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The meaning of חָיָה

Understanding châyâh reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.

Definition

keep (leave, make) alive, [idiom] certainly, give (promise) life, (let, suffer to) live, nourish up, preserve (alive), q...

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חָיָה

Phonetickhaw-yaw'
Transliterationchâyâh
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

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. - to live, whether literally or figuratively - causatively, to revive 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

Scripture References

Occurrences in the Bible

235 total references
ReferenceText
Genesis 11:20

And Reu lived two and thirty years, and begat Serug:

Word: חָיָה (châyâh)
Judges 15:19

But God clave an hollow place that was in the jaw, and there came water thereout; and when he had drunk, his spirit came again, and he revived: wherefore he called the name thereof En–hakkore, which is in Lehi unto this day.

Word: חָיָה (châyâh)
1 Chronicles 11:8

And he built the city round about, even from Millo round about: and Joab repaired the rest of the city.

Word: חָיָה (châyâh)
Psalms 119:37

Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken thou me in thy way.

Word: חָיָה (châyâh)
Lamentations 4:20

The breath of our nostrils, the anointed of the Lord, was taken in their pits, of whom we said, Under his shadow we shall live among the heathen.

Word: חָיָה (châyâh)

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