חָיָה

cha.yah · to live

Hebrew · Strong's H2421 · Verb · Sounds like: khaw-yaw' · 282 occurrences

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)

Full lexicon entry (Brown-Driver-Briggs)
חָיָה 283 vb. live
Qal 203
1. live
2. be quickened, revive
Pi.
1. preserve alive, let live
2. give life
3. quicken, revive, refresh
Hiph.
1. preserve alive, let live
2. quicken, revive

Every occurrence

  1. Deuteronomy 4:1 תִּֽחְי֗וּ tich.Yu · A mild command: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by all of you

    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.

  2. Deuteronomy 4:33 וַיֶּֽחִי׃ vai.Ye.chi · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    Did ever a people hear the voice of God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as thou hast heard, and live?

  3. Deuteronomy 4:42 וָחָֽי׃ va.Chai · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by him, her or it

    that the manslayer might flee thither, that slayeth his neighbor unawares, and hated him not in time past; and that fleeing unto one of these cities he might live:

  4. Deuteronomy 5:24 וָחָֽי׃ va.Chai · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by him, her or it

    and ye said, Behold, Jehovah our God hath showed us his glory and his greatness, and we have heard his voice out of the midst of the fire: we have seen this day that God doth speak with man, and he liveth.

  5. Deuteronomy 5:26 וַיֶּֽחִי׃ vai.Ye.chi · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    For who is there of all flesh, that hath heard the voice of the living God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as we have, and lived?

  6. Deuteronomy 5:33 תִּֽחְיוּן֙ tich.Yun · A mild command: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by all of you

    Ye shall walk in all the way which Jehovah your God hath commanded you, that ye may live, and that it may be well with you, and that ye may prolong your days in the land which ye shall possess.

  7. Deuteronomy 6:24 לְחַיֹּתֵ֖נוּ le.chai.yo.Te.nu · The “to do” form of an action: strong action

    And Jehovah commanded us to do all these statutes, to fear Jehovah our God, for our good always, that he might preserve us alive, as at this day.

  8. Deuteronomy 8:1 תִּֽחְי֜וּן tich.Yun · A mild command: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by all of you

    All the commandment which I command thee this day shall ye observe to do, that ye may live, and multiply, and go in and possess the land which Jehovah sware unto your fathers.

  9. Deuteronomy 8:3 יִחְיֶ֣ה yich.Yeh · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by everything that proceedeth out of the mouth of Jehovah doth man live.

  10. Deuteronomy 8:3 יִחְיֶ֥ה yich.Yeh · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by everything that proceedeth out of the mouth of Jehovah doth man live.

  11. Deuteronomy 16:20 תִּֽחְיֶה֙ tich.Yeh · A mild command: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by you

    That which is altogether just shalt thou follow, that thou mayest live, and inherit the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee.

  12. Deuteronomy 19:4 וָחָ֑י va.Chai · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by him, her or it

    And this is the case of the manslayer, that shall flee thither and live: whoso killeth his neighbor unawares, and hated him not in time past;

  13. Deuteronomy 19:5 וָחָֽי׃ va.Chai · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by him, her or it

    as when a man goeth into the forest with his neighbor to hew wood, and his hand fetcheth a stroke with the axe to cut down the tree, and the head slippeth from the helve, and lighteth upon his neighbor, so that he dieth; he shall flee unto one of these cities and live:

  14. Deuteronomy 20:16 תְחַיֶּ֖ה te.chai.Yeh · An action: strong action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by you

    But of the cities of these peoples, that Jehovah thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, thou shalt save alive nothing that breatheth;

  15. Deuteronomy 30:16 וְחָיִ֣יתָ ve.cha.Yi.ta · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by you

    in that I command thee this day to love Jehovah thy God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments and his statutes and his ordinances, that thou mayest live and multiply, and that Jehovah thy God may bless thee in the land whither thou goest in to possess it.

  16. Deuteronomy 30:19 תִּחְיֶ֖ה tich.Yeh · A mild command: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by you

    I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that I have set before thee life and death, the blessing and the curse: therefore choose life, that thou mayest live, thou and thy seed;

  17. Deuteronomy 32:39 וַאֲחַיֶּ֗ה va.'a.chai.Yeh · An action: strong action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by me

    See now that I, even I, am he, And there is no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal; And there is none that can deliver out of my hand.

  18. Deuteronomy 33:6 יְחִ֥י ye.Chi · A mild command: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    Let Reuben live, and not die; Nor let his men be few.

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