מִחְיָה

mich.yah · recovery

Hebrew · Strong's H4241 · Noun · Sounds like: mikh-yaw' · 8 occurrences

Word meanings

Strong's dictionary

from חָיָה; preservation of life; hence, sustenance; also the live flesh, i.e. the quick; preserve life, quick, recover selves, reviving, sustenance, victuals.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (public domain)

Full lexicon entry (Brown-Driver-Briggs)
מִחְיָה n.f. preservation of life, sustenance
1. preservation of life
2. sustenance
3. reviving
4. the quick

Every occurrence

  1. Ezra 9:8 מִֽחְיָ֥ה mich.Yah · A person, place or thing

    And now for a little moment grace hath been showed from Jehovah our God, to leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us a nail in his holy place, that our God may lighten our eyes, and give us a little reviving in our bondage.

  2. Ezra 9:9 מִֽחְיָ֗ה mich.Yah · A person, place or thing

    For we are bondmen; yet our God hath not forsaken us in our bondage, but hath extended lovingkindness unto us in the sight of the kings of Persia, to give us a reviving, to set up the house of our God, and to repair the ruins thereof, and to give us a wall in Judah and in Jerusalem.

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