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Lexicon :: Strong's H2421 - ḥāyâ

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חָיָה
Transliteration
ḥāyâ
Pronunciation
khaw-yaw'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root [compare חָוָה (H2331), חָיָה (H2421)]
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 644

Strong’s Definitions

חָיָה châyâh, khaw-yaw'; a primitive root (compare H2331, H2421); to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive:—keep (leave, make) alive, × certainly, give (promise) life, (let, suffer to) live, nourish up, preserve (alive), quicken, recover, repair, restore (to life), revive, (× God) save (alive, life, lives), × surely, be whole.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 262x

The KJV translates Strong's H2421 in the following manner: live (153x), alive (34x), save (13x), quicken (14x), revive (12x), surely (10x), life (9x), recover (8x), miscellaneous (9x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 262x
The KJV translates Strong's H2421 in the following manner: live (153x), alive (34x), save (13x), quicken (14x), revive (12x), surely (10x), life (9x), recover (8x), miscellaneous (9x).
  1. to live, have life, remain alive, sustain life, live prosperously, live for ever, be quickened, be alive, be restored to life or health

    1. (Qal)

      1. to live

        1. to have life

        2. to continue in life, remain alive

        3. to sustain life, to live on or upon

        4. to live (prosperously)

      2. to revive, be quickened

        1. from sickness

        2. from discouragement

        3. from faintness

        4. from death

    2. (Piel)

      1. to preserve alive, let live

      2. to give life

      3. to quicken, revive, refresh

        1. to restore to life

        2. to cause to grow

        3. to restore

        4. to revive

    3. (Hiphil)

      1. to preserve alive, let live

      2. to quicken, revive

        1. to restore (to health)

