Strong's numbers
הָיָה H1961
hâyâh
haw-yaw
a primitive root (compare הָוָא); to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary); 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.
Brown–Driver–Briggs
הָיָה 3570 vb. fall out, come to pass, become, be
Qal
I
1
a Fall out, happen
b occur, take place, come about, come to pass
2 esp. & very oft., come about, come to pass
a
(1) וַיְהִי and it came to pass that, most often (c. 292 t.)
(2) rarely also Pf. c. וְ conj. וְהָיָה
b less oft. וְהָיָה Pf. consec. and it shall come to pass, or frequentat. came to pass (repeatedly, etc.)
II Come into being, become
1
a abs., in lively narrative, arise, appear, come
b sq. prep.
2 become
a sq. pred. noun (to be viewed as implicit accus.)
b sq. pred. adj.
c become like
d sq. pred. לְ pers.
e sq. לְ pred.
f oft. c. לְ pred. לְ pers.
g with עַל and לְ
h sts. c. לְ pers. only = became the property of, come into the possession of
III Be (often with subbordinate idea of becoming)
1 exist, be in existence
2 abide, remain, continue
3 with word of locality, be in or at a place, be situated, stand, lie
4 as copula, joining subj. & pred.
5 periphrastic conjug.
Niph.
1 either be done, be brought about, or occur, come to pass
2 be done, finished, gone
From Brown, Driver, and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), in the public domain.
72 occurrences
Shown in the King James Version (KJV), whichever translation you read in — it is the text these numbers are tagged against.
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Genesis 13:8
And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we be brethren.
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Genesis 15:1
After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward.
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Genesis 24:60
And they blessed Rebekah, and said unto her, Thou art our sister, be thou the mother of thousands of millions, and let thy seed possess the gate of those which hate them.
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Genesis 27:1
And it came to pass, that when Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his eldest son, and said unto him, My son: and he said unto him, Behold, here am I.
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Genesis 31:5
And said unto them, I see your father's countenance, that it is not toward me as before; but the God of my father hath been with me.
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Genesis 34:10
And ye shall dwell with us: and the land shall be before you; dwell and trade ye therein, and get you possessions therein.
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Genesis 41:40
Thou shalt be over my house, and according unto thy word shall all my people be ruled: only in the throne will I be greater than thou.
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Exodus 3:1
Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father in law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the backside of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, even to Horeb.
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Exodus 3:14
And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.
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Exodus 5:13
And the taskmasters hasted them, saying, Fulfil your works, your daily tasks, as when there was straw.