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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Jeremiah 48:19
O inhabitant of Aroer, stand by the way, and espy; ask him that fleeth, and her that escapeth, and say, What is done?
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Ezekiel 2:8
But thou, son of man, hear what I say unto thee; Be not thou rebellious like that rebellious house: open thy mouth, and eat that I give thee.
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Ezekiel 16:34
And the contrary is in thee from other women in thy whoredoms, whereas none followeth thee to commit whoredoms: and in that thou givest a reward, and no reward is given unto thee, therefore thou art contrary.
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Ezekiel 20:32
And that which cometh into your mind shall not be at all, that ye say, We will be as the heathen, as the families of the countries, to serve wood and stone.
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Ezekiel 21:7
And it shall be, when they say unto thee, Wherefore sighest thou? that thou shalt answer, For the tidings; because it cometh: and every heart shall melt, and all hands shall be feeble, and every spirit shall faint, and all knees shall be weak as water: behold, it cometh, and shall be brought to pass, saith the Lord GOD.
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Ezekiel 39:8
Behold, it is come, and it is done, saith the Lord GOD; this is the day whereof I have spoken.
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Daniel 2:1
And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams, wherewith his spirit was troubled, and his sleep brake from him.
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Daniel 8:27
And I Daniel fainted, and was sick certain days; afterward I rose up, and did the king's business; and I was astonished at the vision, but none understood it.
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Daniel 12:1
And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book.
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Hosea 3:3
And I said unto her, Thou shalt abide for me many days; thou shalt not play the harlot, and thou shalt not be for another man: so will I also be for thee.