הָיָה

ha.yah

Hebrew H1961 Verb 3,561 occurrences in 3,132 verses
הָיָה to be

1. to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out

a. (Qal)

1. ---

a. to happen, fall out, occur, take place, come about, come to pass

b. to come about, come to pass

2. to come into being, become

a. to arise, appear, come

b. to become

1. to become

2. to become like

3. to be instituted, be established

3. to be

a. to exist, be in existence

b. to abide, remain, continue (with word of place or time)

c. to stand, lie, be in, be at, be situated (with word of locality)

d. to accompany, be with

b. (Niphal)

1. to occur, come to pass, be done, be brought about

2. to be done, be finished, be gone

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Concordance 3,132 verses

  1. Deuteronomy 28:65 יִהְיֶ֥ה

    Among those nations you will find no repose, not even a resting place for the sole of your foot. There the LORD will give you a trembling heart, failing eyes, and a despairing soul.

  2. Deuteronomy 28:66 וְהָי֣וּ

    So your life will hang in doubt before you, and you will be afraid night and day, never certain of survival.

  3. Deuteronomy 29:13 יִֽהְיֶה־

    and so that He may establish you today as His people, and He may be your God as He promised you and as He swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

  4. Deuteronomy 29:19 וְהָיָ֡היִֽהְיֶה־

    because when such a person hears the words of this oath, he invokes a blessing on himself, saying, ‘I will have peace, even though I walk in the stubbornness of my own heart.’ This will bring disaster on the watered land as well as the dry.

  5. Deuteronomy 30:1 וְהָיָה֩

    “When all these things come upon you—the blessings and curses I have set before you—and you call them to mind in all the nations to which the LORD your God has banished you,

  6. Deuteronomy 30:4 יִהְיֶ֥ה

    Even if you have been banished to the farthest horizon, He will gather you and return you from there.

  7. Deuteronomy 31:8 יִהְיֶ֣ה

    The LORD Himself goes before you; He will be with you. He will never leave you nor forsake you. Do not be afraid or discouraged.”

  8. Deuteronomy 31:17 וְהָיָ֣ה

    On that day My anger will burn against them, and I will abandon them and hide My face from them, so that they will be consumed, and many troubles and afflictions will befall them. On that day they will say, ‘Have not these disasters come upon us because our God is no longer with us?’

  9. Deuteronomy 31:19 תִּהְיֶה־

    Now therefore, write down for yourselves this song and teach it to the Israelites; have them recite it, so that it may be a witness for Me against them.

  10. Deuteronomy 31:21 וְ֠הָיָה

    And when many troubles and afflictions have come upon them, this song will testify against them, because it will not be forgotten from the lips of their descendants. For I know their inclination, even before I bring them into the land that I swore to give them.”

  11. Deuteronomy 31:23 אֶֽהְיֶ֥ה

    Then the LORD commissioned Joshua son of Nun and said, “Be strong and courageous, for you will bring the Israelites into the land that I swore to give them, and I will be with you.”

  12. Deuteronomy 31:24 וַיְהִ֣י׀

    When Moses had finished writing in a book the words of this law from beginning to end,

  13. Deuteronomy 31:26 וְהָֽיָה־

    “Take this Book of the Law and place it beside the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, so that it may remain there as a witness against you.

  14. Deuteronomy 31:27 הֱיִתֶם֙

    For I know how rebellious and stiff-necked you are. If you are already rebelling against the LORD while I am still alive, how much more will you rebel after my death!

  15. Deuteronomy 32:38 יְהִ֥י

    which ate the fat of their sacrifices and drank the wine of their drink offerings? Let them rise up and help you; let them give you shelter!

  16. Deuteronomy 33:5 וַיְהִ֥י

    So the LORD became King in Jeshurun when the leaders of the people gathered, when the tribes of Israel came together.

  17. Deuteronomy 33:6 וִיהִ֥י

    Let Reuben live and not die, nor his men be few.”

  18. Deuteronomy 33:7 תִּהְיֶֽה׃ס

    And concerning Judah he said: “O LORD, hear the cry of Judah and bring him to his people. With his own hands he defends his cause, but may You be a help against his foes.”

  19. Deuteronomy 33:24 יְהִ֤י

    And concerning Asher he said: “May Asher be the most blessed of sons; may he be the most favored among his brothers and dip his foot in oil.

  20. Joshua 1:1 וַיְהִ֗י

    Now after the death of His servant Moses, the LORD spoke to Joshua son of Nun, Moses’ assistant, saying,

  21. Joshua 1:4 יִֽהְיֶ֖ה

    Your territory shall extend from the wilderness and Lebanon to the great River Euphrates—all the land of the Hittites—and west as far as the Great Sea.

  22. Joshua 1:5 הָיִ֤יתִיאֶהְיֶ֣ה

    No one shall stand against you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so will I be with you; I will never leave you nor forsake you.

  23. Joshua 1:17 יִֽהְיֶ֞ההָיָ֖ה

    Just as we obeyed Moses in all things, so we will obey you. And may the LORD your God be with you, as He was with Moses.

  24. Joshua 2:5 וַיְהִ֨י

    At dusk, when the gate was about to close, the men went out, and I do not know which way they went. Pursue them quickly, and you may catch them!”

