Strongs Number: H2421
| Hebrew Word: | חָיָה |
| Transliteration: | châyâh |
| Phonetic: | khaw-yaw' |
| Part of Speech: | Verb |
| Strongs Definition: | to {live} whether literally or figuratively; causatively to revive |
| BDB Definition: |
1. to live, have life, remain alive, sustain life, live prosperously, live for ever, be quickened, be alive, be restored to life or health a. (Qal) 1. to live 1a b. to have life 1a c. to continue in life, remain alive 1a d. to sustain life, to live on or upon 1a e. to live (prosperously) 1. to revive, be quickened 1a f. from sickness 1a g. from discouragement 1a h. from faintness 1a i. from death j. (Piel) 1. to preserve alive, let live 2. to give life 3. to quicken, revive, refresh 1b k. to restore to life 1b l. to cause to grow 1b m. to restore 1b n. to revive o. (Hiphil) 1. to preserve alive, let live 2. to quicken, revive 1c p. to restore (to health) 1c q. to revive 1c r. to restore to life |
| Origin: | A prim root (compare {H2331 } H2424) |
| Bible Usage: | keep ({leave} make) {alive} X-(idiom) {certainly} give (promise) {life} ({let} suffer to) {live} nourish {up} preserve ({alive}) {quicken} {recover} {repair} restore (to {life}) {revive} (X God) save ({alive} {life} {lives}) X-(idiom) {surely} be whole. |