prepared for me, and once every ten days an abundance of all kinds of wine was provided. But I did not demand the food allotted to the governor, because the burden on the people was so heavy.
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Nehemiah 6:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When Sanballat, Tobiah, Geshem the Arab, and the rest of our enemies heard that I had rebuilt the wall and not a gap was left—though to that time I had not yet installed the doors in the gates—
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Nehemiah 6:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then I sent him this reply: “There is nothing to these rumors you are spreading; you are inventing them in your own mind.”
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Nehemiah 6:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He had been hired to intimidate me so that I would sin by doing as he suggested, so they could give me a bad name in order to discredit me.
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Nehemiah 6:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
O my God, remember Tobiah and Sanballat for what they have done, and also Noadiah the prophetess and the other prophets who tried to intimidate me.
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Nehemiah 6:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When all our enemies heard about this, all the surrounding nations were afraid and disheartened, for they realized that this task had been accomplished by our God.
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Nehemiah 6:19 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Moreover, these nobles kept reporting to me Tobiah’s good deeds, and they relayed my words to him. And Tobiah sent letters to intimidate me.
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Nehemiah 7:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When the wall had been rebuilt and I had set the doors in place, the gatekeepers, singers, and Levites were appointed.
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Nehemiah 8:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Ezra opened the book in full view of all the people, since he was standing above them all, and as he opened it, all the people stood up.
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Nehemiah 8:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The whole assembly that had returned from exile made booths and lived in them. From the days of Joshua son of Nun until that day, the Israelites had not celebrated like this. And there was great rejoicing.
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Nehemiah 10:38 · BSB · 1 occurrence
A priest of Aaron’s line is to accompany the Levites when they collect the tenth, and the Levites are to bring a tenth of these tithes to the storerooms of the treasury in the house of our God.
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Source alternate reference: 10.39
Nehemiah 12:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
In the days of Joiakim, these were the heads of the priestly families: of the family of Seraiah, Meraiah; of Jeremiah, Hananiah;
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Nehemiah 13:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
As soon as the people heard this law, they excluded from Israel all of foreign descent.
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Nehemiah 13:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and had prepared for Tobiah a large room where they had previously stored the grain offerings, the frankincense, the temple articles, and the tithes of grain, new wine, and oil prescribed for the Levites, singers, and gatekeepers, along with the contributions for the priests.
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Nehemiah 13:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
While all this was happening, I was not in Jerusalem, because I had returned to Artaxerxes king of Babylon in the thirty-second year of his reign. Some time later I obtained leave from the king
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Nehemiah 13:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When the evening shadows began to fall on the gates of Jerusalem, just before the Sabbath, I ordered that the gates be shut and not opened until after the Sabbath. I posted some of my servants at the gates so that no load could enter on the Sabbath day.
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Nehemiah 13:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then I instructed the Levites to purify themselves and guard the gates in order to keep the Sabbath day holy. Remember me for this as well, O my God, and show me mercy according to Your abundant loving devotion.
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Nehemiah 13:26 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Did not King Solomon of Israel sin in matters like this? There was not a king like him among many nations, and he was loved by his God, who made him king over all Israel—yet foreign women drew him into sin.
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Esther 1:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
This is what happened in the days of Xerxes, who reigned over 127 provinces from India to Cush.
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Esther 1:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He sent letters to all the provinces of the kingdom, to each province in its own script and to each people in their own language, proclaiming that every man should be master of his own household.
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Esther 2:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now there was at the citadel of Susa a Jewish man from the tribe of Benjamin named Mordecai son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish.
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Esther 2:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And Mordecai had brought up Hadassah (that is, Esther), the daughter of his uncle, because she did not have a father or mother. The young woman was lovely in form and appearance, and when her father and mother had died, Mordecai had taken her as his own daughter.
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Esther 2:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When the king’s command and edict had been proclaimed, many young women gathered at the citadel of Susa under the care of Hegai. Esther was also taken to the palace and placed under the care of Hegai, the custodian of the women.
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Esther 2:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
In the twelve months before her turn to go to King Xerxes, the harem regulation required each young woman to receive beauty treatments with oil of myrrh for six months, and then with perfumes and cosmetics for another six months.
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Esther 2:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now Esther was the daughter of Abihail, the uncle from whom Mordecai had adopted her as his own daughter. And when it was her turn to go to the king, she did not ask for anything except what Hegai, the king’s trusted official in charge of the harem, had advised. And Esther found favor in the eyes of everyone who saw her.
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Esther 2:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Esther still had not revealed her lineage or her people, just as Mordecai had instructed. She obeyed Mordecai’s command, as she had done under his care.
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Esther 3:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Day after day they warned him, but he would not comply. So they reported it to Haman to see whether Mordecai’s behavior would be tolerated, since he had told them he was a Jew.
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Esther 3:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
A copy of the text of the edict was to be issued in every province and published to all the people, so that they would be ready on that day.
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Esther 5:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
On the third day, Esther put on her royal robes and stood in the inner court of the palace across from the king’s quarters. The king was sitting on his royal throne in the royal courtroom, facing the entrance.
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Esther 5:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
As soon as the king saw Queen Esther standing in the court, she found favor in his sight. The king extended the gold scepter in his hand toward Esther, and she approached and touched the tip of the scepter.
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Esther 6:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
That night sleep escaped the king; so he ordered the Book of Records, the Chronicles, to be brought in and read to him.
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Esther 8:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
A copy of the text of the edict was to be issued in every province and published to all the people, so that the Jews would be ready on that day to avenge themselves on their enemies.
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