הָיָה hâyâh

Hebrew · Strong's H1961 · pronounced haw-yaw · used 3562 times in 3133 verses

Meaning

to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)

In the King James Version: beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.

Derivation: a primitive root (compare H1933 (הָוָא));

Put it on the canvas →

Where it is used

Job 27:7 May my enemy be like the wicked and my opponent like the unjust.
Job 29:4 when I was in my prime, when the friendship of God rested on my tent,
Job 29:15 I served as eyes to the blind and as feet to the lame.
Job 30:9 And now they mock me in song; I have become a byword among them.
Job 30:29 I have become a brother of jackals, a companion of ostriches.
Job 30:31 My harp is tuned to mourning and my flute to the sound of weeping.
Job 38:4 Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Tell Me, if you have understanding.
Job 42:7 After the LORD had spoken these words to Job, He said to Eliphaz the Temanite, “My wrath is kindled against you and your two friends. For you have not spoken about Me accurately, as My servant Job has.
Job 42:12 So the LORD blessed Job’s latter days more than his first. He owned 14,000 sheep, 6,000 camels, 1,000 yoke of oxen, and 1,000 female donkeys.
Job 42:13 And he also had seven sons and three daughters.
Psalms 1:3 He is like a tree planted by streams of water, yielding its fruit in season, whose leaf does not wither, and who prospers in all he does.
Psalms 9:9 The LORD is a refuge for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble.
Psalms 10:14 But You have regarded trouble and grief; You see to repay it by Your hand. The victim entrusts himself to You; You are the helper of the fatherless.
Psalms 18:18 They confronted me in my day of calamity, but the LORD was my support.
Psalms 18:23 And I have been blameless before Him and kept myself from iniquity.
Psalms 19:14 May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in Your sight, O LORD, my Rock and my Redeemer.
Psalms 22:14 I am poured out like water, and all my bones are disjointed. My heart is like wax; it melts away within me.
Psalms 27:9 Hide not Your face from me, nor turn away Your servant in anger. You have been my helper; do not leave me or forsake me, O God of my salvation.
Psalms 30:7 O LORD, You favored me; You made my mountain stand strong. When You hid Your face, I was dismayed.
Psalms 30:10 Hear me, O LORD, and have mercy; O LORD, be my helper.”
Psalms 31:2 Incline Your ear to me; come quickly to my rescue. Be my rock of refuge, the stronghold of my deliverance.
Psalms 31:11 Among all my enemies I am a disgrace, and among my neighbors even more. I am dreaded by my friends—they flee when they see me on the street.
Psalms 31:12 I am forgotten like a dead man, out of mind. I am like a broken vessel.
Psalms 32:9 Do not be like the horse or mule, which have no understanding; they must be controlled with bit and bridle to make them come to you.
Psalms 33:9 For He spoke, and it came to be; He commanded, and it stood firm.
Psalms 33:22 May Your loving devotion rest on us, O LORD, as we put our hope in You.
Psalms 35:5 May they be like chaff in the wind, as the angel of the LORD drives them away.
Psalms 35:6 May their path be dark and slick, as the angel of the LORD pursues.
Psalms 37:18 The LORD knows the days of the blameless, and their inheritance will last forever.
Psalms 37:25 I once was young and now am old, yet never have I seen the righteous abandoned or their children begging for bread.
Psalms 38:14 I am like a man who cannot hear, whose mouth offers no reply.
Psalms 42:3 My tears have been my food both day and night, while men ask me all day long, “Where is your God?”
Psalms 45:16 Your sons will succeed your fathers; you will make them princes throughout the land.
Psalms 50:21 You have done these things, and I kept silent; you thought I was just like you. But now I rebuke you and accuse you to your face.
Psalms 53:5 There they are, overwhelmed with dread, where there was nothing to fear. For God has scattered the bones of those who besieged you. You put them to shame, for God has despised them.
Psalms 55:18 He redeems my soul in peace from the battle waged against me, even though many oppose me.
Psalms 59:16 But I will sing of Your strength and proclaim Your loving devotion in the morning. For You are my fortress, my refuge in times of trouble.
Psalms 61:3 For You have been my refuge, a tower of strength against the enemy.
Psalms 63:7 For You are my help; I will sing for joy in the shadow of Your wings.
Psalms 63:10 They will fall to the power of the sword; they will become a portion for foxes.
Psalms 64:7 But God will shoot them with arrows; suddenly they will be wounded.
Psalms 69:8 I have become a stranger to my brothers and a foreigner to my mother’s sons,
Psalms 69:10 I wept and fasted, but it brought me reproach.
Psalms 69:11 I made sackcloth my clothing, and I was sport to them.
Psalms 69:22 May their table become a snare; may it be a retribution and a trap.
Psalms 69:25 May their place be deserted; let there be no one to dwell in their tents.
Psalms 71:3 Be my rock of refuge, where I can always go. Give the command to save me, for You are my rock and my fortress.
Psalms 71:7 I have become a portent to many, but You are my strong refuge.
Psalms 72:16 May there be an abundance of grain in the land; may it sway atop the hills. May its fruit trees flourish like the forests of Lebanon, the people of its cities like the grass of the field.
Psalms 72:17 May his name endure forever; may his name continue as long as the sun shines. In him may all nations be blessed; may they call him blessed.
Psalms 73:14 For I am afflicted all day long and punished every morning.
Psalms 73:19 How suddenly they are laid waste, completely swept away by terrors!
Psalms 73:22 I was senseless and ignorant; I was a brute beast before You.
Psalms 76:2 His tent is in Salem, His dwelling place in Zion.
Psalms 78:8 Then they will not be like their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation, whose heart was not loyal, whose spirit was not faithful to God.
Psalms 79:4 We have become a reproach to our neighbors, a scorn and derision to those around us.
Psalms 80:17 Let Your hand be upon the man at Your right hand, on the son of man You have raised up for Yourself.
Psalms 81:9 There must be no strange god among you, nor shall you bow to a foreign god.
Psalms 81:15 Those who hate the LORD would feign obedience, and their doom would last forever.
Psalms 83:8 Even Assyria has joined them, lending strength to the sons of Lot. Selah