  25. Joshua 2:14 וְהָיָ֗ה

    “Our lives for your lives!” the men agreed. “If you do not report our mission, we will show you kindness and faithfulness when the LORD gives us the land.”

  26. Joshua 2:19 וְהָיָ֡היִֽהְיֶ֤התִּֽהְיֶה־

    If anyone goes out the door of your house into the street, his blood will be on his own head, and we will be innocent. But if a hand is laid on anyone with you in the house, his blood will be on our heads.

  27. Joshua 2:20 וְהָיִ֣ינוּ

    And if you report our mission, we will be released from the oath you made us swear.”

  28. Joshua 3:2 וַיְהִ֕י

    After three days the officers went through the camp

  29. Joshua 3:4 יִהְיֶ֗ה

    But keep a distance of about two thousand cubits between yourselves and the ark. Do not go near it, so that you can see the way to go, since you have never traveled this way before.”

  30. Joshua 3:7 הָיִ֛יתִיאֶהְיֶ֥ה

    Now the LORD said to Joshua, “Today I will begin to exalt you in the sight of all Israel, so they may know that I am with you just as I was with Moses.

  31. Joshua 3:13 וְהָיָ֡ה

    When the feet of the priests who carry the ark of the LORD—the Lord of all the earth—touch down in the waters of the Jordan, its flowing waters will be cut off and will stand up in a heap.”

  32. Joshua 3:14 וַיְהִ֗י

    So when the people broke camp to cross the Jordan, the priests carried the ark of the covenant ahead of them.

  33. Joshua 4:1 וַיְהִי֙

    When the whole nation had finished crossing the Jordan, the LORD said to Joshua,

  34. Joshua 4:6 תִּֽהְיֶ֛ה

    to serve as a sign among you. In the future, when your children ask, ‘What do these stones mean to you?’

  35. Joshua 4:7 וְ֠הָיוּ

    you are to tell them, ‘The waters of the Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of the LORD. When it crossed the Jordan, the waters were cut off.’ Therefore these stones will be a memorial to the Israelites forever.”

  36. Joshua 4:9 וַיִּ֣הְיוּ

    Joshua also set up twelve stones in the middle of the Jordan, in the place where the priests who carried the ark of the covenant stood. And the stones are there to this day.

  37. Joshua 4:11 וַיְהִ֛י

    and after everyone had finished crossing, the priests with the ark of the LORD crossed in the sight of the people.

  38. Joshua 4:18 וַ֠יְהִי

    When the priests carrying the ark of the covenant of the LORD came up out of the Jordan and their feet touched the dry land, the waters of the Jordan returned to their course and overflowed all the banks as before.

  39. Joshua 5:1 וַיְהִ֣יהָ֨יָה

    Now when all the Amorite kings west of the Jordan and all the Canaanite kings along the coast heard how the LORD had dried up the waters of the Jordan before the Israelites until they had crossed over, their hearts melted and their spirits failed for fear of the Israelites.

  40. Joshua 5:5 הָי֔וּ

    Though all who had come out were circumcised, none of those born in the wilderness on the journey from Egypt had been circumcised.

  41. Joshua 5:7 הָי֔וּ

    And Joshua raised up their sons in their place, and these were the ones he circumcised. Until this time they were still uncircumcised, since they had not been circumcised along the way.

  42. Joshua 5:8 וַיְהִ֛י

    And after all the nation had been circumcised, they stayed there in the camp until they were healed.

  43. Joshua 5:12 הָ֥יָה

    And the day after they had eaten from the produce of the land, the manna ceased. There was no more manna for the Israelites, so that year they began to eat the crops of the land of Canaan.

  44. Joshua 5:13 וַיְהִ֗יבִּֽהְי֣וֹת

    Now when Joshua was near Jericho, he looked up and saw a man standing in front of him with a drawn sword in His hand. Joshua approached Him and asked, “Are You for us or for our enemies?”

  45. Joshua 6:5 וְהָיָ֞ה

    And when there is a long blast of the ram’s horn and you hear its sound, have all the people give a mighty shout. Then the wall of the city will collapse and all your people will charge straight into the city.”

  46. Joshua 6:8 וַיְהִ֗י

    After Joshua had spoken to the people, seven priests carrying seven rams’ horns before the LORD advanced and blew the horns, and the ark of the covenant of the LORD followed them.

  47. Joshua 6:15 וַיְהִ֣י׀

    Then on the seventh day, they got up at dawn and marched around the city seven times in the same manner. That was the only day they circled the city seven times.

  48. Joshua 6:16 וַיְהִי֙

    After the seventh time around, the priests blew the horns, and Joshua commanded the people, “Shout! For the LORD has given you the city!

  49. Joshua 6:17 וְהָיְתָ֨ה

    Now the city and everything in it must be devoted to the LORD for destruction. Only Rahab the prostitute and all those with her in her house will live, because she hid the spies we sent.

  50. Joshua 6:20 וַיְהִי֩

    So when the rams’ horns sounded, the people shouted. When they heard the blast of the horn, the people gave a great shout, and the wall collapsed. Then all the people charged straight into the city and captured it.

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