        2. to revive

        3. to restore to life

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חָיָה châyâh, khaw-yaw'; a primitive root (compare H2331, H2421); to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive:—keep (leave, make) alive, × certainly, give (promise) life, (let, suffer to) live, nourish up, preserve (alive), quicken, recover, repair, restore (to life), revive, (× God) save (alive, life, lives), × surely, be whole.
STRONGS H2421: Abbreviations
חָיָה 283 verb live (Late Hebrew Phoenician id.; Arabic حَىَّ, حَيِىَ; Sabean חיו MordtZMG 1876, 28; Ethiopic ሐደወ፡ Aramaic axYo, חֲיָא; Palmyrene חיי life, life-time, Vog32, 74) —
Qal 203 Perfect חָיָה Ecclesiastes 6:6 + 4 times; יְ֯חָיָה Jeremiah 21:9; Jeremiah 38:2; חַי [H2425 Genesis 5:5] + 23 times (this and the following form are treated as עע֞, the original weakness of the stem final י admitting of either לה֞ or עע֞, Ges§ 76 (2) g); וְחֵי Leviticus 25:36 (Bö§ 1181); 3rd person feminine singular חָֽיְתָה Genesis 12:13; Jeremiah 38:17; וָחָ֑יָה [H2425 Exodus 1:16] (for חַיָּה§ 1123 (3), Samaritan חיתה); 2nd person masculine singular חָיִיתָ Deuteronomy 30:16, חָיִתָה Jeremiah 38:17; 3rd person masculine plural חָיוּ Numbers 14:38, וְחָיוּ consecutive Numbers 4:19 + Zechariah 10:9 (where read Pi. וְחִיּוּ StaZAW i. 1881, 22 so Greek Version of the LXX); וִחְיִיתֶם Ezekiel 37:5 + 2 times; Imperfect יִחְיֶה Genesis 17:18 + 27 times; יְחִי Deuteronomy 33:6 + 10 times; וִיחִי Psalm 49:10 + 2 times; וְיֶחִ֑י Isaiah 38:21, וַיְחִי Genesis 5:3 + 37 times; וַיֶּחִ֑י Deuteronomy 4:33 + 4 times; 3rd person feminine singular תִּחְיֶה Joshua 6:17, תְּחִי Genesis 19:20 + 5 times; 2nd person masculine singular תִּחְיֶה Genesis 27:40 + 7 times; 2nd person feminine singular תִּחְיִי 2 Kings 4:7; 1st person singular אֶחְיֶה 2 Kings 1:2 + 8 times; 3rd person masculine plural יִחְיוּ Joshua 9:21 + 8 times; 3rd person feminine plural תִּחְיֶינָה Ezekiel 13:19; Ezekiel 37:3; 2nd person masculine plural תִּחְיוּ Deuteronomy 4:1 + 2 times; תִּחְיוּן Deuteronomy 5:30; Deuteronomy 8:1; 1st person plural נִחְיֶה 2 Kings 7:4 + 7 times; Imperative וֶחְיֵה Genesis 20:7; Proverbs 4:4, וֶחְיֶ֯ה Proverbs 7:2; feminine singular חֲיִי Ezekiel 16:6 (twice in verse); masculine plural וִחְיוּ Genesis 42:18 + 7 times; Infinitive absolute חָיֹה 2 Kings 8:10 + 6 times; חָיוֺ Ezekiel 3:21 + 3 times; construct לִחְיוֺת Ezekiel 33:12, suffix חֲיוֺתָם Joshua 5:8; —
1. live:
a. have life, Genesis 31:32 (E), [H2425 Exodus 33:20] (J), Numbers 4:19 (P), Deuteronomy 30:16 +; also in phrase וַיְחִי and he lived (so many years) with accusative of time, Genesis 5:3-30 (16 times) Genesis 9:28; Genesis 11:11-26 (14 times) Genesis 47:28 (all P), Genesis 50:22 (E), 2 Kings 14:17 2 Chronicles 25:25; Job 42:16.
b. continue in life, remain alive Genesis 20:7 (E), Leviticus 25:36; 2 Samuel 12:22 +; also נפשׁ ח׳ live, of the soul or the self Genesis 12:13; Genesis 19:20 (J), 1 Kings 20:32; Psalm 119:175; Jeremiah 38:2, 17, 20; Isaiah 55:3; וְחַי הַיָּ֑לֶד and the boy may live 2 Samuel 12:22; לִפְנֵי ח׳ live in the presence of Genesis 17:18 (P) Hosea 6:2; ב׳ ח׳ live among Lamentations 4:20.
†c. sustain life, live on or upon (על), of the animal life, by the sword Genesis 27:40 (J), by bread Deuteronomy 8:3; elsewhere in pregnant sense of fulness of life in divine favour, sustained by (על) everything that issueth out of the mouth of י׳ Deuteronomy 8:3; his promises (?) Isaiah 38:16; of wicked man, by repentance Ezekiel 33:19; with בְּ by the statutes and judgments of י׳ if a man do them, [H2425 Leviticus 18:5 (H) Ezekiel 20:11, 13, 21, 25]; Nehemiah 9:29; צַדִּיק בֶּאֱמוּנָתוֺ יִחְיֶה a righteous man by his faithfulness shall live Habakkuk 2:4.
†d. live (prosperously) יְחִי הַמֶּלֶך may the king live 1 Samuel 10:24; 2 Samuel 16:16 (twice in verse); 1 Kings 1:25, 31, 34, 39; 2 Kings 11:12; 2 Chronicles 23:11; יְחִי לְבַבְכֶם Psalm 22:27; Psalm 69:33; המלך לעולם יחיה Nehemiah 2:3.
†2. be quickened, revive:
a. from sickness [H2425 Numbers 21:8, 9]; Joshua 5:8 (E) 2 Kings 1:2; 2 Kings 8:8, 9, 10, 14; 2 Kings 20:1, 7 = Isaiah 38:1; Isaiah 38:9; Isaiah 38:21.
b. from discouragement of the spirit Genesis 45:27 (E).
c. from faintness Judges 15:19.
d. from death 2 Kings 13:21; Job 14:14; Isaiah 26:14, 19; by return of נפשׁ 1 Kings 17:22, of רוּהַ Ezekiel 37:3, 5, 6, 9, 10, 14 (and so Judges 15:19 c).
†Pi. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular חִיָּה Psalm 22:30; 3rd person feminine singular suffix חִיָּ֑תְנִי Psalm 119:50; 2nd person masculine singular suffix חִיִּיתַנִי Psalm 30:4; חִיִּיתָ֑נִי Paslm Psalm 119:93; 3rd person plural חִיּוּ Judges 21:14, הַחִיִּיתֶם Numbers 31:15; Imperfect יְחַיֶּה 1 Samuel 27:9 +, etc.; Imperative suffix חַיֵּנִי Psalm 119:25 + 8 times, חַיֵּיהוּ Habakkuk 3:2; Infinitive construct חַיּוֺת Genesis 7:3; Ezekiel 13:19; suffix חַיֹּתֵנוּ Deuteronomy 6:24 +, etc.; Participle מְחַיֶּה Nehemiah 9:6; 1 Samuel 2:6; —
1. preserve alive, let live Exodus 1:17, 18, 22; Exodus 22:17; Joshua 9:15 (JE), Genesis 12:12 (J), Numbers 31:15 (P), Deuteronomy 6:24; Deuteronomy 20:16; Judges 21:14; 1 Samuel 27:9, 11; 1 Kings 18:5; 2 Kings 7:4; Jeremiah 49:11; Ezekiel 3:18; Habakkuk 3:2; Job 36:6; Psalm 30:4; Psalm 33:19; Psalm 41:3; Psalm 138:7; נפשׁ ח׳ preserve oneself alive Psalm 22:30; Ezekiel 18:27, or preserve persons alive Ezekiel 13:18, 19, or preserve life 1 Kings 20:31; זרע ח׳ preserve seed alive Genesis 7:3; Genesis 19:32, 34 (J); keep in existence heaven and earth Nehemiah 9:6; nourish, young cow Isaiah 7:21, lamb 2 Samuel 12:3.
2. give life, to man when created Job 33:4.
3. quicken, revive, refresh:
a. restore to life, the dead 1 Samuel 2:6; Deuteronomy 32:39; Hosea 6:2; the dying Psalm 71:20.
b. cause to grow, grain Hosea 14:8.
c. restore, a ruined city 1 Chronicles 11:8, stones destroyed by fire Nehemiah 3:34.
d. revive, the people of י׳ by י׳ himself with fulness of life in his favour Psalm 80:19; Psalm 85:7; Psalm 119:25, 37, 40, 50, 88, 93, 107, 149, 154, 156, 159; Psalm 143:11; Ecclesiastes 7:12.
†Hiph. Perfect הֶחֱיָה Joshua 6:25 + 5 times; 2nd person masculine singular suffix הֶחֱיִתָנוּ Genesis 47:25; 1st person singular הֶחֱיֵיתִי Numbers 22:33, הַחֲיִתֶם Joshua 2:13; Judges 8:19; Imperative suffix הַחֲיֵינִי Isaiah 38:16; הַחֲיוּ Numbers 31:18; Infinitive absolute הַחֲיֵה Joshua 9:20; construct הַחֲיוֺת Genesis 6:20 + 6 times; הַחֲיֹת Genesis 6:19; Genesis 50:20; suffix הַחֲיֹתוֺ Ezekiel 13:22; —
2. quicken, revive:
a. restore to health, a leper 2 Kings 5:7, Hezekiah Isaiah 38:16.
b. revive the לֵב and רוּחַ Isaiah 57:15 (twice in verse).
c. restore to life, the dead 2 Kings 8:1, 5 (3 times in verse).

