King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H1934
Transliteration: hava or havah
Phonetic Spelling: (hav-aw')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to become, come to pass, be
Meaning: to become, come to pass, be
Word Summary
hava or havah: to become, come to pass, be
Original Word: הָוָאTransliteration: hava or havah
Phonetic Spelling: (hav-aw')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to become, come to pass, be
Meaning: to become, come to pass, be
Strong's Concordance
become, behold, came to pass, cease, cleave, consider, do, (Aramaic) orhavah (Aramaic) {hav-aw'}; corresponding to hava'; to exist; used in a great variety of applications (especially in connection with other words) -- be, become, + behold, + came (to pass), + cease, + cleave, + consider, + do, + give, + have, + judge, + keep, + labour, + mingle (self), + put, + see, + seek, + set, + slay, + take heed, tremble, + walk, + would.
see HEBREW hava'
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H1934. hava
or havah הֲוָּה הֲוָא,71
verb come to pass, become, be (Biblical Hebrew הָיָה); —
Pe`al Perfect3masculine singular הֲוָה Daniel 4:26 +, הֲוָא 5:19 +; 2 masculine singular הֲוַיְתָ 2:31, 34, 1singular הֲוֵית 4:1 +; 3 masculine plural הֲווֺ 2:35 +; Imperfect3masculine singular לֶהֱוֵא (K§ 47, l) b) Dr§ 204 Obs. NöM 215 ff.; in Jewish-Aramaic as jussive D§ 61, lc) 2:20 +; 3 feminine singular תֶּהֱוֵה 4:24 +, אֵ֯ Ezra 6:8 +, 3 masculine plural לֶהֱוֺן 6:10 6t., 3 feminine plural לֶהֶוְיָן Daniel 5:17; Imperative masculine plural הֱווֺ Ezra 4:22, הֲזוֺ 6:6; —
1 come to pass Daniel 2:28-29, (twice in verse); 2:45.
2 come into being, arise Ezra 7:23; become, come to be, with predicate noun Daniel 4:24; 5:29 and ( = represent) 7:23; with כְּ like 2:35 a, with ל predicate 2:35 b, with adjective predicate Ezra 6:6, with adverb phrase 5:5; Daniel 4:22; often periphrastic, with participle: לה ׳יְדִיעַ let become known 3:18; Ezra 4:12-13, 5:8; let it be given 6:8-9, also 7:26; Daniel 2:20.
3 be, as copula, with adjective predication Daniel 2:40, 42; 7:19; so very often in periphrastic conjugation with participle, ׳ה צָבֵא wish 5:19 (4 t. in verse), ה ׳חָזֵה behold 2:31, 34; 7:2, 4, 6 +, etc.