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 18:23 וְחָיָֽה׃ ס ve.cha.Yah · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by him, her or it

    Have I any pleasure in the death of the wicked? saith the Lord Jehovah; and not rather that he should return from his way, and live?

  2. Ezekiel 18:24 וָחָ֑י va.Chai · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by him, her or it

    But when the righteous turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and doeth according to all the abominations that the wicked man doeth, shall he live? None of his righteous deeds that he hath done shall be remembered: in his trespass that he hath trespassed, and in his sin that he hath sinned, in them shall he die.

  3. Ezekiel 18:27 יְחַיֶּֽה׃ ye.chai.Yeh · An action: strong action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    Again, when the wicked man turneth away from his wickedness that he hath committed, and doeth that which is lawful and right, he shall save his soul alive.

  4. Ezekiel 18:28 חָי֥וֹ cha.Yo · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    Because he considereth, and turneth away from all his transgressions that he hath committed, he shall surely live, he shall not die.

  5. Ezekiel 18:28 יִחְיֶ֖ה yich.Yeh · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    Because he considereth, and turneth away from all his transgressions that he hath committed, he shall surely live, he shall not die.

  6. Ezekiel 18:32 וִֽחְיֽוּ׃ פ Vich.Yu · A command to all of you: simple action

    For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord Jehovah: wherefore turn yourselves, and live.

  7. Ezekiel 20:11 וָחַ֥י va.Chai · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by him, her or it

    And I gave them my statutes, and showed them mine ordinances, which if a man do, he shall live in them.

  8. Ezekiel 20:13 וָחַ֣י va.Chai · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by him, her or it

    But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness: they walked not in my statutes, and they rejected mine ordinances, which if a man keep, he shall live in them; and my sabbaths they greatly profaned. Then I said I would pour out my wrath upon them in the wilderness, to consume them.

  9. Ezekiel 20:21 וָחַ֣י va.Chai · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by him, her or it

    But the children rebelled against me; they walked not in my statutes, neither kept mine ordinances to do them, which if a man do, he shall live in them; they profaned my sabbaths. Then I said I would pour out my wrath upon them, to accomplish my anger against them in the wilderness.

  10. Ezekiel 20:25 יִֽחְי֖וּ yich.Yu · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by them

    Moreover also I gave them statutes that were not good, and ordinances wherein they should not live;

  11. Ezekiel 33:10 נִֽחְיֶֽה׃ Nich.Yeh · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by us

    And thou, son of man, say unto the house of Israel: Thus ye speak, saying, Our transgressions and our sins are upon us, and we pine away in them; how then can we live?

  12. Ezekiel 33:11 וְחָיָ֑ה ve.cha.Yah · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by him, her or it

    Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel?

  13. Ezekiel 33:12 לִֽחְי֥וֹת lich.Yot · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    And thou, son of man, say unto the children of thy people, The righteousness of the righteous shall not deliver him in the day of his transgression; and as for the wickedness of the wicked, he shall not fall thereby in the day that he turneth from his wickedness; neither shall he that is righteous be able to live thereby in the day that he sinneth.

  14. Ezekiel 33:13 חָיֹ֣ה cha.Yoh · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    When I say to the righteous, that he shall surely live; if he trust to his righteousness, and commit iniquity, none of his righteous deeds shall be remembered; but in his iniquity that he hath committed, therein shall he die.

  15. Ezekiel 33:13 יִֽחְיֶ֔ה yich.Yeh · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    When I say to the righteous, that he shall surely live; if he trust to his righteousness, and commit iniquity, none of his righteous deeds shall be remembered; but in his iniquity that he hath committed, therein shall he die.

  16. Ezekiel 33:15 חָי֥וֹ cha.Yo · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    if the wicked restore the pledge, give again that which he had taken by robbery, walk in the statutes of life, committing no iniquity; he shall surely live, he shall not die.

  17. Ezekiel 33:15 יִֽחְיֶ֖ה yich.Yeh · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    if the wicked restore the pledge, give again that which he had taken by robbery, walk in the statutes of life, committing no iniquity; he shall surely live, he shall not die.

  18. Ezekiel 33:16 חָי֥וֹ cha.Yo · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    None of his sins that he hath committed shall be remembered against him: he hath done that which is lawful and right; he shall surely live.

  19. Ezekiel 33:16 יִֽחְיֶֽה׃ Yich.Yeh · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    None of his sins that he hath committed shall be remembered against him: he hath done that which is lawful and right; he shall surely live.

  20. Ezekiel 33:19 יִֽחְיֶֽה׃ Yich.Yeh · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    And when the wicked turneth from his wickedness, and doeth that which is lawful and right, he shall live thereby.

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