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Hebrew word study

הָיָהhâyâh — to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphati…

Pronounced “haw-yaw”

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

Translated in the King James as: beacon, altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, use.

Appears 3,118 times in Scripture

Origin: a primitive root (compare H1933 (הָוָא));

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Where it appears

Genesis — 273×
Genesis 1:2Genesis 1:3Genesis 1:5Genesis 1:6Genesis 1:7Genesis 1:8Genesis 1:9Genesis 1:11Genesis 1:13Genesis 1:14Genesis 1:15Genesis 1:19Genesis 1:23Genesis 1:24Genesis 1:29Genesis 1:30Genesis 1:31Genesis 2:5Genesis 2:7Genesis 2:10Genesis 2:18Genesis 2:24Genesis 2:25Genesis 3:1Genesis 3:5+ 248 more in Genesis
Exodus — 211×
Exodus 1:5Exodus 1:10Exodus 2:10Exodus 2:22Exodus 3:1Exodus 3:12Exodus 3:14Exodus 3:21Exodus 4:3Exodus 4:4Exodus 4:8Exodus 4:9Exodus 4:12Exodus 4:15Exodus 4:16Exodus 5:13Exodus 6:7Exodus 6:28Exodus 7:1Exodus 7:9Exodus 7:10Exodus 7:12Exodus 7:19Exodus 7:21Exodus 8:15+ 186 more in Exodus
Leviticus — 138×
Leviticus 2:1Leviticus 2:5Leviticus 5:13Leviticus 6:23Leviticus 7:7Leviticus 7:8Leviticus 7:9Leviticus 7:10Leviticus 7:14Leviticus 7:18Leviticus 7:31Leviticus 7:33Leviticus 10:15Leviticus 11:11Leviticus 11:35Leviticus 11:36Leviticus 11:44Leviticus 11:45Leviticus 13:2Leviticus 13:9Leviticus 13:18Leviticus 13:19Leviticus 13:24Leviticus 13:29Leviticus 13:32+ 113 more in Leviticus
Numbers — 158×
Numbers 1:4Numbers 1:44Numbers 1:45Numbers 1:46Numbers 1:53Numbers 3:4Numbers 3:12Numbers 3:13Numbers 3:17Numbers 3:43Numbers 3:45Numbers 4:7Numbers 4:27Numbers 4:36Numbers 4:40Numbers 4:48Numbers 5:9Numbers 5:10Numbers 5:18Numbers 5:27Numbers 6:5Numbers 7:5Numbers 8:11Numbers 8:14Numbers 8:19+ 133 more in Numbers
Deuteronomy — 140×
Deuteronomy 1:39Deuteronomy 2:15Deuteronomy 2:16Deuteronomy 2:36Deuteronomy 3:4Deuteronomy 4:20Deuteronomy 4:32Deuteronomy 5:7Deuteronomy 5:15Deuteronomy 5:29Deuteronomy 6:6Deuteronomy 6:8Deuteronomy 6:21Deuteronomy 6:25Deuteronomy 7:6Deuteronomy 7:14Deuteronomy 7:26Deuteronomy 9:7Deuteronomy 9:11Deuteronomy 9:22Deuteronomy 9:24Deuteronomy 10:2Deuteronomy 10:5Deuteronomy 10:9Deuteronomy 10:19+ 115 more in Deuteronomy
Joshua — 118×
