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H1961הָיָהha.yah

to bePart of speech: Hebrew Verb

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Occurrences by book

  1. 316
  2. 235
  3. 147
  4. 180
  5. 171
  6. 145
  7. 122
  8. 21
  9. 168
  10. 153
  11. 197
  12. 120
  13. 105
  14. 133
  15. 5
  16. 48
  17. 17
  18. 50
  19. 104
  20. 28
  21. 47
  22. 4
  23. 211
  24. 264
  25. 23
  26. 337
  27. 23
  28. 27
  29. 11
  30. 10
  31. 7
  32. 10
  33. 19
  34. 3
  35. 3
  36. 11
  37. 9
  38. 67
  39. 11

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3,562 occurrences in 3,133 verses

With their references and text in Bible in Basic English.

  1. Genesis 3:20

    And the man gave his wife the name of Eve because she was the mother of all who have life.

    הָֽיְתָ֖ה ha.ye.Tah “she was”

  2. Genesis 3:22

    And the Lord God said, Now the man has become like one of us, having knowledge of good and evil; and now if he puts out his hand and takes of the fruit of the tree of life, he will go on living for ever.

    הָיָה֙ ha.Yah “he has become”

  3. Genesis 4:2

    Then again she became with child and gave birth to Abel, his brother. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a farmer.

    וַֽיְהִי־ (יְהִי) y.hi- “he was”הָיָ֖ה ha.Yah “he was”

  4. Genesis 4:3

    And after a time, Cain gave to the Lord an offering of the fruits of the earth.

    וַֽיְהִ֖י (יְהִ֖י) y.Hi “it happened”

  5. Genesis 4:8

    And Cain said to his brother, Let us go into the field: and when they were in the field, Cain made an attack on his brother Abel and put him to death.

    וַֽיְהִי֙ (יְהִי֙) y.Hi “it was”בִּהְיוֹתָ֣ם (הְיוֹתָ֣) h.yo.Ta “were”

  6. Genesis 4:12

    No longer will the earth give you her fruit as the reward of your work; you will be a wanderer in flight over the earth.

    תִּֽהְיֶ֥ה tih.Yeh “you will be”

  7. Genesis 4:14

    You have sent me out this day from the face of the earth and from before your face; I will be a wanderer in flight over the earth, and whoever sees me will put me to death.

    וְהָיִ֜יתִי (הָיִ֜יתִי) ha.Yi.ti “I will be”וְהָיָ֥ה (הָיָ֥ה) ha.Yah “it will be”

  8. Genesis 4:17

    And Cain had connection with his wife and she became with child and gave birth to Enoch: and he made a town, and gave the town the name of Enoch after his son.

    וַֽיְהִי֙ (יְהִי֙) y.Hi “he was”

  9. Genesis 4:20

    And Adah gave birth to Jabal: he was the father of such as are living in tents and keep cattle.

    הָיָ֔ה ha.Yah “he was”

  10. Genesis 4:21

    And his brother's name was Jubal: he was the father of all players on instruments of music.

    הָיָ֔ה ha.Yah “he was”

  11. Genesis 5:4

    And after the birth of Seth, Adam went on living for eight hundred years, and had sons and daughters:

    וַיִּֽהְי֣וּ (יִּֽהְי֣וּ) i.yih.Yu “they were”

  12. Genesis 5:5

    And all the years of Adam's life were nine hundred and thirty: and he came to his end.

    וַיִּֽהְי֞וּ (יִּֽהְי֞וּ) i.yih.Yu “they were”

  13. Genesis 5:8

    And all the years of Seth's life were nine hundred and twelve: and he came to his end.

    וַיִּֽהְיוּ֙ (יִּֽהְיוּ֙) i.yih.Yu “they were”

  14. Genesis 5:11

    And all the years of Enosh were nine hundred and five: and he came to his end.

    וַיִּֽהְיוּ֙ (יִּֽהְיוּ֙) i.yih.Yu “they were”

  15. Genesis 5:14

    And all the years of Kenan's life were nine hundred and ten; and he came to his end.

    וַיִּֽהְיוּ֙ (יִּֽהְיוּ֙) i.yih.Yu “they were”

  16. Genesis 5:17

    And all the years of Mahalalel's life were eight hundred and ninety-five: and he came to his end.

    וַיִּהְיוּ֙ (יִּהְיוּ֙) i.yih.Yu “they were”

  17. Genesis 5:20

    And all the years of Jared's life were nine hundred and sixty-two: and he came to his end.

    וַיִּֽהְיוּ֙ (יִּֽהְיוּ֙) i.yih.Yu “they were”

  18. Genesis 5:23

    And all the years of Enoch's life were three hundred and sixty-five:

    וַיְהִ֖י (יְהִ֖י) y.Hi “it was”

  19. Genesis 5:27

    And all the years of Methuselah's life were nine hundred and sixty-nine: and he came to his end.

    וַיִּהְיוּ֙ (יִּהְיוּ֙) i.yih.Yu “they were”

  20. Genesis 5:31

    And all the years of Lamech's life were seven hundred and seventy-seven: and he came to his end.

    וַֽיְהִי֙ (יְהִי֙) y.Hi “it was”

  21. Genesis 5:32

    And when Noah was five hundred years old, he became the father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

    וַֽיְהִי־ (יְהִי) y.hi- “he was”

  22. Genesis 6:1

    And after a time, when men were increasing on the earth, and had daughters,

    וַֽיְהִי֙ (יְהִי֙) y.Hi “it was”

  23. Genesis 6:3

    And the Lord said, My spirit will not be in man for ever, for he is only flesh; so the days of his life will be a hundred and twenty years.

    וְהָי֣וּ (הָי֣וּ) ha.Yu “they will be”

  24. Genesis 6:4

    There were men of great strength and size on the earth in those days; and after that, when the sons of God had connection with the daughters of men, they gave birth to children: these were the great men of old days, the men of great name.

    הָי֣וּ ha.Yu “they were”

  25. Genesis 6:9

    These are the generations of Noah. Noah was an upright man and without sin in his generation: he went in the ways of God.

    הָיָ֖ה ha.Yah “he was”