Strong’s H1962 · Hebrew

הַיָּה
hayâh
hah-yaw'

Definition

ruin

Etymology

another form for H1943 (הֹוָה);

Word family

How the KJV renders it

  • calamity

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.