Joshua 1:1Joshua 1:4Joshua 1:5Joshua 1:17Joshua 2:5Joshua 2:14Joshua 2:19Joshua 2:20Joshua 3:4Joshua 3:7Joshua 3:14Joshua 4:6Joshua 4:7Joshua 4:9Joshua 5:1Joshua 5:5Joshua 5:7Joshua 5:8Joshua 5:12Joshua 5:13Joshua 6:5Joshua 6:15Joshua 6:17Joshua 6:20Joshua 6:27+ 93 more in Joshua
Judges — 98×
Judges 1:7Judges 1:14Judges 1:19Judges 1:30Judges 1:33Judges 1:35Judges 2:3Judges 2:15Judges 2:18Judges 2:19Judges 3:4Judges 3:10Judges 3:31Judges 4:9Judges 4:20Judges 6:7Judges 6:16Judges 6:27Judges 6:37Judges 6:38Judges 6:39Judges 6:40Judges 7:1Judges 7:4Judges 7:6+ 73 more in Judges
Ruth — 19×
Ruth 1:1Ruth 1:2Ruth 1:7Ruth 1:11Ruth 1:12Ruth 1:13Ruth 1:19Ruth 2:12Ruth 2:13Ruth 2:17Ruth 2:19Ruth 3:2Ruth 3:13Ruth 4:12Ruth 4:13Ruth 4:15Ruth 4:16+ 2 more in Ruth
1 Samuel — 144×
1 Sam 1:11 Sam 1:21 Sam 1:41 Sam 1:181 Sam 1:201 Sam 1:281 Sam 2:111 Sam 2:171 Sam 2:271 Sam 2:311 Sam 2:321 Sam 2:361 Sam 3:11 Sam 3:21 Sam 3:91 Sam 3:191 Sam 4:11 Sam 4:51 Sam 4:71 Sam 4:91 Sam 4:101 Sam 4:161 Sam 4:171 Sam 4:181 Sam 5:9+ 119 more in 1 Samuel
2 Samuel — 132×
2 Sam 1:42 Sam 2:72 Sam 2:102 Sam 2:112 Sam 2:172 Sam 2:182 Sam 2:232 Sam 2:252 Sam 2:262 Sam 3:12 Sam 3:22 Sam 3:62 Sam 3:172 Sam 3:372 Sam 4:22 Sam 4:32 Sam 4:42 Sam 4:102 Sam 5:22 Sam 5:242 Sam 6:222 Sam 6:232 Sam 7:12 Sam 7:42 Sam 7:6+ 107 more in 2 Samuel
1 Kings — 162×
1 Ki 1:21 Ki 1:41 Ki 1:71 Ki 1:81 Ki 1:211 Ki 1:271 Ki 1:371 Ki 1:521 Ki 2:21 Ki 2:71 Ki 2:151 Ki 2:271 Ki 2:331 Ki 2:371 Ki 2:391 Ki 2:451 Ki 3:121 Ki 3:131 Ki 3:211 Ki 3:261 Ki 4:71 Ki 4:111 Ki 4:211 Ki 4:221 Ki 4:24+ 137 more in 1 Kings
2 Kings — 95×
2 Ki 1:172 Ki 2:12 Ki 2:92 Ki 2:102 Ki 2:212 Ki 3:42 Ki 3:52 Ki 3:92 Ki 3:152 Ki 3:202 Ki 3:272 Ki 4:62 Ki 4:82 Ki 4:102 Ki 4:182 Ki 4:252 Ki 4:402 Ki 4:412 Ki 5:12 Ki 5:22 Ki 5:82 Ki 6:82 Ki 6:252 Ki 7:22 Ki 7:3+ 70 more in 2 Kings
1 Chronicles — 93×
1 Chr 1:101 Chr 1:511 Chr 2:31 Chr 2:221 Chr 2:261 Chr 2:331 Chr 2:341 Chr 2:501 Chr 2:521 Chr 3:11 Chr 4:51 Chr 4:91 Chr 4:101 Chr 4:141 Chr 6:541 Chr 6:661 Chr 7:151 Chr 7:191 Chr 7:231 Chr 8:401 Chr 9:201 Chr 9:241 Chr 9:261 Chr 11:21 Chr 11:6+ 68 more in 1 Chronicles
2 Chronicles — 109×
2 Chr 1:32 Chr 1:112 Chr 1:122 Chr 5:82 Chr 5:92 Chr 5:112 Chr 6:52 Chr 6:62 Chr 6:72 Chr 6:82 Chr 6:202 Chr 6:262 Chr 6:282 Chr 6:292 Chr 6:402 Chr 7:132 Chr 7:152 Chr 7:162 Chr 7:212 Chr 8:12 Chr 8:62 Chr 9:12 Chr 9:42 Chr 9:82 Chr 9:9+ 84 more in 2 Chronicles
Ezra — 5×
Ezra 1:3Ezra 4:4Ezra 8:31Ezra 9:2Ezra 9:8
