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:
2 Samuel 13:1: " And it came to pass this, that Absalom the son of David had a fair sister,"
2 Samuel 13:13: "my shame to go? and as for thee, thou shalt be as one of the fools in Israel. Now"
2 Samuel 13:20: "unto her, Hath Amnon thy brother been with thee? but hold now thy peace, my sister:"
2 Samuel 13:23: " And it came to pass that Absalom had sheepshearers in Baal-hazor, which"
2 Samuel 13:23: "And it came to pass that Absalom had sheepshearers in Baal-hazor, which"
2 Samuel 13:28: "I commanded you? be courageous, and be valiant."
2 Samuel 13:30: " And it came to pass, were in the way, that tidings came to David, saying,"
2 Samuel 13:32: "by the appointment of Absalom this hath been determined from the day that he forced"
2 Samuel 13:35: "as thy servant said, so it is."
2 Samuel 13:36: " And it came to pass, of speaking, that, behold, the king's sons came, and lifted up"
2 Samuel 13:38: "and went to Geshur, and was there three years."
2 Samuel 14:2: "apparel, and anoint not thyself with oil, but be as a woman that had a long"
2 Samuel 14:17: "of my lord the king shall now be comfortable: for as an angel of God,"
2 Samuel 14:17: "and bad: therefore the LORD thy God will be with"
2 Samuel 14:25: "But in all there was none to be so much praised as Absalom"
2 Samuel 14:25: "from the sole of his foot even to the crown of his head there was no blemish"
2 Samuel 14:26: "And when he polled his head, (for it was at every year's end"
2 Samuel 14:27: "whose name was Tamar: she was a woman of a fair countenance."
2 Samuel 15:1: " And it came to pass this, that Absalom prepared him chariots and horses,"
2 Samuel 15:2: "beside the way of the gate: and it was so, that when any man that"
2 Samuel 15:2: "and it was so, that when any man that had a controversy came to"
2 Samuel 15:4: "that every man which hath any suit or cause might come unto"
2 Samuel 15:5: " And it was came nigh to him to do him obeisance, he put forth his hand, and took"
2 Samuel 15:7: " And it came to pass forty years, that Absalom said unto"
2 Samuel 15:12: "while he offered sacrifices. And the conspiracy was strong; for the people increased"
2 Samuel 15:13: "The hearts of the men of Israel are after Absalom."
2 Samuel 15:14: "Arise, and let us flee; for we shall not else escape from"
2 Samuel 15:21: "in what place my lord the king shall be, whether in death or"
2 Samuel 15:21: "life, even there also will thy servant be."
2 Samuel 15:32: " And it came to pass, was come to the top of the mount, where he worshiped God,"
2 Samuel 15:33: "If thou passest on with me, then thou shalt be a burden unto"
2 Samuel 15:34: "and say unto Absalom, I will be thy servant, O king; as I have been thy father's"
2 Samuel 15:35: "thee Zadok and Abiathar the priests? therefore it shall be, that what thing soever thou shalt hear"
2 Samuel 16:16: " And it came to pass, Hushai the Archite, David's friend, was come unto"
2 Samuel 16:18: "the men of Israel, choose, his will I be, and with him will I abide."
2 Samuel 16:19: "in thy father's presence, so will I be in thy presence."
2 Samuel 17:3: "returned: so all the people shall be in peace."
2 Samuel 17:9: "or in some other place: and it will come to pass, when some of them be overthrown at the first, that whosoever heareth"
2 Samuel 17:9: "at the first, that whosoever heareth it will say, There is a slaughter among the people that"
2 Samuel 17:21: " And it came to pass, they were departed, that they came up out of the well, and went and told"
2 Samuel 17:27: " And it came to pass, was come to Mahanaim, that Shobi the son of Nahash of Rabbah"
2 Samuel 18:6: "against Israel: and the battle was in the wood of Ephraim;"
2 Samuel 18:7: "before the servants of David, and there was there a great slaughter that"
2 Samuel 18:8: "For the battle was there scattered over the face of all the country:"
2 Samuel 18:22: "again to Joab, But howsoever, let me, I pray thee, also"
2 Samuel 18:23: " But howsoever, And he said unto him, Run. Then Ahimaaz ran by the way"
2 Samuel 18:32: "rise against thee to do thee hurt, be as that young man"
2 Samuel 19:2: "And the victory that day was turned into mourning unto all the people: for the people"
2 Samuel 19:9: "And all were at strife throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying,"
2 Samuel 19:11: "of Judah, saying, Why are ye the last to bring the king"
