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:
1 Kings 15:14: "nevertheless Asa's heart was perfect with the LORD all"
1 Kings 15:16: " And there was between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all"
1 Kings 15:21: " And it came to pass, heard thereof, that he left off building of Ramah,"
1 Kings 15:29: " And it came to pass, that he smote all the house of Jeroboam; he left"
1 Kings 15:32: " And there was between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all"
1 Kings 16:1: "Then the word came to Jehu the son of Hanani against"
1 Kings 16:7: "Jehu the son of Hanani came the word of the LORD against Baasha,"
1 Kings 16:7: "in provoking him to anger with the work of his hands, in being like the house of Jeroboam; and because"
1 Kings 16:11: " And it came to pass, as soon as he sat on his throne, that he slew all"
1 Kings 16:18: " And it came to pass, saw that the city was taken, that he went into"
1 Kings 16:21: "into two parts: half of the people followed Tibni the son of Ginath,"
1 Kings 16:31: " And it came to pass, for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that he took"
1 Kings 16:33: "to anger than all the kings of Israel that were before"
1 Kings 17:1: "before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these"
1 Kings 17:2: "And the word came unto him, saying,"
1 Kings 17:4: " And it shall be, of the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there."
1 Kings 17:7: " And it came to pass a while, that the brook dried up, because there had been"
1 Kings 17:7: "a while, that the brook dried up, because there had been no rain in the land."
1 Kings 17:8: "And the word came unto him, saying,"
1 Kings 17:17: " And it came to pass these things, that the son of the woman, the mistress of the house,"
1 Kings 17:17: "of the house, fell sick; and his sickness was so sore, that"
1 Kings 18:1: " And it came to pass days, that the word of the LORD came to Elijah"
1 Kings 18:1: "days, that the word of the LORD came to Elijah in the third year,"
1 Kings 18:3: "which was the governor of his house. (Now Obadiah feared the LORD"
1 Kings 18:4: " For it was cut off the prophets of the LORD, that Obadiah took"
1 Kings 18:7: "And as Obadiah was in the way, behold, Elijah met him: and he knew him, and fell"
1 Kings 18:12: " And it shall come to pass, am gone from thee, that the Spirit of the LORD shall carry"
1 Kings 18:17: " And it came to pass, saw Elijah, that Ahab said unto"
1 Kings 18:24: "answereth by fire, let him be God. And all the people answered"
1 Kings 18:27: " And it came to pass that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud:"
1 Kings 18:29: " And it came to pass, was past, and they prophesied until the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice, that there was neither"
1 Kings 18:31: "unto whom the word of the LORD came, saying, Israel shall be"
1 Kings 18:31: "of the LORD came, saying, Israel shall be thy name:"
1 Kings 18:36: " And it came to pass of the evening sacrifice, that Elijah the prophet came near, and said, LORD"
1 Kings 18:44: " And it came to pass that he said, Behold, there ariseth a little cloud out of the sea,"
1 Kings 18:45: " And it came to pass that the heaven was black with clouds"
1 Kings 18:45: "that the heaven was black with clouds and wind, and there was a great"
1 Kings 18:46: "And the hand was on Elijah; and he girded up his loins, and ran"
1 Kings 19:13: " And it was heard it, that he wrapped his face in his mantle, and went out, and stood"
1 Kings 19:17: " And it shall come to pass, the sword of Hazael shall Jehu slay: and him that escapeth"
1 Kings 20:6: "thine house, and the houses of thy servants; and it shall be, that whatsoever is pleasant in thine eyes, they shall put"
1 Kings 20:12: " And it came to pass, this message, as he was drinking, he"
1 Kings 20:15: "the young men of the princes of the provinces, and they were two hundred and thirty two: and after"
1 Kings 20:26: " And it came to pass of the year, that Ben-hadad numbered the Syrians, and went up"
1 Kings 20:29: "the other seven days. And so it was, that in the seventh day the battle was joined:"
1 Kings 20:39: " And as passed by, he cried unto the king: and he said,"
1 Kings 20:39: "if by any means he be missing, then shall thy life be for his life, or"
1 Kings 20:40: "And as thy servant was busy here and there, he was gone. And the king"
1 Kings 20:42: "a man whom I appointed to utter destruction, therefore thy life shall go for his life, and thy people"
1 Kings 21:1: " And it came to pass these things, that Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard,"
