Strong's Hebrew · H1961

הָיָה

hâyâh · haw-yaw

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.

Definition

to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)

Derivation

a primitive root (compare H1933 (הָוָא));

Appears 3,523 times in Scripture

Genesis 1:5

God called the light “day,” and the darkness He called “night.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day.

Genesis 1:8

God called the expanse “sky.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the second day.

Genesis 1:6

And God said, “Let there be an expanse between the waters, to separate the waters from the waters.”

Genesis 1:7

So God made the expanse and separated the waters beneath it from the waters above. And it was so.

Genesis 1:2

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.

Genesis 1:3

And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.

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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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