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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. 2 Chronicles 22:3

    He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab; for his mother was his counselor to do wickedly.

    הָיְתָ֥ה ha.ye.Tah “she was”

  2. 2 Chronicles 22:4

    He did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, as did the house of Ahab; for they were his counselors after the death of his father, to his destruction.

    הָֽיוּ־ ha.yu- “they were”

  3. 2 Chronicles 22:7

    Now the destruction of Ahaziah was of God, in that he went to Joram: for when he was come, he went out with Jehoram against Jehu the son of Nimshi, whom Yahweh had anointed to cut off the house of Ahab.

    הָיְתָה֙ ha.ye.Tah “it was”

  4. 2 Chronicles 22:8

    It happened, when Jehu was executing judgment on the house of Ahab, that he found the princes of Judah, and the sons of the brothers of Ahaziah, ministering to Ahaziah, and killed them.

    וַיְהִ֕י (יְהִ֕י) y.Hi “it was”

  5. 2 Chronicles 22:11

    But Jehoshabeath, the daughter of the king, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him away from among the king's sons who were slain, and put him and his nurse in the bedchamber. So Jehoshabeath, the daughter of king Jehoram, the wife of Jehoiada the priest (for she was the sister of Ahaziah), hid him from Athaliah, so that she didn't kill him.

    הָיְתָ֨ה ha.ye.Tah “she was”

  6. 2 Chronicles 22:12

    He was with them hid in the house of God six years: and Athaliah reigned over the land.

    וַיְהִ֤י (יְהִ֤י) y.Hi “he was”

  7. 2 Chronicles 23:7

    The Levites shall compass the king round about, every man with his weapons in his hand; and whoever comes into the house, let him be slain: and be you with the king when he comes in, and when he goes out.

    וִֽהְי֥וּ (הְי֥וּ) h.Yu “be”

  8. 2 Chronicles 23:16

    Jehoiada made a covenant between himself, and all the people, and the king, that they should be Yahweh's people.

    לִהְי֥וֹת (הְי֥וֹת) h.Yot “become”

  9. 2 Chronicles 24:4

    It happened after this, that Joash was minded to restore the house of Yahweh.

    וַיְהִ֖י (יְהִ֖י) y.Hi “it was”הָיָה֙ ha.Yah “it was”

  10. 2 Chronicles 24:11

    It was so, that whenever the chest was brought to the king's officers by the hand of the Levites, and when they saw that there was much money, the king's scribe and the chief priest's officer came and emptied the chest, and took it, and carried it to its place again. Thus they did day by day, and gathered money in abundance.

    וַיְהִ֡י (יְהִ֡י) y.Hi “it was”

  11. 2 Chronicles 24:12

    The king and Jehoiada gave it to such as did the work of the service of the house of Yahweh; and they hired masons and carpenters to restore the house of Yahweh, and also such as worked iron and brass to repair the house of Yahweh.

    וַיִּֽהְי֤וּ (יִּֽהְי֤וּ) i.yih.Yu “they were”

  12. 2 Chronicles 24:14

    When they had made an end, they brought the rest of the money before the king and Jehoiada, of which were made vessels for the house of Yahweh, even vessels with which to minister and to offer, and spoons, and vessels of gold and silver. They offered burnt offerings in the house of Yahweh continually all the days of Jehoiada.

    וַ֠יִּֽהְיוּ (יִּֽהְיוּ) i.yih.yu “they were”

  13. 2 Chronicles 24:18

    They forsook the house of Yahweh, the God of their fathers, and served the Asherim and the idols: and wrath came on Judah and Jerusalem for this their guiltiness.

    וַֽיְהִי־ (יְהִי) y.hi- “it was”

  14. 2 Chronicles 24:23

    It happened at the end of the year, that the army of the Syrians came up against him: and they came to Judah and Jerusalem, and destroyed all the princes of the people from among the people, and sent all the spoil of them to the king of Damascus.

    וַיְהִ֣י׀ (יְהִ֣י) y.Hi “it was”

  15. 2 Chronicles 25:3

    Now it happened, when the kingdom was established to him, that he killed his servants who had killed the king his father.

    וַיְהִ֕י (יְהִ֕י) y.Hi “it was”

  16. 2 Chronicles 25:14

    Now it happened, after that Amaziah was come from the slaughter of the Edomites, that he brought the gods of the children of Seir, and set them up to be his gods, and bowed down himself before them, and burned incense to them.

    וַיְהִ֗י (יְהִ֗י) y.Hi “it was”

  17. 2 Chronicles 25:16

    It happened, as he talked with him, that [supplied: the king] said to him, Have we made you of the king's counsel? Stop! Why should you be struck down? Then the prophet stopped, and said, I know that God has determined to destroy you, because you have done this, and have not listened to my counsel.

    וַיְהִ֣י׀ (יְהִ֣י) y.Hi “it was”

  18. 2 Chronicles 26:5

    He set himself to seek God in the days of Zechariah, who had understanding in the vision of God: and as long as he sought Yahweh, God made him to prosper.

    וַיְהִי֙ (יְהִי֙) y.Hi “he was”

  19. 2 Chronicles 26:10

    He built towers in the wilderness, and hewed out many cisterns, for he had much cattle; in the lowland also, and in the plain: [supplied: and he had] farmers and vineyard keepers in the mountains and in the fruitful fields; for he loved farming.

    הָ֣יָה Ha.yah “it belonged”הָיָֽה׃ ha.Yah “he was”

  20. 2 Chronicles 26:11

    Moreover Uzziah had an army of fighting men, who went out to war by bands, according to the number of their reckoning made by Jeiel the scribe and Maaseiah the officer, under the hand of Hananiah, one of the king's captains.

    וַיְהִ֣י (יְהִ֣י) y.Hi “it belonged”

  21. 2 Chronicles 26:15

    He made in Jerusalem engines, invented by skillful men, to be on the towers and on the battlements, with which to shoot arrows and great stones. His name spread far abroad; for he was marvelously helped, until he was strong.

    לִהְי֤וֹת (הְי֤וֹת) h.Yot “be”

  22. 2 Chronicles 26:21

    Uzziah the king was a leper to the day of his death, and lived in a separate house, being a leper; for he was cut off from the house of Yahweh: and Jotham his son was over the king's house, judging the people of the land.

    וַיְהִי֩ (יְהִי֩) y.Hi “he was”

  23. 2 Chronicles 27:8

    He was five and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem.

    הָיָ֣ה ha.Yah “he was”

  24. 2 Chronicles 28:9

    But a prophet of Yahweh was there, whose name was Oded: and he went out to meet the host that came to Samaria, and said to them, Behold, because Yahweh, the God of your fathers, was angry with Judah, he has delivered them into your hand, and you have slain them in a rage which has reached up to heaven.

    הָיָ֨ה ha.Yah “he was”

  25. 2 Chronicles 28:23

    For he sacrificed to the gods of Damascus, which struck him; and he said, Because the gods of the kings of Syria helped them, [supplied: therefore] will I sacrifice to them, that they may help me. But they were the ruin of him, and of all Israel.

    הָֽיוּ־ ha.yu- “they became”