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. Ezekiel 3:18 לְחַיֹּת֑וֹ le.chai.yo.To · The “to do” form of an action: strong action

    When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; and thou givest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thy hand.

  2. Ezekiel 3:21 חָי֤וֹ cha.Yo · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    Nevertheless if thou warn the righteous man, that the righteous sin not, and he doth not sin, he shall surely live, because he took warning; and thou hast delivered thy soul.

  3. Ezekiel 3:21 יִֽחְיֶה֙ yich.Yeh · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    Nevertheless if thou warn the righteous man, that the righteous sin not, and he doth not sin, he shall surely live, because he took warning; and thou hast delivered thy soul.

  4. Ezekiel 13:18 תְחַיֶּֽינָה׃ te.chai.Yei.nah · An action: strong action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by all of you

    and say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Woe to the women that sew pillows upon all elbows, and make kerchiefs for the head of persons of every stature to hunt souls! Will ye hunt the souls of my people, and save souls alive for yourselves?

  5. Ezekiel 13:19 וּלְחַיּ֥וֹת u.le.chai.Yot · The “to do” form of an action: strong action

    And ye have profaned me among my people for handfuls of barley and for pieces of bread, to slay the souls that should not die, and to save the souls alive that should not live, by your lying to my people that hearken unto lies.

  6. Ezekiel 13:19 תִֽחְיֶ֑ינָה tich.Yei.nah · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by them

    And ye have profaned me among my people for handfuls of barley and for pieces of bread, to slay the souls that should not die, and to save the souls alive that should not live, by your lying to my people that hearken unto lies.

  7. Ezekiel 13:22 לְהַחֲיֹתֽוֹ׃ le.ha.cha.yo.To · The “to do” form of an action: causing it

    Because with lies ye have grieved the heart of the righteous, whom I have not made sad; and strengthened the hands of the wicked, that he should not return from his wicked way, and be saved alive;

  8. Ezekiel 16:6 חֲיִ֔י cha.Yi · A command to you: simple action

    And when I passed by thee, and saw thee weltering in thy blood, I said unto thee, Though thou art in thy blood, live; yea, I said unto thee, Though thou art in thy blood, live.

  9. Ezekiel 16:6 חֲיִֽי׃ cha.Yi · A command to you: simple action

    And when I passed by thee, and saw thee weltering in thy blood, I said unto thee, Though thou art in thy blood, live; yea, I said unto thee, Though thou art in thy blood, live.

  10. Ezekiel 18:9 חָיֹ֣ה cha.Yoh · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    hath walked in my statutes, and hath kept mine ordinances, to deal truly; he is just, he shall surely live, saith the Lord Jehovah.

  11. Ezekiel 18:9 יִֽחְיֶ֔ה yich.Yeh · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    hath walked in my statutes, and hath kept mine ordinances, to deal truly; he is just, he shall surely live, saith the Lord Jehovah.

  12. Ezekiel 18:13 וָחָ֑י va.Chai · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by him, her or it

    hath given forth upon interest, and hath taken increase; shall he then live? he shall not live: he hath done all these abominations; he shall surely die; his blood shall be upon him.

  13. Ezekiel 18:13 יִֽחְיֶ֗ה yich.Yeh · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    hath given forth upon interest, and hath taken increase; shall he then live? he shall not live: he hath done all these abominations; he shall surely die; his blood shall be upon him.

  14. Ezekiel 18:17 חָיֹ֥ה cha.Yoh · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    that hath withdrawn his hand from the poor, that hath not received interest nor increase, hath executed mine ordinances, hath walked in my statutes; he shall not die for the iniquity of his father, he shall surely live.

  15. Ezekiel 18:17 יִחְיֶֽה׃ yich.Yeh · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    that hath withdrawn his hand from the poor, that hath not received interest nor increase, hath executed mine ordinances, hath walked in my statutes; he shall not die for the iniquity of his father, he shall surely live.

  16. Ezekiel 18:19 חָיֹ֥ה cha.Yoh · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    Yet say ye, Wherefore doth not the son bear the iniquity of the father? when the son hath done that which is lawful and right, and hath kept all my statutes, and hath done them, he shall surely live.

  17. Ezekiel 18:19 יִחְיֶֽה׃ yich.Yeh · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    Yet say ye, Wherefore doth not the son bear the iniquity of the father? when the son hath done that which is lawful and right, and hath kept all my statutes, and hath done them, he shall surely live.

  18. Ezekiel 18:21 חָיֹ֥ה cha.Yoh · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    But if the wicked turn from all his sins that he hath committed, and keep all my statutes, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall surely live, he shall not die.

  19. Ezekiel 18:21 יִחְיֶ֖ה yich.Yeh · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    But if the wicked turn from all his sins that he hath committed, and keep all my statutes, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall surely live, he shall not die.

  20. Ezekiel 18:22 יִֽחְיֶֽה׃ Yich.Yeh · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    None of his transgressions that he hath committed shall be remembered against him: in his righteousness that he hath done he shall live.

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