Nehemiah — 38×
Nehemiah 1:1Nehemiah 1:4Nehemiah 1:6Nehemiah 1:9Nehemiah 1:11Nehemiah 2:1Nehemiah 2:6Nehemiah 2:11Nehemiah 2:13Nehemiah 2:15Nehemiah 2:17Nehemiah 3:26Nehemiah 4:1Nehemiah 4:4Nehemiah 4:6Nehemiah 4:12Nehemiah 4:16Nehemiah 4:22Nehemiah 5:1Nehemiah 5:13Nehemiah 5:14Nehemiah 6:8Nehemiah 6:13Nehemiah 6:14Nehemiah 6:19+ 13 more in Nehemiah
Esther — 13×
Esther 1:1Esther 1:22Esther 2:5Esther 2:7Esther 2:8Esther 2:12Esther 2:15Esther 2:20Esther 3:14Esther 6:1Esther 8:13Esther 8:16Esther 9:27
Job — 46×
Job 1:1Job 1:3Job 1:5Job 1:14Job 1:21Job 2:1Job 3:4Job 3:7Job 3:16Job 5:16Job 6:10Job 6:21Job 6:29Job 7:20Job 8:7Job 10:19Job 11:4Job 11:15Job 11:17Job 12:4Job 13:5Job 15:31Job 16:8Job 16:12Job 16:18+ 21 more in Job
Psalms — 103×
Psalms 1:3Psalms 9:9Psalms 10:14Psalms 18:18Psalms 18:23Psalms 19:14Psalms 22:14Psalms 27:9Psalms 30:7Psalms 30:10Psalms 31:2Psalms 31:11Psalms 31:12Psalms 32:9Psalms 33:9Psalms 33:22Psalms 35:5Psalms 35:6Psalms 37:18Psalms 37:25Psalms 38:14Psalms 42:3Psalms 45:16Psalms 50:21Psalms 53:5+ 78 more in Psalms
Proverbs — 28×
Proverbs 1:14Proverbs 3:7Proverbs 3:8Proverbs 3:22Proverbs 3:26Proverbs 3:27Proverbs 4:3Proverbs 5:14Proverbs 5:17Proverbs 5:18Proverbs 8:30Proverbs 12:8Proverbs 12:24Proverbs 13:19Proverbs 14:23Proverbs 14:26Proverbs 14:35Proverbs 22:19Proverbs 22:26Proverbs 23:20Proverbs 23:34Proverbs 24:1Proverbs 24:20Proverbs 24:28Proverbs 26:5+ 3 more in Proverbs
Ecclesiastes — 44×
Eccles 1:9Eccles 1:10Eccles 1:11Eccles 1:12Eccles 1:16Eccles 2:7Eccles 2:9Eccles 2:10Eccles 2:18Eccles 2:19Eccles 3:14Eccles 3:15Eccles 3:20Eccles 3:22Eccles 4:3Eccles 4:16Eccles 5:2Eccles 6:3Eccles 6:10Eccles 6:12Eccles 7:10Eccles 7:14Eccles 7:16Eccles 7:17Eccles 7:24+ 19 more in Ecclesiastes
Song of Solomon — 4×
Song 1:7Song 7:8Song 8:10Song 8:11
Isaiah — 182×
Isaiah 1:9Isaiah 1:14Isaiah 1:18Isaiah 1:21Isaiah 1:22Isaiah 1:30Isaiah 1:31Isaiah 2:2Isaiah 3:6Isaiah 3:7Isaiah 3:24Isaiah 4:2Isaiah 5:1Isaiah 5:5Isaiah 5:9Isaiah 5:24Isaiah 5:25Isaiah 6:13Isaiah 7:1Isaiah 7:7Isaiah 7:22Isaiah 7:23Isaiah 7:24Isaiah 7:25Isaiah 8:8+ 157 more in Isaiah
Jeremiah — 238×
Jeremiah 1:2Jeremiah 1:3Jeremiah 1:4Jeremiah 1:11Jeremiah 1:13Jeremiah 2:1Jeremiah 2:10Jeremiah 2:14Jeremiah 2:28Jeremiah 2:31Jeremiah 3:1Jeremiah 3:3Jeremiah 3:9Jeremiah 3:16Jeremiah 4:10Jeremiah 4:17Jeremiah 4:27Jeremiah 5:8Jeremiah 5:13Jeremiah 5:19Jeremiah 5:23Jeremiah 5:30Jeremiah 6:10Jeremiah 7:1Jeremiah 7:11+ 213 more in Jeremiah
