Strong's H1961

הָיָה

Transliteration

hâyâh

Pronunciation

haw-yaw

Definition

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

KJV usage

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

Derivation

a primitive root (compare H1933 (הָוָא));

From Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890), Hebrew dictionary. Data: Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA.