חָיָה

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)

Every occurrence

1. Joshua 2:13 וְהַחֲיִתֶ֞ם ve.ha.cha.yi.Tem · An action: causing it, and then it will happen, done by all of you

   and that ye will save alive my father, and my mother, and my brethren, and my sisters, and all that they have, and will deliver our lives from death.

2. Joshua 5:8 חֲיוֹתָֽם׃ פ cha.yo.Tam · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

   And it came to pass, when they had done circumcising all the nation, that they abode in their places in the camp, till they were whole.

3. Joshua 6:17 תִּֽחְיֶ֗ה tich.Yeh · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

   And the city shall be devoted, even it and all that is therein, to Jehovah: only Rahab the harlot shall live, she and all that are with her in the house, because she hid the messengers that we sent.

4. Joshua 6:25 הֶחֱיָ֣ה he.che.Yah · An action: causing it, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

   But Rahab the harlot, and her father's household, and all that she had, did Joshua save alive; and she dwelt in the midst of Israel unto this day, because she hid the messengers, whom Joshua sent to spy out Jericho.

5. Joshua 9:15 לְחַיּוֹתָ֑ם le.chai.yo.Tam · The “to do” form of an action: strong action

   And Joshua made peace with them, and made a covenant with them, to let them live: and the princes of the congregation sware unto them.

6. Joshua 9:20 וְהַחֲיֵ֣ה ve.ha.cha.Yeh · The “to do” form of an action: causing it

   This we will do to them, and let them live; lest wrath be upon us, because of the oath which we sware unto them.

7. Joshua 9:21 יִֽחְי֑וּ yich.Yu · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by them

   And the princes said unto them, Let them live: so they became hewers of wood and drawers of water unto all the congregation, as the princes had spoken unto them.

8. Joshua 14:10 הֶחֱיָ֨ה he.che.Yah · An action: causing it, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

   And now, behold, Jehovah hath kept me alive, as he spake, these forty and five years, from the time that Jehovah spake this word unto Moses, while Israel walked in the wilderness: and now, lo, I am this day fourscore and five years old.

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