Word Study · Strong's H2421
חָיָה
châyâh
“to live, whether literally or figuratively”
- 282occurrencescanonical count
- 282tagged so farloaded book by book
- 27books spannedamong tagged text
Strong's Dictionary (1890, public domain)
Definition
to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive KJV usage: keep (leave, make) alive, [idiom] certainly, give (promise) life, (let, suffer to) live, nourish up, preserve (alive), quicken, recover, repair, restore (to life), revive, ([idiom] God) save (alive, life, lives), [idiom] surely, be whole.
282 loaded
The ledger of occurrences
Genesis59 occurrences
And Jehovah God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil; and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever—The first tagged occurrence in Genesis.
Exodus7 occurrences
and he said, When ye do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see them upon the birth-stool; if it be a son, then ye shall kill him; but if it be a daughter, then she shall live.The first tagged occurrence in Exodus.
Leviticus3 occurrences
Ye shall therefore keep my statutes, and mine ordinances; which if a man do, he shall live in them: I am Jehovah.The first tagged occurrence in Leviticus.
Numbers8 occurrences
but thus do unto them, that they may live, and not die, when they approach unto the most holy things: Aaron and his sons shall go in, and appoint them every one to his service and to his burden;The first tagged occurrence in Numbers.
Deuteronomy18 occurrences
And now, O Israel, hearken unto the statutes and unto the ordinances, which I teach you, to do them; that ye may live, and go in and possess the land which Jehovah, the God of your fathers, giveth you.The first tagged occurrence in Deuteronomy.
Joshua8 occurrences
and that ye will save alive my father, and my mother, and my brethren, and my sisters, and all that they have, and will deliver our lives from death.The first tagged occurrence in Joshua.
Judges3 occurrences
And he said, They were my brethren, the sons of my mother: as Jehovah liveth, if ye had saved them alive, I would not slay you.The first tagged occurrence in Judges.
1 Samuel4 occurrences
Jehovah killeth, and maketh alive: He bringeth down to Sheol, and bringeth up.The first tagged occurrence in 1 Samuel.
2 Samuel6 occurrences
So I stood beside him, and slew him, because I was sure that he could not live after that he was fallen: and I took the crown that was upon his head, and the bracelet that was on his arm, and have brought them hither unto my lord.The first tagged occurrence in 2 Samuel.
1 Kings8 occurrences
For he is gone down this day, and hath slain oxen and fatlings and sheep in abundance, and hath called all the king’s sons, and the captains of the host, and Abiathar the priest; and, behold, they are eating and drinking before him, and say, Long live king Adonijah.The first tagged occurrence in 1 Kings.
2 Kings22 occurrences
And Ahaziah fell down through the lattice in his upper chamber that was in Samaria, and was sick: and he sent messengers, and said unto them, Go, inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron, whether I shall recover of this sickness.The first tagged occurrence in 2 Kings.
1 Chronicles1 occurrence
And he built the city round about, from Millo even round about; and Joab repaired the rest of the city.The first tagged occurrence in 1 Chronicles.