Happen
(1) to happen (State/Process), (2) to perform an event (Action), or (3) to cause something to happen (Causative)
Meanings in this domain
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Grouped by grammar
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
2,561 occurrences in 302 groups
- Not stated: he, she or it 928
- יְהֹוָהthe LORD, YHWH 201
- Not stated: I 180
- דָּבָרword, thing, matter 151
- Not stated: you (one person) 66
- Not stated: they 58
- Other words · 216 groups that occur once or twice (254) 254
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
860 occurrences in 260 groups
- ךָּyou 82
- מֹשֶׁהMoses 62
- וֹhim 52
- הֶםthem 48
- כֶםyou 30
- דָּבָרword, thing, matter 27
- Other words · 200 groups that occur once or twice (247) 247
Second objectAs in “call him Lord”
26 occurrences in 12 groups
- כָּלָהcomplete destruction, full end 5
- רַעevil, bad 5
- דָּבָרword, thing, matter 4
- טוֹבgood 3
- יוֹםday, time 3
- Other words · 7 groups that occur once or twice (7) 7
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1,532 occurrences in 606 groups
- לto/for+ אָמַרto say 190
- בin/on/with+ יוֹםday, time 97
- אֵלto, toward+ נִיme 64
- בin/on/with+ אֶרֶץland, earth, ground 44
- כlike/as+ שָׁמַעto hear, to listen, to obey 40
- אֵלto, toward+ יִרְמְיָהJeremiah 31
- Other words · 477 groups that occur once or twice (560) 560
With adverbsAdverbs
207 occurrences in 24 groups
- לֹאnot 119
- כֵּןthus 32
- עוֹדstill, again, yet 12
- אַלnot, do not 8
- שָׁםthere 8
- פִּתְאוֹםsuddenly 7
- Other words · 15 groups that occur once or twice (21) 21
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
529 occurrences in 114 groups
- הוּhis 74
- ךָyour 63
- דָּבָרword, thing, matter 47
- אַףanger, nose 33
- מֹשֶׁהMoses 29
- יmy 25
- Other words · 85 groups that occur once or twice (102) 102
Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles
43 occurrences in 17 groups
- עָשָׂהto do, to make 20
- רִאשׁוֹןfirst, former 8
- אַחֲרוֹןlast, latter, next 5
- אֶחָדone 4
- Other words · 13 groups that occur once or twice (16) 16
Named alongside itApposition
15 occurrences in 12 groups
- עֵתtime, moment, period 4
- יְהֹוָהthe LORD, YHWH 3
- Other words · 10 groups that occur once or twice (11) 11
What it doesIt is the subject
83 occurrences in 42 groups
- הָיָהto be, to become 14
- מָצָאto find 9
- עָשָׂהto do, to make 8
- שׁוּבto return, to turn back 8
- קָרָהto happen 3
- Other words · 37 groups that occur once or twice (41) 41
What is done to itIt is the object
124 occurrences in 41 groups
- יָדַעto know 19
- רָאָהto see 19
- נָגַדto tell, to inform, to report 10
- אָמַרto say 7
- סָפַרto count, to tell 6
- עָשָׂהto do, to make 5
- Other words · 28 groups that occur once or twice (34) 34
Second object ofSecond object
10 occurrences in 5 groups
- שָׁבַעto swear, to take an oath 6
- יָדַעto know 1
- שָׁאַלto ask, to inquire, to request 1
- שָׁמַעto hear, to listen, to obey 1
- בִּיןto understand, to discern 1
What it is said to bePredicate
40 occurrences in 32 groups
- מָהwhat?, why? 7
- טוֹבgood 4
- Other words · 30 groups that occur once or twice (34) 34
What is said to be itIt is the predicate
28 occurrences in 18 groups
- הוּאhe, she, it 6
- זֶהthis 5
- כֹּחַstrength 3
- עֵתtime, moment, period 3
- Other words · 14 groups that occur once or twice (15) 15
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
360 occurrences in 9 groups
- בin/on/with 305
- כlike/as 126
- מִןfrom 63
- לto/for 28
- עַלon, upon, over, against 13
- עַדto, as far as, until 3
- Other words · 3 groups that occur once or twice (5) 5
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
102 occurrences in 28 groups
- מַעֲשֶׂהwork, deed 53
- מִשְׁלוֹחַsending (of gifts) 6
- פָּנִיםface, presence, before 4
- גְּמוּלactions 3
- יוֹםday, time 3
- כֹּחַstrength 3
- Other words · 20 groups that occur once or twice (24) 24
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Sources
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.