חָיָה

Word meanings

Strong's dictionary

a primitive root (compare חָוָה, חָיָה); to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive; 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.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (public domain)

Every occurrence

1. 1 Kings 1:25 יְחִ֖י ye.Chi · A mild command: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

   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.

2. 1 Kings 1:31 יְחִ֗י ye.Chi · A mild command: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

   Then Bath-sheba bowed with her face to the earth, and did obeisance to the king, and said, Let my lord king David live for ever.

3. 1 Kings 1:34 יְחִ֖י ye.Chi · A mild command: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

   and let Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet anoint him there king over Israel; and blow ye the trumpet, and say, Long live king Solomon.

4. 1 Kings 1:39 יְחִ֖י ye.Chi · A mild command: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

   And Zadok the priest took the horn of oil out of the Tent, and anointed Solomon. And they blew the trumpet; and all the people said, Long live king Solomon.

5. 1 Kings 17:22 וַיֶּֽחִי׃ vai.Ye.chi · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

   And Jehovah hearkened unto the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the child came into him again, and he revived.

6. 1 Kings 18:5 וּנְחַיֶּה֙ u.ne.chai.Yeh · An action: strong action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by us

   And Ahab said unto Obadiah, Go through the land, unto all the fountains of water, and unto all the brooks: peradventure we may find grass and save the horses and mules alive, that we lose not all the beasts.

7. 1 Kings 20:31 יְחַיֶּ֥ה ye.chai.Yeh · An action: strong action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

   And his servants said unto him, Behold now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings: let us, we pray thee, put sackcloth on our loins, and ropes upon our heads, and go out to the king of Israel: peradventure he will save thy life.

8. 1 Kings 20:32 תְּחִֽי־ te.chi- · A mild command: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

   So they girded sackcloth on their loins, and put ropes on their heads, and came to the king of Israel, and said, Thy servant Ben-hadad saith, I pray thee, let me live. And he said, Is he yet alive? he is my brother.

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