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)
Every occurrence
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Exodus 1:16 וָחָֽיָה׃ va.Cha.yah · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by him, her or it
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.
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Exodus 1:17 וַתְּחַיֶּ֖יןָ va.te.chai.Yei.na · An action: strong action, and then it happened, done by them
But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men-children alive.
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Exodus 1:18 וַתְּחַיֶּ֖יןָ va.te.chai.Yei.na · An action: strong action, and then it happened, done by all of you
And the king of Egypt called for the midwives, and said unto them, Why have ye done this thing, and have saved the men-children alive?
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Exodus 1:22 תְּחַיּֽוּן׃ ס te.chai.Yun · An action: strong action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by all of you
And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river, and every daughter ye shall save alive.
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Exodus 19:13 יִחְיֶ֑ה yich.Yeh · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it
no hand shall touch him, but he shall surely be stoned, or shot through; whether it be beast or man, he shall not live: when the trumpet soundeth long, they shall come up to the mount.
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Exodus 22:18 תְחַיֶּֽה׃ ס te.chai.Yeh · An action: strong action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by you
Thou shalt not suffer a sorceress to live.
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Exodus 33:20 וָחָֽי׃ va.Chai · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by him, her or it
And he said, Thou canst not see my face; for man shall not see me and live.
American Standard Version (1901). Public domain.

