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)

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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

Lexicon: STEPBible Tyndale House Brief Lexicons (TBESH / TBESG) (CC BY 4.0)

Translation

Translated as (BSB)

Forms

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Old Testament

New Testament

Concordance 3,132 verses

Genesis 6:19 יִֽהְיֽוּ׃

And you are to bring two of every living creature into the ark—male and female—to keep them alive with you.
Genesis 6:21 וְהָיָ֥ה

You are also to take for yourself every kind of food that is eaten and gather it as food for yourselves and for the animals.”
Genesis 7:6 הָיָ֔ה

Now Noah was 600 years old when the floodwaters came upon the earth.
Genesis 7:10 וַֽיְהִ֖יהָי֖וּ

And after seven days the floodwaters came upon the earth.
Genesis 7:12 וַֽיְהִ֥י

And the rain fell upon the earth for forty days and forty nights.
Genesis 7:17 וַֽיְהִ֧י

For forty days the flood kept coming on the earth, and the waters rose and lifted the ark high above the earth.
Genesis 8:5 הָיוּ֙

And the waters continued to recede until the tenth month, and on the first day of the tenth month the tops of the mountains became visible.
Genesis 8:6 וַֽיְהִ֕י

After forty days Noah opened the window he had made in the ark
Genesis 8:13 וַֽ֠יְהִי

In Noah’s six hundred and first year, on the first day of the first month, the waters had dried up from the earth. So Noah removed the covering from the ark and saw that the surface of the ground was dry.
Genesis 9:2 יִֽהְיֶ֔ה

The fear and dread of you will fall on every living creature on the earth, every bird of the air, every creature that crawls on the ground, and all the fish of the sea. They are delivered into your hand.
Genesis 9:3 יִהְיֶ֖ה

Everything that lives and moves will be food for you; just as I gave you the green plants, I now give you all things.
Genesis 9:11 יִהְיֶ֥ה

And I establish My covenant with you: Never again will all life be cut off by the waters of a flood; never again will there be a flood to destroy the earth.”
Genesis 9:13 וְהָֽיְתָה֙

I have set My rainbow in the clouds, and it will be a sign of the covenant between Me and the earth.
Genesis 9:14 וְהָיָ֕ה

Whenever I form clouds over the earth and the rainbow appears in the clouds,
Genesis 9:15 יִֽהְיֶ֨ה

I will remember My covenant between Me and you and every living creature of every kind. Never again will the waters become a flood to destroy all life.
Genesis 9:16 וְהָיְתָ֥ה

And whenever the rainbow appears in the clouds, I will see it and remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of every kind that is on the earth.”
Genesis 9:18 וַיִּֽהְי֣וּ

The sons of Noah who came out of the ark were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. And Ham was the father of Canaan.
Genesis 9:25 יִֽהְיֶ֥ה

he said, “Cursed be Canaan! A servant of servants shall he be to his brothers.”
Genesis 9:26 וִיהִ֥י

He also declared: “Blessed be the LORD, the God of Shem! May Canaan be the servant of Shem.
Genesis 9:27 וִיהִ֥י

May God expand the territory of Japheth; may he dwell in the tents of Shem, and may Canaan be his servant.”
Genesis 9:29 וַיִּֽהְיוּ֙

So Noah lived a total of 950 years, and then he died.
Genesis 10:8 לִֽהְי֥וֹת

Cush was the father of Nimrod, who began to be a mighty one on the earth.
Genesis 10:9 הָיָ֥ה

He was a mighty hunter before the LORD; so it is said, “Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before the LORD.”
Genesis 10:10 וַתְּהִ֨י

His kingdom began in Babylon, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
Genesis 10:19 וַֽיְהִ֞י

and the borders of Canaan extended from Sidon toward Gerar as far as Gaza, and then toward Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha.
Genesis 10:30 וַֽיְהִ֥י

Their territory extended from Mesha to Sephar, in the eastern hill country.
Genesis 11:1 וַֽיְהִ֥י

Now the whole world had one language and a common form of speech.
Genesis 11:2 וַֽיְהִ֖י

And as people journeyed eastward, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there.
Genesis 11:3 וַתְּהִ֨יהָיָ֥ה

And they said to one another, “Come, let us make bricks and bake them thoroughly.” So they used brick instead of stone, and tar instead of mortar.
Genesis 11:30 וַתְּהִ֥י

But Sarai was barren; she had no children.
Genesis 11:32 וַיִּהְי֣וּ

Terah lived 205 years, and he died in Haran.
Genesis 12:2 וֶהְיֵ֖ה

I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.
Genesis 12:10 וַיְהִ֥י

Now there was a famine in the land. So Abram went down to Egypt to live there for a while because the famine was severe.
Genesis 12:11 וַיְהִ֕י

As he was about to enter Egypt, he said to his wife Sarai, “Look, I know that you are a beautiful woman,
Genesis 12:12 וְהָיָ֗ה

and when the Egyptians see you, they will say, ‘This is his wife.’ Then they will kill me but will let you live.
Genesis 12:14 וַיְהִ֕י

So when Abram entered Egypt, the Egyptians saw that the woman was very beautiful.
Genesis 12:16 וַֽיְהִי־

He treated Abram well on her account, and Abram acquired sheep and cattle, male and female donkeys, menservants and maidservants, and camels.
Genesis 13:3 הָ֨יָה

From the Negev he journeyed from place to place toward Bethel, until he came to the place between Bethel and Ai where his tent had formerly been pitched,
Genesis 13:5 הָיָ֥ה

Now Lot, who was traveling with Abram, also had flocks and herds and tents.
Genesis 13:6 הָיָ֤ה

But the land was unable to support both of them while they stayed together, for they had so many possessions that they were unable to coexist.
Genesis 13:7 וַֽיְהִי־

And there was discord between the herdsmen of Abram and the herdsmen of Lot. At that time the Canaanites and the Perizzites were also living in the land.
Genesis 13:8 תְהִ֤י

So Abram said to Lot, “Please let there be no contention between you and me, or between your herdsmen and my herdsmen. After all, we are brothers.
Genesis 14:1 וַיְהִ֗י

In those days Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of Goiim
Genesis 15:1 הָיָ֤ה

After these events, the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision: “Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your very great reward.”
Genesis 15:5 יִהְיֶ֖ה

And the LORD took him outside and said, “Now look to the heavens and count the stars, if you are able.” Then He told him, “So shall your offspring be.”
Genesis 15:12 וַיְהִ֤י

As the sun was setting, Abram fell into a deep sleep, and suddenly great terror and darkness overwhelmed him.
Genesis 15:13 יִהְיֶ֣ה

Then the LORD said to Abram, “Know for certain that your descendants will be strangers in a land that is not their own, and they will be enslaved and mistreated four hundred years.
Genesis 15:17 וַיְהִ֤יהָיָ֑ה

When the sun had set and darkness had fallen, behold, a smoking firepot and a flaming torch appeared and passed between the halves of the carcasses.
Genesis 16:12 יִהְיֶה֙

He will be a wild donkey of a man, and his hand will be against everyone, and everyone’s hand against him; he will live in hostility toward all his brothers.”
Genesis 17:1 וַיְהִ֣יוֶהְיֵ֥ה

When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to him and said, “I am God Almighty. Walk before Me and be blameless.