Hebrew verb · H1933
הָוָא
havahaw-vaw'
to fall; to be
6 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: hâvâʼ
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H1933is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 5 of 39Old Testament books
- 5spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H1933
to be (in the sense of existence)
The King James renders it: be, [idiom] have.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
hava is rendered "to fall; to be". It stands 6 times in the Hebrew text, across five books.
- Two of the uses stand in Ecclesiastes, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "to fall".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 27:29May peoples serve you and nations bow down to you. May you be the master of your brothers, and may the sons of your mother bow down to you. May those who curse you be cursed, and those who bless you be blessed.”
- The Greek text spells it five different ways.
The first use
May peoples serve you and nations bow down to you. May you be the master of your brothers, and may the sons of your mother bow down to you. May those who curse you be cursed, and those who bless you be blessed.”
Genesis 27:29הֱוֵ֤ה
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Two of the word's six uses are in Ecclesiastes.
What the word means
The lexicons give this word two senses, and a verse uses one of them at a time: to fall, and to be.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| to fallStrong's entry A | Tagged aslisted under the table | WhereGenesis 27:29May peoples serve you and nations bow down to you. May you be the master of your brothers… |
| to beStrong's entry B | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein the ledger below |
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- be2
- about to become1
- becoming1
- fall1
- it will be1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| הָוָא | hava | to be | Uses71 |
Other numbers on this spelling
Strong gave these words the same spelling and different numbers, so the site counts and defines them apart.
All 6, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
5 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- הֹוֶ֤ה2
- הֱוֵ֫א1
- הֱוֵ֤ה1
- הֱוִי־1
- יְהֽוּא׃1
The grammar of each form
- verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singular2HVqrmsa
- verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singular2HVqv2ms
- verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular1HVqi3ms
- verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person feminine singular1HVqv2fs
Genesis
one use
May peoples serve you and nations bow down to you. May you be the master of your brothers, and may the sons of your mother bow down to you. May those who curse you be cursed, and those who bless you be blessed.”
- הֱוֵ֤הhevehverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: be
Nehemiah
one use
that read: “It is reported among the nations—and Geshem agrees—that you and the Jews are plotting to revolt, and this is why you are building the wall. According to these reports, you are to become their king,
- הֹוֶ֤הhovehverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: about to become
Job
one use
For He says to the snow, ‘Fall on the earth,’ and to the gentle rain, ‘Pour out a mighty downpour.’
- הֱוֵ֫אheve'verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: fall
Ecclesiastes
two uses
For what does a man get for all the toil and striving with which he labors under the sun?
- הֹוֶ֤הhovehverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: becoming
If the clouds are full, they will pour out rain upon the earth; whether a tree falls to the south or to the north, in the place where it falls, there it will lie.
- יְהֽוּא׃yehu'verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it will be
Isaiah
one use
Let my fugitives stay with you; be a refuge for Moab from the destroyer.” When the oppressor has gone, destruction has ceased, and the oppressors have vanished from the land,
- הֱוִי־hevi-verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: be
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.