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)
Every occurrence
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Exodus 1:17 וַתְּחַיֶּ֖יןָ va.te.chai.Yei.na · An action: strong action, and then it happened, done by them
But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men-children alive.
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Exodus 1:18 וַתְּחַיֶּ֖יןָ va.te.chai.Yei.na · An action: strong action, and then it happened, done by all of you
And the king of Egypt called for the midwives, and said unto them, Why have ye done this thing, and have saved the men-children alive?
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Exodus 1:22 תְּחַיּֽוּן׃ ס te.chai.Yun · An action: strong action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by all of you
And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river, and every daughter ye shall save alive.
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Exodus 19:13 יִחְיֶ֑ה yich.Yeh · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it
no hand shall touch him, but he shall surely be stoned, or shot through; whether it be beast or man, he shall not live: when the trumpet soundeth long, they shall come up to the mount.
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Exodus 22:18 תְחַיֶּֽה׃ ס te.chai.Yeh · An action: strong action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by you
Thou shalt not suffer a sorceress to live.
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Exodus 33:20 וָחָֽי׃ va.Chai · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by him, her or it
And he said, Thou canst not see my face; for man shall not see me and live.
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Leviticus 18:5 וָחַ֣י va.Chai · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by him, her or it
Ye shall therefore keep my statutes, and mine ordinances; which if a man do, he shall live in them: I am Jehovah.
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Leviticus 25:35 וָחַ֖י va.Chai · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by him, her or it
And if thy brother be waxed poor, and his hand fail with thee; then thou shalt uphold him: as a stranger and a sojourner shall he live with thee.
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Leviticus 25:36 וְחֵ֥י ve.Chei · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by him, her or it
Take thou no interest of him or increase, but fear thy God; that thy brother may live with thee.
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Numbers 4:19 וְחָיוּ֙ ve.cha.Yu · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by them
but thus do unto them, that they may live, and not die, when they approach unto the most holy things: Aaron and his sons shall go in, and appoint them every one to his service and to his burden;
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Numbers 14:38 חָיוּ֙ cha.Yu · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by them
But Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, remained alive of those men that went to spy out the land.
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Numbers 21:8 וָחָֽי׃ va.Chai · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by him, her or it
And Jehovah said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a standard: and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he seeth it, shall live.
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Numbers 21:9 וָחָֽי׃ va.Chai · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by him, her or it
And Moses made a serpent of brass, and set it upon the standard: and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he looked unto the serpent of brass, he lived.
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Numbers 22:33 הֶחֱיֵֽיתִי׃ he.che.Yei.ti · An action: causing it, finished, with a lasting result, done by me
and the ass saw me, and turned aside before me these three times: unless she had turned aside from me, surely now I had even slain thee, and saved her alive.
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Numbers 24:23 יִחְיֶ֖ה yich.Yeh · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it
And he took up his parable, and said, Alas, who shall live when God doeth this?
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Numbers 31:15 הַֽחִיִּיתֶ֖ם ha.chi.yi.Tem · An action: strong action, finished, with a lasting result, done by all of you
And Moses said unto them, Have ye saved all the women alive?
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Numbers 31:18 הַחֲי֖וּ ha.cha.Yu · A command to all of you: causing it
But all the women-children, that have not known man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves.
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Deuteronomy 4:1 תִּֽחְי֗וּ tich.Yu · A mild command: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by all of you
And now, O Israel, hearken unto the statutes and unto the ordinances, which I teach you, to do them; that ye may live, and go in and possess the land which Jehovah, the God of your fathers, giveth you.
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Deuteronomy 4:33 וַיֶּֽחִי׃ vai.Ye.chi · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it
Did ever a people hear the voice of God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as thou hast heard, and live?
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Deuteronomy 4:42 וָחָֽי׃ va.Chai · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by him, her or it
that the manslayer might flee thither, that slayeth his neighbor unawares, and hated him not in time past; and that fleeing unto one of these cities he might live:
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