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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 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 262 times in 239 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 4 / 5 (Psa 80:18–Eze 3:21)

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 80:18 - So will not we go back from thee: quicken H2421 us, and we will call upon thy name.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 85:6 - Wilt thou not revive H2421 us again: that thy people may rejoice in thee?
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:48 - What man is he that liveth, H2421 and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:17 - I shall not die, but live, H2421 and declare the works of the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:17 - GIMEL. Deal bountifully with thy servant, that I may live, H2421 and keep thy word.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:25 - DALETH. My soul cleaveth unto the dust: quicken H2421 thou me according to thy word.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:37 - Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken H2421 thou me in thy way.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:40 - Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: quicken H2421 me in thy righteousness.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:50 - This is my comfort in my affliction: for thy word hath quickened H2421 me.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:77 - Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live: H2421 for thy law is my delight.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:88 - Quicken H2421 me after thy lovingkindness; so shall I keep the testimony of thy mouth.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:93 - I will never forget thy precepts: for with them thou hast quickened H2421 me.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:107 - I am afflicted very much: quicken H2421 me, O LORD, according unto thy word.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:116 - Uphold me according unto thy word, that I may live: H2421 and let me not be ashamed of my hope.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:144 - The righteousness of thy testimonies is everlasting: give me understanding, and I shall live. H2421
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:149 - Hear my voice according unto thy lovingkindness: O LORD, quicken H2421 me according to thy judgment.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:154 - Plead my cause, and deliver me: quicken H2421 me according to thy word.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:156 - Great are thy tender mercies, O LORD: quicken H2421 me according to thy judgments.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:159 - Consider how I love thy precepts: quicken H2421 me, O LORD, according to thy lovingkindness.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:175 - Let my soul live, H2421 and it shall praise thee; and let thy judgments help me.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 138:7 - Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou wilt revive H2421 me: thou shalt stretch forth thine hand against the wrath of mine enemies, and thy right hand shall save me.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 143:11 - Quicken H2421 me, O LORD, for thy name's sake: for thy righteousness' sake bring my soul out of trouble.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:4 - He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live. H2421
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:2 - Keep my commandments, and live; H2421 and my law as the apple of thine eye.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 9:6 - Forsake the foolish, and live; H2421 and go in the way of understanding.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:27 - He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; but he that hateth gifts shall live. H2421
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:3 - If a man beget an hundred children, and live H2421 many years, so that the days of his years be many, and his soul be not filled with good, and also that he have no burial; I say, that an untimely birth is better than he.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:6 - Yea, though he live H2421 a thousand years twice told, yet hath he seen no good: do not all go to one place?
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:12 - For wisdom is a defence, and money is a defence: but the excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom giveth life H2421 to them that have it.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 11:8 - But if a man live H2421 many years, and rejoice in them all; yet let him remember the days of darkness; for they shall be many. All that cometh is vanity.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:21 - And it shall come to pass in that day, that a man shall nourish H2421 a young cow, and two sheep;
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 26:14 - They are dead, they shall not live; H2421 they are deceased, they shall not rise: therefore hast thou visited and destroyed them, and made all their memory to perish.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 26:19 - Thy dead men shall live, H2421 together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 38:1 - In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came unto him, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Set thine house in order: for thou shalt die, and not live. H2421
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 38:9 - The writing of Hezekiah king of Judah, when he had been sick, and was recovered H2421 of his sickness:
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 38:16 - O Lord, by these things men live, H2421 and in all these things is the life of my spirit: so wilt thou recover me, and make me to live. H2421
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 38:21 - For Isaiah had said, Let them take a lump of figs, and lay it for a plaister upon the boil, and he shall recover. H2421
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 55:3 - Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; H2421 and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:15 - For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive H2421 the spirit of the humble, and to revive H2421 the heart of the contrite ones.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 21:9 - He that abideth in this city shall die by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence: but he that goeth out, and falleth to the Chaldeans that besiege you, he shall live, H2421 H2421 and his life shall be unto him for a prey.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 27:12 - I spake also to Zedekiah king of Judah according to all these words, saying, Bring your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him and his people, and live. H2421
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 27:17 - Hearken not unto them; serve the king of Babylon, and live: H2421 wherefore should this city be laid waste?
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 35:7 - Neither shall ye build house, nor sow seed, nor plant vineyard, nor have any: but all your days ye shall dwell in tents; that ye may live H2421 many days in the land where ye be strangers.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:2 - Thus saith the LORD, He that remaineth in this city shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence: but he that goeth forth to the Chaldeans shall live; H2421 for he shall have his life for a prey, and shall live. H2421
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:17 - Then said Jeremiah unto Zedekiah, Thus saith the LORD, the God of hosts, the God of Israel; If thou wilt assuredly go forth unto the king of Babylon's princes, then thy soul shall live, H2421 and this city shall not be burned with fire; and thou shalt live, H2421 and thine house:
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:20 - But Jeremiah said, They shall not deliver thee. Obey, I beseech thee, the voice of the LORD, which I speak unto thee: so it shall be well unto thee, and thy soul shall live. H2421
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:11 - Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; H2421 and let thy widows trust in me.
Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:20 - The breath of our nostrils, the anointed of the LORD, was taken in their pits, of whom we said, Under his shadow we shall live H2421 among the heathen.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 3:18 - When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; and thou givest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; H2421 the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 3:21 - Nevertheless if thou warn the righteous man, that the righteous sin not, and he doth not sin, he shall surely H2421 live, H2421 because he is warned; also thou hast delivered thy soul.

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