Hebrew Study
Strong’s Concordance H1961
A readable Hebrew dictionary entry from Strong’s Concordance. Definitions help with word study; the meaning in a verse still depends on context.
Word study
- Source
- Strong’s Concordance
- Transliteration
- hayah
- Pronunciation
- haw-yaw
- Occurrences
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- Strong’s number
- H1961
- Brief meaning
- To exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
- Source renderings
- 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
- Root word
- a primitive root (compare H1933)
- Full definition from the source
- To exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary). Root word: a primitive root (compare H1933).
- Digital-source-added cross-reference note
- H1933
Source info
Source and edition
James Strong, Strong's Hebrew Bible Dictionary (1890); Bible Foundation text source; Michael Grier's 1996 ASCII e-text; CrossWire module 1.2.
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01961\ 1961 hayah haw-yaw a primitive root (compare 1933); to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary):--beacon, X altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, + follow, happen, X have, last, pertain, quit (one-)self, require, X use. see HEBREW for 01933