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 Chronicles 8:3: "And the sons were, Addar, and Gera, and Abihud,"
1 Chronicles 8:40: "And the sons were mighty men of valor, archers,"
1 Chronicles 9:20: "And Phinehas of Eleazar was the ruler over them in time past, and the LORD"
1 Chronicles 9:24: "In four were the porters, toward the east, west, north, and south."
1 Chronicles 9:26: "chief porters, were in their set office, and were over the chambers and treasuries of the house"
1 Chronicles 10:8: " And it came to pass the morrow, when the Philistines came to strip the slain,"
1 Chronicles 11:2: "even when Saul was king, thou"
1 Chronicles 11:2: "my people Israel, and thou shalt be ruler over"
1 Chronicles 11:6: "smiteth the Jebusites first shall be chief and captain. So Joab the son"
1 Chronicles 11:6: "the son of Zeruiah went first up, and was chief."
1 Chronicles 11:13: "He was with David at Pas-dammim, and there the Philistines were gathered together"
1 Chronicles 11:13: "the Philistines were gathered together to battle, where was a parcel of ground full of barley;"
1 Chronicles 11:20: "of Joab, he was chief of the three: for lifting up"
1 Chronicles 11:21: "he was more honorable than the two; for he was their captain: howbeit he attained not to"
1 Chronicles 12:17: "unto me to help me, mine heart shall be knit unto you: but if ye be come to betray"
1 Chronicles 12:21: "of the rovers: for they were all mighty men of valor, and were captains in the host."
1 Chronicles 12:39: "And there they were with David three days, eating and drinking:"
1 Chronicles 14:4: "of his children which he had in Jerusalem; Shammua, and Shobab, Nathan,"
1 Chronicles 14:15: " And it shall be, a sound of going in the tops of the mulberry trees, that then"
1 Chronicles 15:25: " So and the elders of Israel, and the captains over thousands, went to bring up"
1 Chronicles 15:26: " And it came to pass, helped the Levites that bore the ark of the covenant"
1 Chronicles 15:29: " And it came to pass, of the covenant of the LORD came to the city of David,"
1 Chronicles 16:19: " When ye were even a few, and strangers"
1 Chronicles 17:1: " Now it came to pass, David sat in his house, that David said to"
1 Chronicles 17:3: " And it came to pass night, that the word of God came to Nathan,"
1 Chronicles 17:3: "night, that the word of God came to Nathan, saying,"
1 Chronicles 17:5: "unto this day; but have gone from tent to tent,"
1 Chronicles 17:7: "even from following the sheep, that thou shouldest be ruler over my people Israel:"
1 Chronicles 17:8: " And I have been thee whithersoever thou hast walked, and have cut off all"
1 Chronicles 17:11: " And it shall come to pass, thy days be expired that thou must go to be with thy fathers, that I will raise up"
1 Chronicles 17:11: "thy seed after thee, which shall be of thy sons; and I will establish"
1 Chronicles 17:13: "I will be his father, and he shall be my son: and I will not take my mercy away"
1 Chronicles 17:13: "his father, and he shall be my son: and I will not take my mercy away"
1 Chronicles 17:13: "from him, as I took it from him that was before"
1 Chronicles 17:14: "and in my kingdom forever: and his throne shall be established forevermore."
1 Chronicles 17:22: "forever; and thou, LORD, becamest their God."
1 Chronicles 17:27: "the house of thy servant, that it may be before thee forever: for thou"
1 Chronicles 18:1: "Now after it came to pass, that David smote the Philistines, and subdued"
1 Chronicles 18:2: "Moab; and the Moabites became David's servants, and brought gifts."
1 Chronicles 18:6: "garrisons in Syria-damascus; and the Syrians became David's servants, and brought"
1 Chronicles 18:7: "the shields of gold that were on the servants of Hadarezer, and brought"
1 Chronicles 18:10: "against Hadarezer, and smitten him; (for Hadarezer had war with Tou;)"
1 Chronicles 18:13: "in Edom; and all the Edomites became David's servants. Thus the LORD preserved"
1 Chronicles 18:14: "over all Israel, and executed judgment and justice among all"
1 Chronicles 19:1: " Now it came to pass this, that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon died,"
1 Chronicles 19:5: "to meet them: for the men were greatly ashamed. And the king said,"
1 Chronicles 19:10: "that the battle was set against him before and behind,"
1 Chronicles 19:12: "the Syrians be too strong for me, then thou shalt help me: but if the children of Ammon"
1 Chronicles 20:1: " And it came to pass, the year was expired, at the time that kings go out to battle, Joab"
1 Chronicles 20:2: "a talent of gold, and there were precious stones in it; and it was set upon David's head:"
