Definition

there is or are (or any other form of the verb to be, as may suit the connection)

Etymology

perhaps from an unused root meaning to stand out, or exist; entity; used adverbially or as a copula for the substantive verb (H1961 (הָיָה));

Word family

• הָיָה hâyâh

How the KJV renders it

• (there) are
• (he
• it
• shall
• there
• there may
• there shall
• there should) be
• thou do
• had
• hast
• (which) hath
• (I
• shalt
• that) have
• there) is
• substance
• it (there) was
• (there) were
• ye will
• thou wilt
• wouldest

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.