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Strong's Number H2421

חָיָה

chayah · khaw-yaw'

Transliteration:

chayah{khaw-yaw'}

Word Origin:

a primitive root [compare 02331, 02421]

TWOT:

644

Part of Speech:

verb

Strong's Definition:

to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive

Usage in the KJV:

live 113, alive 34, save 15, quicken 12, revive 8, surely 10, life 8, recover 6, misc 9

Total: 262
Occurs 282 times in the Hebrew text.

Definition:

to live, have life, remain alive, sustain life, live prosperously, live for ever, be quickened, be alive, be restored to life or health
1. (Qal)
  1. to live
    1. to have life
    2. to continue in life, remain alive
    3. to sustain life, to live on or upon
    4. to live (prosperously)
  2. to revive, be quickened
    1. from sickness
    2. from discouragement
    3. from faintness
    4. from death
2. (Piel)
  1. to preserve alive, let live
  2. to give life
  3. to quicken, revive, refresh
    1. to restore to life
    2. to cause to grow
    3. to restore
    4. to revive
3. (Hiphil)
  1. to preserve alive, let live
  2. to quicken, revive
    1. to restore (to health)
    2. to revive
    3. to restore to life