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Strong's Number H1961

הָיָה
hayah · haw-yaw
Transliteration:
hayah{haw-yaw}
Word Origin:
a primitive root [compare 01933]; TWOT - 491
TWOT:
491
Part of Speech:
verb
Strong's Definition:
to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
Usage in the KJV:
was 7, come to pass 1, came 2, has been, were happened, become 2, pertained 1, better for thee, shall be 10, and be 5, and there shall be 2, be 8, done 6, had 4, is 3, let there be 2, misc 43

Total: 76
Occurs 3561 times in the Hebrew text.
These counts are derived from this site's linked KJV text; the printed concordance did not enumerate them for this word.
Definition:
  1. to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out
    1. (Qal)
      1. -----
        1. to happen, fall out, occur, take place, come about, come to pass
        2. to come about, come to pass
      2. to come into being, become
        1. to arise, appear, come
        2. to become
          1. to become
          2. to become like
          3. to be instituted, be established
      3. to be
        1. to exist, be in existence
        2. to abide, remain, continue (with word of place or time)
        3. to stand, lie, be in, be at, be situated (with word of locality)
        4. to accompany, be with
    2. (Niphal)
      1. to occur, come to pass, be done, be brought about
      2. to be done, be finished, be gone
TDNT - Theological Dictionary of the New Testament
TWOT - Theological Word Book of the Old Testament