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 34:10: "And ye shall dwell us: and the land shall be before you; dwell and trade ye therein, and get you possessions"
Genesis 34:15: "will we consent unto you: If ye will be as we be, that every male of you be circumcised;"
Genesis 34:16: "your daughters to us, and we will dwell with you, and we will become one people."
Genesis 34:22: "consent unto us for to dwell with us, to be one people, if every male"
Genesis 34:25: " And it came to pass day, when they were sore, that two of the sons of Jacob,"
Genesis 34:25: "And it came to pass day, when they were sore, that two of the sons of Jacob,"
Genesis 35:3: "who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way which I went."
Genesis 35:5: "And they journeyed: of God was upon the cities that were round about"
Genesis 35:10: "Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name: and he called"
Genesis 35:11: "a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins;"
Genesis 35:16: "And they journeyed and there was but a little way to come"
Genesis 35:17: " And it came to pass, labor, that the midwife said unto her, Fear not; thou shalt have this"
Genesis 35:18: " And it came to pass, was in departing, (for she died) that she called his name Ben-oni:"
Genesis 35:22: " And it came to pass, dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and lay with"
Genesis 35:22: "heard it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve:"
Genesis 35:28: "And the days were a hundred and fourscore years."
Genesis 36:7: "For were more than that they might dwell together; and the land"
Genesis 36:11: "And the sons were Teman, Omar, Zepho, and Gatam, and Kenaz."
Genesis 36:12: "And Timna was concubine to Eliphaz Esau's son; and she bore to Eliphaz"
Genesis 36:13: "Shammah, and Mizzah: these were the sons of Bashemath Esau's wife."
Genesis 36:14: "And these were the sons of Aholibamah, the daughter of Anah the daughter of Zibeon,"
Genesis 36:22: "And the children were Hori and Hemam; and Lotan's sister was Timna."
Genesis 37:2: "being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with"
Genesis 37:20: "hath devoured him: and we shall see what will become of his dreams."
Genesis 37:23: " And it came to pass, Joseph was come unto his brethren, that they stripped"
Genesis 37:27: "him to the Ishmaelites, and let not our hand be upon him; for he is our brother and our flesh."
Genesis 38:1: " And it came to pass time, that Judah went down from his brethren,"
Genesis 38:5: "his name Shelah: and he was at Chezib, when she bore"
Genesis 38:7: "And Er, firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD; and the LORD"
Genesis 38:9: "that the seed should not be his; and it came to pass, when he went in unto"
Genesis 38:9: "the seed should not be his; and it came to pass, when he went in unto his brother's"
Genesis 38:21: "by the way side? And they said, There was no harlot in this"
Genesis 38:22: "the men of the place said, that there was no harlot in this"
Genesis 38:23: "Let her take it to her, lest we be shamed: behold, I sent this"
Genesis 38:24: " And it came to pass months after, that it was told Judah, saying, Tamar"
Genesis 38:27: " And it came to pass of her travail, that, behold, twins were in her womb."
Genesis 38:28: " And it came to pass, that the one put out his hand: and the midwife took and bound upon"
Genesis 38:29: " And it came to pass, his hand, that, behold, his brother came out: and she said, How"
Genesis 39:2: "And the LORD was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and he was"
Genesis 39:2: "with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and he was in the house"
Genesis 39:2: "and he was a prosperous man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian."
Genesis 39:5: " And it came to pass that he had made him overseer in his house, and over all"
Genesis 39:5: "the Egyptian's house for Joseph's sake; and the blessing of the LORD was upon all"
Genesis 39:6: "which he did eat. And Joseph was a goodly person, and well"
Genesis 39:7: " And it came to pass these things, that his master's wife cast"
Genesis 39:10: " And it came to pass, to Joseph day by day, that he hearkened not"
Genesis 39:10: "unto her, to lie by her, or to be with"
Genesis 39:11: " And it came to pass time, that Joseph went into the house to do his business; and there was none"
Genesis 39:13: " And it came to pass, that he had left his garment in her hand, and was fled forth,"
Genesis 39:15: " And it came to pass, that I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his garment"
