The meaning of “מִחְיָה”
Understanding michyâh reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
preserve life, quick, recover selves, reviving, sustenance, victuals. - preservation of life - hence, sustenance - also ...
מִחְיָה
preserve life, quick, recover selves, reviving, sustenance, victuals. - preservation of life - hence, sustenance - also the live flesh, i.e. the quick 1) preservation of life, sustenance 1a) preservation of life 1b) sustenance 1c) reviving 1d) the quick of the flesh, live flesh, tender or raw flesh
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Genesis 45:5 | “Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life.” Word: מִחְיָה (michyâh) | |
| Leviticus 13:24 | “Or if there be any flesh, in the skin whereof there is a hot burning, and the quick flesh that burneth have a white bright spot, somewhat reddish, or white;” Word: מִחְיָה (michyâh) | |
| Judges 17:10 | “And Micah said unto him, Dwell with me, and be unto me a father and a priest, and I will give thee ten shekels of silver by the year, and a suit of apparel, and thy victuals. So the Levite went in.” Word: מִחְיָה (michyâh) | |
| 2 Chronicles 14:13 | “And Asa and the people that were with him pursued them unto Gerar: and the Ethiopians were overthrown, that they could not recover themselves; for they were destroyed before the Lord, and before his host; and they carried away very much spoil.” Word: מִחְיָה (michyâh) | |
| Ezra 9:9 | “For we were bondmen; yet our God hath not forsaken us in our bondage, but hath extended mercy unto us in the sight of the kings of Persia, to give us a reviving, to set up the house of our God, and to repair the desolations thereof, and to give us a wall in Judah and in Jerusalem.” Word: מִחְיָה (michyâh) |
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