Lamentations — 23×
Lam 1:1Lam 1:2Lam 1:5Lam 1:6Lam 1:7Lam 1:8Lam 1:11Lam 1:16Lam 1:17Lam 1:21Lam 2:5Lam 2:22Lam 3:14Lam 3:37Lam 3:47Lam 4:8Lam 4:9Lam 4:10Lam 4:19Lam 5:1Lam 5:3Lam 5:17+ 1 more in Lamentations
Ezekiel — 311×
Ezekiel 1:3Ezekiel 1:16Ezekiel 1:25Ezekiel 2:5Ezekiel 2:8Ezekiel 3:3Ezekiel 3:16Ezekiel 3:22Ezekiel 3:26Ezekiel 4:3Ezekiel 5:15Ezekiel 5:16Ezekiel 6:1Ezekiel 6:8Ezekiel 6:13Ezekiel 7:1Ezekiel 7:9Ezekiel 7:16Ezekiel 7:19Ezekiel 7:26Ezekiel 9:3Ezekiel 10:6Ezekiel 10:10Ezekiel 11:11Ezekiel 11:13+ 286 more in Ezekiel
Daniel — 19×
Daniel 1:6Daniel 1:16Daniel 1:21Daniel 2:1Daniel 8:2Daniel 8:5Daniel 8:7Daniel 8:15Daniel 8:19Daniel 8:27Daniel 10:2Daniel 10:4Daniel 10:9Daniel 11:29Daniel 11:42Daniel 12:1+ 3 more in Daniel
Hosea — 24×
Hosea 1:1Hosea 1:5Hosea 1:9Hosea 1:10Hosea 3:3Hosea 4:9Hosea 5:1Hosea 5:9Hosea 5:10Hosea 7:2Hosea 7:8Hosea 7:11Hosea 7:16Hosea 8:6Hosea 8:8Hosea 8:11Hosea 9:10Hosea 9:17Hosea 12:11Hosea 13:3Hosea 13:7Hosea 14:5Hosea 14:6+ 1 more in Hosea
Joel — 10×
Joel 1:1Joel 1:2Joel 2:2Joel 2:3Joel 2:28Joel 2:32Joel 3:17Joel 3:18Joel 3:19+ 1 more in Joel
Amos — 9×
Amos 1:1Amos 3:6Amos 4:11Amos 5:5Amos 5:14Amos 6:9Amos 7:2Amos 7:3Amos 7:6
Obadiah — 7×
Obadiah 1:16Obadiah 1:17Obadiah 1:18Obadiah 1:21+ 3 more in Obadiah
Jonah — 9×
Jonah 1:1Jonah 1:4Jonah 1:17Jonah 3:1Jonah 3:3Jonah 4:2Jonah 4:5Jonah 4:6Jonah 4:10
Micah — 17×
Micah 1:1Micah 1:2Micah 2:4Micah 2:5Micah 2:11Micah 3:12Micah 4:1Micah 5:2Micah 5:5Micah 5:7Micah 5:8Micah 5:12Micah 7:1Micah 7:4Micah 7:10Micah 7:13+ 1 more in Micah
Nahum — 3×
Nahum 3:7Nahum 3:9Nahum 3:11
Habakkuk — 3×
Habakkuk 1:3Habakkuk 2:7Habakkuk 3:4
Zephaniah — 10×
Zeph 1:1Zeph 1:10Zeph 1:12Zeph 1:13Zeph 2:4Zeph 2:6Zeph 2:7Zeph 2:9Zeph 2:15Zeph 3:18
Haggai — 9×
Haggai 1:1Haggai 1:3Haggai 2:1Haggai 2:9Haggai 2:10Haggai 2:16Haggai 2:20+ 2 more in Haggai
Zechariah — 62×
Zech 1:1Zech 1:4Zech 1:7Zech 2:5Zech 2:9Zech 2:11Zech 3:3Zech 4:8Zech 6:9Zech 6:13Zech 6:14Zech 6:15Zech 7:1Zech 7:4Zech 7:7Zech 7:8Zech 7:12Zech 7:13Zech 8:1Zech 8:8Zech 8:10Zech 8:13Zech 8:18Zech 8:19Zech 9:7+ 37 more in Zechariah
Malachi — 11×
Malachi 1:9Malachi 2:4Malachi 2:5Malachi 2:6Malachi 3:3Malachi 3:5Malachi 3:10Malachi 3:12Malachi 3:17Malachi 4:1Malachi 4:3

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