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 37:3 הֲתִחְיֶ֖ינָה ha.tich.Yei.nah · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by them

    And he said unto me, Son of man, can these bones live? And I answered, O Lord Jehovah, thou knowest.

  2. Ezekiel 37:5 וִחְיִיתֶֽם׃ vich.yi.Tem · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by all of you

    Thus saith the Lord Jehovah unto these bones: Behold, I will cause breath to enter into you, and ye shall live.

  3. Ezekiel 37:6 וִחְיִיתֶ֑ם vich.yi.Tem · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by all of you

    And I will lay sinews upon you, and will bring up flesh upon you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and ye shall live; and ye shall know that I am Jehovah.

  4. Ezekiel 37:9 וְיִֽחְיֽוּ׃ ve.Yich.Yu · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by them

    Then said he unto me, Prophesy unto the wind, prophesy, son of man, and say to the wind, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live.

  5. Ezekiel 37:10 וַיִּֽחְי֗וּ vai.yich.Yu · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by them

    So I prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they lived, and stood up upon their feet, an exceeding great army.

  6. Ezekiel 37:14 וִחְיִיתֶ֔ם vich.yi.Tem · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by all of you

    And I will put my Spirit in you, and ye shall live, and I will place you in your own land: and ye shall know that I, Jehovah, have spoken it and performed it, saith Jehovah.

  7. Ezekiel 47:9 יִֽחְיֶ֔ה yich.Yeh · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    And it shall come to pass, that every living creature which swarmeth, in every place whither the rivers come, shall live; and there shall be a very great multitude of fish; for these waters are come thither, and the waters of the sea shall be healed, and everything shall live whithersoever the river cometh.

  8. Ezekiel 47:9 וָחָ֔י va.Chai · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by him, her or it

    And it shall come to pass, that every living creature which swarmeth, in every place whither the rivers come, shall live; and there shall be a very great multitude of fish; for these waters are come thither, and the waters of the sea shall be healed, and everything shall live whithersoever the river cometh.

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