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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 World English Bible.

  1. 1 Chronicles 7:23

    He went in to his wife, and she conceived, and bore a son, and he named him Beriah, because it went evil with his house.

    הָיְתָ֥ה ha.ye.Tah “it was”

  2. 1 Chronicles 8:3

    Bela had sons: Addar, and Gera, and Abihud,

    וַיִּהְי֥וּ (יִּהְי֥וּ) i.yih.Yu “they belonged”

  3. 1 Chronicles 8:40

    The sons of Ulam were mighty men of valor, archers, and had many sons, and sons' sons, one hundred fifty. All these were of the sons of Benjamin.

    וַֽיִּהְי֣וּ (יִּהְי֣וּ) i.yih.Yu “they were”

  4. 1 Chronicles 9:20

    Phinehas the son of Eleazar was ruler over them in time past, [supplied: and] Yahweh was with him.

    הָיָ֧ה ha.Yah “he had been”

  5. 1 Chronicles 9:24

    On the four sides were the porters, toward the east, west, north, and south.

    יִהְי֖וּ yih.Yu “they were”

  6. 1 Chronicles 9:26

    for the four chief porters, who were Levites, were in an office of trust, and were over the chambers and over the treasuries in the house of God.

    וְהָיוּ֙ (הָיוּ֙) ha.Yu “they were”

  7. 1 Chronicles 10:8

    It happened on the next day, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his sons fallen on Mount Gilboa.

    וַיְהִי֙ (יְהִי֙) y.Hi “it was”

  8. 1 Chronicles 11:2

    In times past, even when Saul was king, it was you who led out and brought in Israel: and Yahweh your God said to you, You shall be shepherd of my people Israel, and you shall be prince over my people Israel.

    בִּהְי֣וֹת (הְי֣וֹת) h.Yot “was”תִּהְיֶ֣ה tih.Yeh “you will be”

  9. 1 Chronicles 11:6

    David said, Whoever strikes the Jebusites first shall be chief and captain. Joab the son of Zeruiah went up first, and was made chief.

    יִהְיֶ֥ה yih.Yeh “he will become”וַיְהִ֥י (יְהִ֥י) y.Hi “he became”

  10. 1 Chronicles 11:13

    He was with David at Pasdammim, and there the Philistines were gathered together to battle, where was a plot of ground full of barley; and the people fled from before the Philistines.

    הָיָ֨ה ha.Yah “he was”וַתְּהִ֛י (תְּהִ֛י) te.Hi “it was”

  11. 1 Chronicles 11:20

    Abishai, the brother of Joab, he was chief of the three; for he lifted up his spear against three hundred and killed them, and had a name among the three.

    הָיָה֙ ha.Yah “he was”

  12. 1 Chronicles 11:21

    Of the three, he was more honorable than the two, and was made their captain: however he didn't attain to the [supplied: first] three.

    וַיְהִ֥י (יְהִ֥י) y.Hi “he became”

  13. 1 Chronicles 12:17

    David went out to meet them, and answered them, If you be come peaceably to me to help me, my heart shall be knit to you; but if [supplied: you be come] to betray me to my adversaries, seeing there is no wrong in my hands, the God of our fathers look thereon, and rebuke it.

    יִֽהְיֶה־ yih.yeh- “it will belong”

  14. 1 Chronicles 12:21

    They helped David against the band of rovers: for they were all mighty men of valor, and were captains in the host.

    וַיִּהְי֥וּ (יִּהְי֥וּ) i.yih.Yu “they were”

  15. 1 Chronicles 12:39

    They were there with David three days, eating and drinking; for their brothers had made preparation for them.

    וַיִּהְיוּ־ (יִּהְיוּ) i.yih.yu- “they were”

  16. 1 Chronicles 14:4

    These are the names of the children whom he had in Jerusalem: Shammua, and Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon,

    הָיוּ־ ha.yu- “they belonged”

  17. 1 Chronicles 14:15

    It shall be, when you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the mulberry trees, that then you shall go out to battle; for God is gone out before you to strike the host of the Philistines.

    וִ֠יהִי (יהִי) hi “may it be”

  18. 1 Chronicles 15:25

    So David, and the elders of Israel, and the captains over thousands, went to bring up the ark of the covenant of Yahweh out of the house of Obed-edom with joy.

    וַיְהִ֥י (יְהִ֥י) y.Hi “it was”

  19. 1 Chronicles 15:26

    It happened, when God helped the Levites who bore the ark of the covenant of Yahweh, that they sacrificed seven bulls and seven rams.

    וַֽיְהִי֙ (יְהִי֙) y.Hi “it was”

  20. 1 Chronicles 15:29

    It happened, as the ark of the covenant of Yahweh came to the city of David, that Michal the daughter of Saul looked out at the window, and saw king David dancing and playing; and she despised him in her heart.

    וַיְהִ֗י (יְהִ֗י) y.Hi “it was”

  21. 1 Chronicles 16:19

    When you were but a few men in number, Yes, very few, and foreigners in it;

    בִּֽהְיֽוֹתְכֶם֙ (הְיֽוֹתְ) h.yot. “were”

  22. 1 Chronicles 17:1

    It happened, when David lived in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet, Behold, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of the covenant of Yahweh [supplied: dwells] under curtains.

    וַיְהִ֕י (יְהִ֕י) y.Hi “it was”

  23. 1 Chronicles 17:3

    It happened the same night, that the word of God came to Nathan, saying,

    וַֽיְהִ֖י (יְהִ֖י) y.Hi “it was”וַיְהִי֙ (יְהִי֙) y.Hi “it came”

  24. 1 Chronicles 17:5

    for I have not lived in a house since the day that I brought up Israel, to this day, but have gone from tent to tent, and from [supplied: one] tent [supplied: to another].

    וָֽאֶהְיֶ֛ה (אֶהְיֶ֛ה) 'eh.Yeh “I have been”

  25. 1 Chronicles 17:7

    Now therefore thus shall you tell my servant David, Thus says Yahweh of Hosts, I took you from the sheep pen, from following the sheep, that you should be prince over my people Israel:

    לִהְי֣וֹת (הְי֣וֹת) h.Yot “be”