הָיָה hâyâh

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));

Where it is used

• Proverbs 12:8 A man is praised according to his wisdom, but a twisted mind is despised.
• Proverbs 12:24 The hand of the diligent will rule, but laziness ends in forced labor.
• Proverbs 13:19 Desire fulfilled is sweet to the soul, but turning from evil is detestable to fools.
• Proverbs 14:23 There is profit in all labor, but mere talk leads only to poverty.
• Proverbs 14:26 He who fears the LORD is secure in confidence, and his children shall have a place of refuge.
• Proverbs 14:35 A king delights in a wise servant, but his anger falls on the shameful.
• Proverbs 22:19 So that your trust may be in the LORD, I instruct you today—yes, you.
• Proverbs 22:26 Do not be one who gives pledges, who puts up security for debts.
• Proverbs 23:20 Do not join those who drink too much wine or gorge themselves on meat.
• Proverbs 23:34 You will be like one sleeping on the high seas or lying on the top of a mast:
• Proverbs 24:1 Do not envy wicked men or desire their company;
• Proverbs 24:20 For the evil man has no future; the lamp of the wicked will be extinguished.
• Proverbs 24:28 Do not testify against your neighbor without cause, and do not deceive with your lips.
• Proverbs 26:5 Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he become wise in his own eyes.
• Proverbs 29:21 A servant pampered from his youth will bring grief in the end.
• Proverbs 31:14 She is like the merchant ships, bringing her food from afar.
• Ecclesiastes 1:9 What has been will be again, and what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun.
• Ecclesiastes 1:10 Is there a case where one can say, “Look, this is new”? It has already existed in the ages before us.
• Ecclesiastes 1:11 There is no remembrance of those who came before, and those yet to come will not be remembered by those who follow after.
• Ecclesiastes 1:12 I, the Teacher, was king over Israel in Jerusalem.
• Ecclesiastes 1:16 I said to myself, “Behold, I have grown and increased in wisdom beyond all those before me who were over Jerusalem, and my mind has observed a wealth of wisdom and knowledge.”
• Ecclesiastes 2:7 I acquired menservants and maidservants, and servants were born in my house. I also owned more herds and flocks than anyone in Jerusalem before me,
• Ecclesiastes 2:9 So I became great and surpassed all in Jerusalem who had preceded me; and my wisdom remained with me.
• Ecclesiastes 2:10 Anything my eyes desired, I did not deny myself. I refused my heart no pleasure. For my heart took delight in all my work, and this was the reward for all my labor.
• Ecclesiastes 2:18 I hated all for which I had toiled under the sun, because I must leave it to the man who comes after me.
• Ecclesiastes 2:19 And who knows whether that man will be wise or foolish? Yet he will take over all the labor at which I have worked skillfully under the sun. This too is futile.
• Ecclesiastes 3:14 I know that everything God does endures forever; nothing can be added to it or taken from it. God does it so that they should fear Him.
• Ecclesiastes 3:15 What exists has already been, and what will be has already been, for God will call to account what has passed.
• Ecclesiastes 3:20 All go to one place; all come from dust, and all return to dust.
• Ecclesiastes 3:22 I have seen that there is nothing better for a man than to enjoy his work, because that is his lot. For who can bring him to see what will come after him?
• Ecclesiastes 4:3 But better than both is he who has not yet existed, who has not seen the evil that is done under the sun.
• Ecclesiastes 4:16 There is no limit to all the people who were before them. Yet the successor will not be celebrated by those who come even later. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.
• Ecclesiastes 5:2 Do not be quick to speak, and do not be hasty in your heart to utter a word before God. For God is in heaven and you are on earth. So let your words be few.
• Ecclesiastes 6:3 A man may father a hundred children and live for many years; yet no matter how long he lives, if he is unsatisfied with his prosperity and does not even receive a proper burial, I say that a stillborn child is better off than he.
• Ecclesiastes 6:10 Whatever exists was named long ago, and it is known what man is; but he cannot contend with one stronger than he.
• Ecclesiastes 6:12 For who knows what is good for a man during the few days in which he passes through his fleeting life like a shadow? Who can tell a man what will come after him under the sun?
• Ecclesiastes 7:10 Do not say, “Why were the old days better than these?” For it is unwise of you to ask about this.
• Ecclesiastes 7:14 In the day of prosperity, be joyful, but in the day of adversity, consider this: God has made one of these along with the other, so that a man cannot discover anything that will come after him.
• Ecclesiastes 7:16 Do not be overly righteous, and do not make yourself too wise. Why should you destroy yourself?
• Ecclesiastes 7:17 Do not be excessively wicked, and do not be a fool. Why should you die before your time?
• Ecclesiastes 7:19 Wisdom makes the wise man stronger than ten rulers in a city.
• Ecclesiastes 7:24 What exists is out of reach and very deep. Who can fathom it?
• Ecclesiastes 8:7 Since no one knows what will happen, who can tell him what is to come?
• Ecclesiastes 8:12 Although a sinner does evil a hundred times and still lives long, yet I also know that it will go well with those who fear God, who are reverent in His presence.
• Ecclesiastes 8:13 Yet because the wicked do not fear God, it will not go well with them, and their days will not lengthen like a shadow.
• Ecclesiastes 9:8 Let your garments always be white, and never spare the oil for your head.
• Ecclesiastes 10:14 Yet the fool multiplies words. No one knows what is coming, and who can tell him what will come after him?
• Ecclesiastes 11:2 Divide your portion among seven, or even eight, for you do not know what disaster may befall the land.
• Ecclesiastes 11:8 So if a man lives many years, let him rejoice in them all. But let him remember the days of darkness, for they will be many. Everything to come is futile.
• Ecclesiastes 12:7 before the dust returns to the ground from which it came and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
• Ecclesiastes 12:9 Not only was the Teacher wise, but he also taught the people knowledge; he pondered, searched out, and arranged many proverbs.
• Song of Solomon 1:7 Tell me, O one I love, where do you pasture your sheep? Where do you rest them at midday? Why should I be like a veiled woman beside the flocks of your companions?
• Song of Solomon 7:8 I said, “I will climb the palm tree; I will take hold of its fruit.” May your breasts be like clusters of the vine, the fragrance of your breath like apples,
• Song of Solomon 8:10 I am a wall, and my breasts are like towers. So I have become in his eyes like one who brings peace.
• Song of Solomon 8:11 Solomon had a vineyard in Baal-hamon. He leased it to the tenants. For its fruit, each was to bring a thousand shekels of silver.
• Isaiah 1:9 Unless the LORD of Hosts had left us a few survivors, we would have become like Sodom, we would have resembled Gomorrah.
• Isaiah 1:14 I hate your New Moons and your appointed feasts. They have become a burden to Me; I am weary of bearing them.
• Isaiah 1:18 “Come now, let us reason together,” says the LORD. “Though your sins are like scarlet, they will be as white as snow; though they are as red as crimson, they will become like wool.
• Isaiah 1:21 See how the faithful city has become a harlot! She once was full of justice; righteousness resided within her, but now only murderers!
• Isaiah 1:22 Your silver has become dross; your fine wine is diluted with water.