הָוָא
hâvâʼ · hav-aw'
to exist; used in a great variety of applications (especially in connection with other words)
Lexicon
Derivation: (Aramaic) or הָוָה; (Aramaic), corresponding to H1933 (הָוָא);
to exist; used in a great variety of applications (especially in connection with other words)
- to exist
- used in a great variety of applications (especially in connection with other words)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: be, become, [phrase] behold, [phrase] came (to pass), [phrase] cease, [phrase] cleave, [phrase] consider, [phrase] do, [phrase] give, [phrase] have, [phrase] judge, [phrase] keep, [phrase] labour, [phrase] mingle (self), [phrase] put, [phrase] see, [phrase] seek, [phrase] set, [phrase] slay, [phrase] take heed, tremble, [phrase] walk, [phrase] would.
Letters
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to reveal, behold › to fasten and establish › strength, the leader
To reveal, behold that works to fasten and establish of strength, the leader.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of הָוָא above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
71 occurrences · 71 OT · 0 NT · 49 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- shall be6 · 12%
- i beheld6 · 12%
- i saw5 · 10%
- be4 · 8%
- was3 · 6%
- and whom he would3 · 6%
- be it2 · 4%
- be it known2 · 4%
- shall come to pass2 · 4%
- there have been1 · 2%
- take heed1 · 2%
- so it ceased1 · 2%
- that was1 · 2%
- be ye1 · 2%
- let it be1 · 2%
- that they may offer1 · 2%
- should there be1 · 2%
- which may judge1 · 2%
- do1 · 2%
- should come to pass1 · 2%
- sawest1 · 2%
- thou sawest1 · 2%
- and became1 · 2%
- became1 · 2%
- there shall be1 · 2%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.