Hebrew Word Study · Strong’s H2421
חָיָה
cha.yah · “to live”
Used 265 times across 27 books
Definition
1) to live, have life, remain alive, sustain life, live prosperously, live for ever, be quickened, be alive, be restored to life or health
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to live
1a1a) to have life
1a1b) to continue in life, remain alive
1a1c) to sustain life, to live on or upon
1a1d) to live (prosperously)
1a2) to revive, be quickened
1a2a) from sickness
1a2b) from discouragement
1a2c) from faintness
1a2d) from death
1b) (Piel)
1b1) to preserve alive, let live
1b2) to give life
1b3) to quicken, revive, refresh
1b3a) to restore to life
1b3b) to cause to grow
1b3c) to restore
1b3d) to revive
1c) (Hiphil)
1c1) to preserve alive, let live
1c2) to quicken, revive
1c2a) to restore (to health)
1c2b) to revive
1c2c) to restore to life
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to live
1a1a) to have life
1a1b) to continue in life, remain alive
1a1c) to sustain life, to live on or upon
1a1d) to live (prosperously)
1a2) to revive, be quickened
1a2a) from sickness
1a2b) from discouragement
1a2c) from faintness
1a2d) from death
1b) (Piel)
1b1) to preserve alive, let live
1b2) to give life
1b3) to quicken, revive, refresh
1b3a) to restore to life
1b3b) to cause to grow
1b3c) to restore
1b3d) to revive
1c) (Hiphil)
1c1) to preserve alive, let live
1c2) to quicken, revive
1c2a) to restore (to health)
1c2b) to revive
1c2c) to restore to life
Where it appears
Genesis56
Exodus5
Leviticus2
Numbers6
Deuteronomy14
Joshua8
Judges3
1 Samuel4
2 Samuel5
1 Kings8
2 Kings22
1 Chronicles1
2 Chronicles2
Nehemiah5
Esther1
Job6
Psalms32
Proverbs4
Ecclesiastes4
Isaiah11
Jeremiah12
Lamentations1
Ezekiel42
Hosea3
Amos3
Habakkuk2
Zechariah3
In the text
Genesis 5:3And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth:Genesis 5:6And Seth lived an hundred and five years, and begat Enos:Genesis 5:7And Seth lived after he begat Enos eight hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters:Genesis 5:9And Enos lived ninety years, and begat Cainan:Genesis 5:10And Enos lived after he begat Cainan eight hundred and fifteen years, and begat sons and daughters:Genesis 5:12And Cainan lived seventy years, and begat Mahalaleel:Genesis 5:13And Cainan lived after he begat Mahalaleel eight hundred and forty years, and begat sons and daughters:Genesis 5:15And Mahalaleel lived sixty and five years, and begat Jared:Genesis 5:16And Mahalaleel lived after he begat Jared eight hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters:Genesis 5:18And Jared lived an hundred sixty and two years, and he begat Enoch:
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