Strong's Hebrew · H1961
H1961 hâyâh
הָיָה
haw-yaw
to be
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hâyâh appears 3,523 times in Scripture, including Genesis 1:2 and Genesis 1:3. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.
Definition
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, × altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, follow, happen, × have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, × use.
Derivation
a primitive root (compare H1933 (הָוָא));
Appears 3,523 times in Scripture
“God called the light “day,” and the darkness He called “night.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day.”
“God called the expanse “sky.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the second day.”
“And God said, “Let there be an expanse between the waters, to separate the waters from the waters.””
“So God made the expanse and separated the waters beneath it from the waters above. And it was so.”
“Now the earth was formless and void, and darkness was over the surface of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters.”
“And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.”
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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).
