חָיָה
châyâh · khaw-yaw'Hebrew · H2421
Derivation
a primitive root (compare H2331 (חָוָה), H2421 (חָיָה));
Meaning
to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive
In the King James Version
keep (leave, make) alive, [idiom] certainly, give (promise) life, (let, suffer to) live, nourish up, preserve (alive), quicken, recover, repair, restore (to life), revive, ([idiom] God) save (alive, life, lives), [idiom] surely, be whole.
Translated as
live (85), lived (37), alive (23), save (14), quicken (12), surely (10), revive (8), life (7), saved (5), recover (5), revived (3), preserve (2), lives (2), recovered (2), keep (1), saving (1), up (1), restored (1), certainly (1), repaired (1)
Where it appears
Found in 201 verses
- Genesis
- 5:3, 5:6, 5:7, 5:9, 5:10, 5:12, 5:13, 5:15, 5:16, 5:18, 5:19, 5:21, 5:25, 5:26, 5:28, 5:30, 6:19, 7:3, 9:28, 11:11 + 30 more
- 2 Kings
- 1:2, 4:7, 5:7, 7:4, 8:1, 8:5, 8:8, 8:9, 8:10, 8:14, 10:19, 11:12, 13:21, 14:17, 18:32, 20:1, 20:7
- 1 Chronicles
- 11:8
- Esther
- 4:11
- Psalms
- 22:26, 22:29, 30:3, 33:19, 41:2, 49:9, 69:32, 71:20, 72:15, 80:18, 85:6, 89:48, 118:17, 119:17, 119:25, 119:37, 119:40, 119:77, 119:88, 119:107 + 8 more
- Lamentations
- 4:20