See related Aramaic BDB entry H2418.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

5:3; 5:3; 5:4; 5:5; 5:6; 5:7; 5:8; 5:9; 5:10; 5:11; 5:12; 5:13; 5:14; 5:15; 5:16; 5:17; 5:18; 5:19; 5:20; 5:21; 5:22; 5:23; 5:24; 5:25; 5:26; 5:27; 5:28; 5:29; 5:30; 6:19; 6:19; 6:20; 6:20; 7:3; 7:3; 9:28; 11:11; 11:12; 11:13; 11:14; 11:15; 11:16; 11:17; 11:18; 11:19; 11:20; 11:21; 11:22; 11:23; 11:24; 11:25; 11:26; 12:12; 12:13; 12:13; 17:18; 17:18; 19:19; 19:20; 19:20; 19:32; 19:34; 20:7; 20:7; 27:40; 27:40; 31:32; 42:18; 45:7; 45:27; 47:25; 47:25; 47:28; 50:20; 50:20; 50:22

Exodus

1:17; 1:18; 1:22; 22:17

Leviticus

25:36; 25:36

Numbers

4:19; 4:19; 14:38; 22:33; 22:33; 31:15; 31:15; 31:18; 31:18

Deuteronomy

4:1; 4:33; 5:30; 6:24; 6:24; 8:1; 8:3; 8:3; 20:16; 30:16; 30:16; 32:39; 33:6

Joshua

2:13; 2:13; 5:8; 5:8; 6:17; 6:25; 6:25; 9:15; 9:20; 9:20; 9:21; 14:10

Judges

8:19; 8:19; 15:19; 15:19; 21:14; 21:14

1 Samuel

2:6; 2:6; 10:24; 27:9; 27:9; 27:11

2 Samuel

8:2; 12:3; 12:22; 12:22; 16:16

1 Kings

1:25; 1:31; 1:34; 1:39; 17:22; 18:5; 20:31; 20:32

2 Kings

1:2; 1:2; 4:7; 5:7; 7:4; 7:4; 8:1; 8:5; 8:8; 8:9; 8:10; 8:10; 8:14; 11:12; 13:21; 14:17; 20:1; 20:7

1 Chronicles

11:8

2 Chronicles

23:11; 25:25

Nehemiah

2:3; 9:6; 9:6; 9:29

Job

14:14; 33:4; 36:6; 42:16

Psalms

22:27; 22:30; 22:30; 30:4; 30:4; 33:19; 41:3; 49:10; 69:33; 71:20; 80:19; 85:7; 119:25; 119:25; 119:37; 119:40; 119:50; 119:50; 119:88; 119:93; 119:93; 119:107; 119:149; 119:154; 119:156; 119:159; 119:175; 138:7; 143:11

Proverbs

4:4; 7:2

Ecclesiastes

6:6; 7:12

Isaiah

7:21; 26:14; 26:19; 38:1; 38:9; 38:16; 38:16; 38:16; 38:21; 38:21; 55:3; 57:15

Jeremiah

21:9; 38:2; 38:2; 38:17; 38:17; 38:17; 38:20; 49:11

Lamentations

4:20

Ezekiel

3:18; 3:21; 13:18; 13:19; 13:19; 13:19; 13:22; 13:22; 16:6; 18:27; 33:12; 33:19; 37:3; 37:3; 37:5; 37:5; 37:6; 37:9; 37:10; 37:14

Hosea

6:2; 6:2; 14:8

Habakkuk

2:4; 3:2; 3:2

Zechariah

10:9

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H2421 matches the Hebrew חָיָה (ḥāyâ),
which occurs 265 times in 239 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 5 / 5 (Eze 13:18–Zec 13:3)

