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Lexicon :: Strong's H2425 - ḥāyay

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חָיַי
Transliteration
ḥāyay
Pronunciation
khaw-yah'-ee
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root [compare חָיָה (H2421)]
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 644

Variant Spellings

The following spelling is supported by Strongs and Gesenius: חיי.

Strong’s Definitions

חָיַי châyay, khaw-yah'-ee; a primitive root (compare H2421); to live; causatively to revive:—live, save life.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 23x

The KJV translates Strong's H2425 in the following manner: live (21x), life (1x), non translated variant (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 23x
The KJV translates Strong's H2425 in the following manner: live (21x), life (1x), non translated variant (1x).

  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. (Hiph)

      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)
חָיַי châyay, khaw-yah'-ee; a primitive root (compare H2421); to live; causatively to revive:—live, save life.
STRONGS H2425: Abbreviations
חַי Genesis 5:5 ... וָחָ֑יָה Exodus 1:16
1. live:
a. have life ... Exodus 33:20
†c. ... with בְּ by the statutes and judgments of י׳ if a man do them, Leviticus 18:5 (H) Ezekiel 20:11, 13, 21, 25
†2. be quickened, revive:
a. from sickness Numbers 21:8, 9

This is a portion of the full BDB entry H2421.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

5:5

Exodus

1:16; 33:20

Leviticus

18:5

Numbers

21:8; 21:9

Ezekiel

20:11; 20:13; 20:21; 20:25

H2425

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H2425 matches the Hebrew חָיַי (ḥāyay),
which occurs 20 times in 20 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 3:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:22 - And Jehovah God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil; and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever—

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 5:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:5 - And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years: and he died.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 25:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:7 - 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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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 1:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:16 - 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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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 33:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:20 - And he said, Thou canst not see my face; for man shall not see me and live.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 18:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:5 - 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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Unchecked Copy Box Num 21:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:8 - 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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Unchecked Copy Box Num 21:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:9 - 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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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 4:42

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:42 - 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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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 5:24

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:24 - and ye said, Behold, Jehovah our God hath showed us his glory and his greatness, and we have heard his voice out of the midst of the fire: we have seen this day that God doth speak with man, and he liveth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 19:4

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:4 - And this is the case of the manslayer, that shall flee thither and live: whoso killeth his neighbor unawares, and hated him not in time past;

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 19:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:5 - as when a man goeth into the forest with his neighbor to hew wood, and his hand fetcheth a stroke with the axe to cut down the tree, and the head slippeth from the helve, and lighteth upon his neighbor, so that he dieth; he shall flee unto one of these cities and live:

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 20:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:31 - For as long as the son of Jesse liveth upon the ground, thou shalt not be established, nor thy kingdom. Wherefore now send and fetch him unto me, for he shall surely die.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 6:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:11 - And I said, Should such a man as I flee? and who is there, that, being such as I, would go into the temple to save his life? I will not go in.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 18:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:13 - hath given forth upon interest, and hath taken increase; shall he then live? he shall not live: he hath done all these abominations; he shall surely die; his blood shall be upon him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 18:24

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:24 - But when the righteous turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and doeth according to all the abominations that the wicked man doeth, shall he live? None of his righteous deeds that he hath done shall be remembered: in his trespass that he hath trespassed, and in his sin that he hath sinned, in them shall he die.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 20:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:11 - And I gave them my statutes, and showed them mine ordinances, which if a man do, he shall live in them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 20:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:13 - But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness: they walked not in my statutes, and they rejected mine ordinances, which if a man keep, he shall live in them; and my sabbaths they greatly profaned. Then I said I would pour out my wrath upon them in the wilderness, to consume them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 20:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:21 - But the children rebelled against me; they walked not in my statutes, neither kept mine ordinances to do them, which if a man do, he shall live in them; they profaned my sabbaths. Then I said I would pour out my wrath upon them, to accomplish my anger against them in the wilderness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 47:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:9 - And it shall come to pass, that every living creature which swarmeth, in every place whither the rivers come, shall live; and there shall be a very great multitude of fish; for these waters are come thither, and the waters of the sea shall be healed, and everything shall live whithersoever the river cometh.
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