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. Psalms 119:93 חִיִּיתָֽנִי׃ chi.yi.Ta.ni · An action: strong action, finished, with a lasting result, done by you

    I will never forget thy precepts; For with them thou hast quickened me.

  2. Psalms 119:107 חַיֵּ֥נִי chai.Ye.ni · A command to you: strong action

    I am afflicted very much: Quicken me, O Jehovah, according unto thy word.

  3. Psalms 119:116 וְאֶֽחְיֶ֑ה ve.'ech.Yeh · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by me

    Uphold me according unto thy word, that I may live; And let me not be ashamed of my hope.

  4. Psalms 119:144 וְאֶחְיֶֽה׃ ve.'ech.Yeh · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by me

    Thy testimonies are righteous for ever: Give me understanding, and I shall live.

  5. Psalms 119:149 חַיֵּֽנִי׃ chai.Ye.ni · A command to you: strong action

    Hear my voice according unto thy lovingkindness: Quicken me, O Jehovah, according to thine ordinances.

  6. Psalms 119:154 חַיֵּֽנִי׃ chai.Ye.ni · A command to you: strong action

    Plead thou my cause, and redeem me: Quicken me according to thy word.

  7. Psalms 119:156 חַיֵּֽנִי׃ chai.Ye.ni · A command to you: strong action

    Great are thy tender mercies, O Jehovah: Quicken me according to thine ordinances.

  8. Psalms 119:159 חַיֵּֽנִי׃ chai.Ye.ni · A command to you: strong action

    Consider how I love thy precepts: Quicken me, O Jehovah, according to thy lovingkindness.

  9. Psalms 119:175 תְּֽחִי־ te.chi- · A mild command: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee; And let thine ordinances help me.

  10. Psalms 138:7 תְּחַ֫יֵּ֥נִי te.Chai.Ye.ni · An action: strong action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by you

    Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou wilt revive me; Thou wilt stretch forth thy hand against the wrath of mine enemies, And thy right hand will save me.

  11. Psalms 143:11 תְּחַיֵּ֑נִי te.chai.Ye.ni · An action: strong action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by you

    Quicken me, O Jehovah, for thy name's sake: In thy righteousness bring my soul out of trouble.

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