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:18 - And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe to the women that sew pillows to all armholes, and make kerchiefs upon the head of every stature to hunt souls! Will ye hunt the souls of my people, and will ye save H2421  the souls alive H2421 that come unto you?
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:19 - And will ye pollute me among my people for handfuls of barley and for pieces of bread, to slay the souls that should not die, and to save H2421  the souls alive H2421 that should not live, H2421 by your lying to my people that hear your lies?
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:22 - Because with lies ye have made the heart of the righteous sad, whom I have not made sad; and strengthened the hands of the wicked, that he should not return from his wicked way, by promising him life: H2421
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:6 - And when I passed by thee, and saw thee polluted in thine own blood, I said unto thee when thou wast in thy blood, Live; H2421 yea, I said unto thee when thou wast in thy blood, Live. H2421
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:9 - Hath walked in my statutes, and hath kept my judgments, to deal truly; he is just, he shall surely H2421 live, H2421 saith the Lord GOD.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:13 - Hath given forth upon usury, and hath taken increase: shall he then live? he shall not live: H2421 he hath done all these abominations; he shall surely die; his blood shall be upon him.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:17 - That hath taken off his hand from the poor, that hath not received usury nor increase, hath executed my judgments, hath walked in my statutes; he shall not die for the iniquity of his father, he shall surely H2421 live. H2421
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:19 - Yet say ye, Why? doth not the son bear the iniquity of the father? When the son hath done that which is lawful and right, and hath kept all my statutes, and hath done them, he shall surely H2421 live. H2421
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:21 - But if the wicked will turn from all his sins that he hath committed, and keep all my statutes, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall surely H2421 live, H2421 he shall not die.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:22 - All his transgressions that he hath committed, they shall not be mentioned unto him: in his righteousness that he hath done he shall live. H2421
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:23 - Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die? saith the Lord GOD: and not that he should return from his ways, and live? H2421
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:27 - Again, when the wicked man turneth away from his wickedness that he hath committed, and doeth that which is lawful and right, he shall save H2421  his soul alive. H2421
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:28 - Because he considereth, and turneth away from all his transgressions that he hath committed, he shall surely H2421 live, H2421 he shall not die.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:32 - For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord GOD: wherefore turn yourselves, and live H2421 ye.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:25 - Wherefore I gave them also statutes that were not good, and judgments whereby they should not live; H2421
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:10 - Therefore, O thou son of man, speak unto the house of Israel; Thus ye speak, saying, If our transgressions and our sins be upon us, and we pine away in them, how should we then live? H2421
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:11 - Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: H2421 turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel?
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:12 - Therefore, thou son of man, say unto the children of thy people, The righteousness of the righteous shall not deliver him in the day of his transgression: as for the wickedness of the wicked, he shall not fall thereby in the day that he turneth from his wickedness; neither shall the righteous be able to live H2421 for his righteousness in the day that he sinneth.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:13 - When I shall say to the righteous, that he shall surely H2421 live; H2421 if he trust to his own righteousness, and commit iniquity, all his righteousnesses shall not be remembered; but for his iniquity that he hath committed, he shall die for it.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:15 - If the wicked restore the pledge, give again that he had robbed, walk in the statutes of life, without committing iniquity; he shall surely H2421 live, H2421 he shall not die.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:16 - None of his sins that he hath committed shall be mentioned unto him: he hath done that which is lawful and right; he shall surely H2421 live. H2421
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:19 - But if the wicked turn from his wickedness, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall live H2421 thereby.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 37:3 - And he said unto me, Son of man, can these bones live? H2421 And I answered, O Lord GOD, thou knowest.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 37:5 - Thus saith the Lord GOD unto these bones; Behold, I will cause breath to enter into you, and ye shall live: H2421
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 37:6 - And I will lay sinews upon you, and will bring up flesh upon you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and ye shall live; H2421 and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 37:9 - Then said he unto me, Prophesy unto the wind, prophesy, son of man, and say to the wind, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live. H2421
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 37:10 - So I prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they lived, H2421 and stood up upon their feet, an exceeding great army.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 37:14 - And shall put my spirit in you, and ye shall live, H2421 and I shall place you in your own land: then shall ye know that I the LORD have spoken it, and performed it, saith the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:9 - And it shall come to pass, that every thing that liveth, which moveth, whithersoever the rivers shall come, shall live: H2421 and there shall be a very great multitude of fish, because these waters shall come thither: for they shall be healed; and every thing shall live whither the river cometh.
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 6:2 - After two days will he revive H2421 us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live H2421 in his sight.
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 14:7 - They that dwell under his shadow shall return; they shall revive H2421 as the corn, and grow as the vine: the scent thereof shall be as the wine of Lebanon.
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:4 - For thus saith the LORD unto the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall live: H2421
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:6 - Seek the LORD, and ye shall live; H2421 lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and devour it, and there be none to quench it in Bethel.
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:14 - Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live: H2421 and so the LORD, the God of hosts, shall be with you, as ye have spoken.
Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:4 - Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall live H2421 by his faith.
Unchecked Copy BoxHab 3:2 - O LORD, I have heard thy speech, and was afraid: O LORD, revive H2421 thy work in the midst of the years, in the midst of the years make known; in wrath remember mercy.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 1:5 - Your fathers, where are they? and the prophets, do they live H2421 for ever?
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 10:9 - And I will sow them among the people: and they shall remember me in far countries; and they shall live H2421 with their children, and turn again.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 13:3 - And it shall come to pass, that when any shall yet prophesy, then his father and his mother that begat him shall say unto him, Thou shalt not live; H2421 for thou speakest lies in the name of the LORD: and his father and his mother that begat him shall thrust him through when he prophesieth.

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