Strong's #1961: hayah (pronounced haw-yaw)
a primitive root (compare 1933); to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary):--beacon, X altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, + follow, happen, X have, last, pertain, quit (one-)self, require, X use.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon:
hâyâh
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
Part of Speech: verb
Relation: a primitive root [compare H1933]
Usage:
This word is used 3502 times:
Joshua 4:7: "of Jordan were cut off: and these stones shall be for a memorial unto the children of Israel"
Joshua 4:9: "which bore the ark of the covenant stood: and they are there unto this"
Joshua 4:11: " And it came to pass, all the people were clean passed over, that the ark of the LORD"
Joshua 4:18: " And it came to pass, that bore the ark of the covenant of the LORD were come up out of the midst"
Joshua 5:1: " And it came to pass, the kings of the Amorites, which were on the side of Jordan westward,"
Joshua 5:1: "we were passed over, that their heart melted, neither was there spirit in them any more, because"
Joshua 5:5: "the people that came out were circumcised: but all the people that were born"
Joshua 5:7: "them Joshua circumcised: for they were uncircumcised, because they had not circumcised"
Joshua 5:8: " And it came to pass, they had done circumcising all the people, that they abode in their places"
Joshua 5:12: "after they had eaten of the old corn of the land; neither had the children of Israel"
Joshua 5:13: " And it came to pass, was by Jericho, that he lifted up his eyes and looked, and, behold,"
Joshua 5:13: "And it came to pass, was by Jericho, that he lifted up his eyes and looked, and, behold,"
Joshua 6:5: " And it shall come to pass, with the ram's horn, and when ye hear the sound of the trumpet,"
Joshua 6:8: " And it came to pass, had spoken unto the people, that the seven priests bearing"
Joshua 6:15: " And it came to pass day, that they rose early about the dawning of the day, and compassed"
Joshua 6:16: " And it came to pass time, when the priests blew with the trumpets, Joshua said"
Joshua 6:17: "And the city shall be accursed, even it, and all that are therein, to the LORD: only"
Joshua 6:20: "when the priests blew with the trumpets: and it came to pass, when the people heard the sound"
Joshua 6:27: "So the LORD was with Joshua; and his fame was noised throughout all the country."
Joshua 6:27: "with Joshua; and his fame was noised throughout all the country."
Joshua 7:5: "wherefore the hearts of the people melted, and became as water."
Joshua 7:12: "before their enemies, because they were accursed: neither will I be with"
Joshua 7:12: "they were accursed: neither will I be with you any more, except"
Joshua 7:14: "In the morning according to your tribes: and it shall be, that the tribe which the LORD taketh"
Joshua 7:15: " And it shall be, with the accursed thing shall be burnt with fire, he and all that he hath: because"
Joshua 8:4: "not very far from the city, but be ye all ready:"
Joshua 8:5: "me, will approach unto the city: and it shall come to pass, when they come out against us, as"
Joshua 8:8: " And it shall be, the city, that ye shall set the city on fire:"
Joshua 8:14: " And it came to pass, of Ai saw it, that they hasted and rose up early, and the men of the city"
Joshua 8:20: "of the city ascended up to heaven, and they had no power to flee this way"
Joshua 8:22: "of the city against them; so they were in the midst of Israel, some on this side,"
Joshua 8:24: " And it came to pass, had made an end of slaying all the inhabitants of Ai"
Joshua 8:25: " And so it was, that fell that day, both of men and women,"
Joshua 8:35: " There was a word of all that Moses commanded,"
Joshua 9:1: " And it came to pass, the kings which were on this side Jordan, in the hills, and in the valleys,"
Joshua 9:12: "unto you; but now, behold, it is dry, and it is moldy:"
Joshua 9:16: " And it came to pass of three days after they had made"
Joshua 9:20: "to them; we will even let them live, lest wrath be upon us, because of the oath"
Joshua 9:21: "unto them, Let them live; but let them be hewers of wood and drawers of water"
Joshua 10:1: " Now it came to pass, king of Jerusalem had heard how Joshua had taken"
Joshua 10:1: "had made peace with Israel, and were among"
Joshua 10:11: " And it came to pass, from before Israel, and were in the going down to Beth-horon, that the LORD"
Joshua 10:14: " And there was day like that before it or after it, that the LORD hearkened"
Joshua 10:20: " And it came to pass, and the children of Israel had made an end of slaying them with a very great"
Joshua 10:24: " And it came to pass, those kings unto Joshua, that Joshua"
Joshua 10:26: "them, and hanged them on five trees: and they were hanging upon the trees"
Joshua 10:27: " And it came to pass of the going down of the sun, that Joshua commanded, and they took them down off the trees,"
Joshua 11:1: " And it came to pass, king of Hazor had heard those things, that he sent to Jobab"
Joshua 11:19: " There was a city that made peace with the children of Israel,"
Joshua 11:20: "For it was of the LORD to harden their hearts,"
