הֲוָא hava

Hebrew word for “to be” · Strong’s H1934 · used 71 times in 54 verses

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Meaning

1) to come to pass, become, be;

How it is translated

Glosses given for hava in context, with how often each is used:

• was 30
• will be 23
• be 8
• were 6
• be! 1
• will it be 1
• became 1
• them be 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Daniel 2 (11), Daniel 7 (11), Daniel 6 (7), Daniel 4 (6), Ezra 4 (5), Ezra 6 (4), Ezra 5 (3), Ezra 7 (3), Daniel 5 (3), Daniel 3 (1)

Forms

• להוא 16
• הוית 15
• הוה 9
• להון 7
• הוו 5
• הוא 5
• תהוא 4
• הות 3
• תהוה 3
• והות 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with hava more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• דִּי di “that” 40
• עַל al “since” 22
• מִן־ min “from” 21
• מֶלֶךְ melekh “king” 21
• חֲזָה chazah “to see” 15
• אֱלָהּ elah “god” 16
• לָא la “not” 14
• כֹּל kol “all” 14
• מַלְכוּ malkhu “kingdom” 13
• עַד ad “till” 11
• יְדַע yeda “to know” 11
• דְּנָה denah “this” 11

Key verses

The verses using hava that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Ezra 7:25 — And thou, Ezra, after the wisdom of thy God, that is in thine hand, set magistrates and judges, which may judge all the people that are beyond the river, all…
• Daniel 2:28 — But there is a God in heaven that revealeth secrets, and maketh known to the king Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the latter days. Thy dream, and the visions…
• Daniel 2:34 — Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces.
• Daniel 2:35 — Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshingfloors; and the…
• Daniel 4:25 — That they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field, and they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and they shall wet…
• Daniel 4:27 — Wherefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and break off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by shewing mercy to the poor; if it…
• Daniel 6:4 — Then the presidents and princes sought to find occasion against Daniel concerning the kingdom; but they could find none occasion nor fault; forasmuch as he was…
• Daniel 6:10 — Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees…
• Daniel 6:26 — I make a decree, That in every dominion of my kingdom men tremble and fear before the God of Daniel: for he is the living God, and stedfast for ever, and his…
• Daniel 7:4 — The first was like a lion, and had eagle’s wings: I beheld till the wings thereof were plucked, and it was lifted up from the earth, and made stand upon the…
• Daniel 7:9 — I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool: his…
• Daniel 7:13 — I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.