הָיָה
hâyâh(haw-yaw)
“to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)”
76 occurrencesOld TestamentCommon word
Definition
Strong’s Definition
to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
Translated in KJV as
beacon[idiom] altogetherbe(-come)accomplishedcommittedlike), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.
Etymology
a primitive root (compare H1933 (הָוָא));
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“Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?”