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:
Genesis 13:8: "unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between"
Genesis 14:1: " And it came to pass of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar,"
Genesis 15:1: "things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision, saying,"
Genesis 15:5: "to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be."
Genesis 15:13: "Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not"
Genesis 15:17: " And it came to pass, went down, and it was dark, behold a smoking furnace,"
Genesis 15:17: "And it came to pass, went down, and it was dark, behold a smoking furnace,"
Genesis 16:12: "And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, and every man's hand"
Genesis 17:1: "And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared"
Genesis 17:1: "God; walk before me, and be thou perfect."
Genesis 17:4: "my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations."
Genesis 17:5: "be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of many"
Genesis 17:7: "thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after"
Genesis 17:8: "of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God."
Genesis 17:11: "the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of the covenant between"
Genesis 17:13: "with thy money, must needs be circumcised: and my covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant."
Genesis 17:16: "also of her: yea, I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of people shall be"
Genesis 17:16: "a mother of nations; kings of people shall be of"
Genesis 18:11: "and well stricken in age; and it ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women."
Genesis 18:12: "herself, saying, After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old"
Genesis 18:18: "Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations"
Genesis 18:18: "Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations"
Genesis 18:25: "the righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from thee: Shall not"
Genesis 19:14: "will destroy this city. But he seemed as one that mocked unto his sons-in-law."
Genesis 19:17: " And it came to pass, abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life;"
Genesis 19:26: "But his wife back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt."
Genesis 19:29: " And it came to pass, destroyed the cities of the plain, that God remembered"
Genesis 19:34: " And it came to pass that the firstborn said unto the younger, Behold,"
Genesis 20:12: "not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife."
Genesis 20:13: " And it came to pass, God caused me to wander from my father's house, that I said"
Genesis 21:20: "And God was with the lad; and he grew, and dwelt in the wilderness, and became"
Genesis 21:20: "and he grew, and dwelt in the wilderness, and became an archer."
Genesis 21:22: " And it came to pass time, that Abimelech and Phichol the chief captain of his host spoke"
Genesis 21:30: "shalt thou take of my hand, that they may be a witness unto me, that I have digged"
Genesis 22:1: " And it came to pass these things, that God did tempt Abraham,"
Genesis 22:20: " And it came to pass these things, that it was told Abraham, saying, Behold,"
Genesis 23:1: "And Sarah was a hundred and seven and twenty years old: these were the years"
Genesis 24:14: " And let it come to pass, to whom I shall say, Let down thy pitcher, I pray thee,"
Genesis 24:15: " And it came to pass, he had done speaking, that, behold, Rebekah came out,"
Genesis 24:22: " And it came to pass, the camels had done drinking, that the man took a golden"
Genesis 24:30: " And it came to pass, the earring and bracelets upon his sister's hands,"
Genesis 24:41: "my kindred; and if they give not thee one, thou shalt be clear from my oath."
Genesis 24:43: "by the well of water; and it shall come to pass, that when the virgin cometh forth to draw water, and I say"
Genesis 24:51: "is before thee, take her, and go, and let her be thy master's son's wife, as"
Genesis 24:52: " And it came to pass, Abraham's servant heard their words, he worshiped"
Genesis 24:60: "and said unto her, Thou art our sister, be thou the mother of thousands of millions, and let thy seed possess"
Genesis 24:67: "and took Rebekah, and she became his wife; and he loved her: and Isaac was comforted"
Genesis 25:3: "and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were Asshurim, and Letushim, and Leummim."
Genesis 25:11: " And it came to pass the death of Abraham, that God blessed his son"
Genesis 25:20: "And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah"
