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.
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Full lexicon entry (Brown-Driver-Briggs)
Every occurrence
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Genesis 17:18 יִחְיֶ֥ה yich.Yeh · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it
And Abraham said unto God, Oh that Ishmael might live before thee!
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Genesis 19:19 לְהַחֲי֖וֹת le.ha.cha.Yot · The “to do” form of an action: causing it
behold now, thy servant hath found favor in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thy lovingkindness, which thou hast showed unto me in saving my life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest evil overtake me, and I die:
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Genesis 19:20 וּתְחִ֥י u.te.Chi · A mild command: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it
behold now, this city is near to flee unto, and it is a little one. Oh let me escape thither (is it not a little one?), and my soul shall live.
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Genesis 19:32 וּנְחַיֶּ֥ה u.ne.chai.Yeh · An action: strong action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by us
come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.
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Genesis 19:34 וּנְחַיֶּ֥ה u.ne.chai.Yeh · An action: strong action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by us
And it came to pass on the morrow, that the first-born said unto the younger, Behold, I lay yesternight with my father: let us make him drink wine this night also; and go thou in, and lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.
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Genesis 20:7 וֶֽחְיֵ֑ה vech.Yeh · A command to you: simple action
Now therefore restore the man's wife; for he is a prophet, and he shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live: and if thou restore her not, know thou that thou shalt surely die, thou, and all that are thine.
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Genesis 25:7 חָ֑י Chai · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it
And these are the days of the years of Abraham's life which he lived, a hundred threescore and fifteen years.
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Genesis 27:40 תִֽחְיֶ֔ה tich.Yeh · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by you
And by thy sword shalt thou live, and thou shalt serve thy brother; And it shall come to pass, when thou shalt break loose, That thou shalt shake his yoke from off thy neck.
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Genesis 31:32 יִֽחְיֶה֒ yich.Yeh · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it
With whomsoever thou findest thy gods, he shall not live: before our brethren discern thou what is thine with me, and take it to thee. For Jacob knew not that Rachel had stolen them.
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Genesis 42:2 וְנִחְיֶ֖ה ve.nich.Yeh · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by us
And he said, Behold, I have heard that there is grain in Egypt: get you down thither, and buy for us from thence; that we may live, and not die.
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Genesis 42:18 וִֽחְי֑וּ vich.Yu · A command to all of you: simple action
And Joseph said unto them the third day, This do, and live; for I fear God:
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Genesis 43:8 וְנִֽחְיֶה֙ ve.nich.Yeh · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by us
And Judah said unto Israel his father, Send the lad with me, and we will arise and go; that we may live, and not die, both we, and thou, and also our little ones.
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Genesis 45:7 וּלְהַחֲי֣וֹת u.le.ha.cha.Yot · The “to do” form of an action: causing it
And God sent me before you to preserve you a remnant in the earth, and to save you alive by a great deliverance.
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Genesis 45:27 וַתְּחִ֕י va.te.Chi · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it
And they told him all the words of Joseph, which he had said unto them: and when he saw the wagons which Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of Jacob their father revived:
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Genesis 47:19 וְנִֽחְיֶה֙ ve.nich.Yeh · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by us
wherefore should we die before thine eyes, both we and our land? buy us and our land for bread, and we and our land will be servants unto Pharaoh: and give us seed, that we may live, and not die, and that the land be not desolate.
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Genesis 47:25 הֶחֱיִתָ֑נוּ he.che.yi.Ta.nu · An action: causing it, finished, with a lasting result, done by you
And they said, Thou hast saved our lives: let us find favor in the sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh's servants.
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Genesis 47:28 וַיְחִ֤י vay.Chi · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it
And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years: so the days of Jacob, the years of his life, were a hundred forty and seven years.
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Genesis 50:20 לְהַחֲיֹ֥ת le.ha.cha.Yot · The “to do” form of an action: causing it
And as for you, ye meant evil against me; but God meant it for good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.
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Genesis 50:22 וַיְחִ֣י vay.Chi · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it
And Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he, and his father's house: and Joseph lived a hundred and ten years.
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Exodus 1:16 וָחָֽיָה׃ va.Cha.yah · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by him, her or it
and he said, When ye do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see them upon the birth-stool; if it be a son, then ye shall kill him; but if it be a daughter, then she shall live.
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