Hebrew Lexicon Strong's Concordance Definition

Strong's H2421: חָיָה (châyâh) Definition

Strong's number
H2421
Lemma
חָיָה
Transliteration
châyâh
Pronunciation
khaw-yaw'
Strong's definition
to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive 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. a primitive root (compare H2331 (חָוָה), H2421 (חָיָה));

239 instances of the word חָיָה châyâh (H2421)


  • 2 Kings 8:5 - And it came to pass as he was telling O king he had restored to life a dead body that behold the woman he had restored to life and this is her son cried O king for her house and for her land said And Gehazi My lord O king that behold the woman and this is her son he had restored to life whom Elisha

  • 2 Kings 8:8 - by him saying And the king unto Hazael Take in thine hand a present meet the man of God and enquire of the LORD by him saying Shall I recover of this disease

  • 2 Kings 8:9 - So Hazael to meet him and took a present with him even of every good thing of Damascus burden forty camels and came and stood before him and said Thy son Benhadad king of Syria hath sent him and said Shall I recover of this disease

  • 2 Kings 8:10 - said And Elisha said recover recover hath shewed howbeit the LORD die die

  • 2 Kings 8:14 - Elisha and came to his master He told He told Elisha He told He told me that thou shouldest surely me that thou shouldest surely

  • 2 Kings 10:19 - unto me all the prophets of Baal all his servants and all his priests Now therefore call let none be wanting sacrifice for I have a great of Baal be wanting he shall not live But Jehu did it in subtilty to the intent that he might destroy all his servants of Baal

  • 2 Kings 11:12 - And he brought forth son the king and put the crown upon him and gave him the testimony and they made him king and anointed him and they clapped their hands and said God save the king

  • 2 Kings 13:21 - And it came to pass as they were burying a man that behold they spied a band of men and they cast a man into the sepulchre of Elisha and touched a man the bones of Elisha he revived and stood up on his feet

  • 2 Kings 14:17 - lived And Amaziah son of Joash king of Judah after the death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years

  • 2 Kings 18:32 - Until I come and take you away a land a land a land of corn and wine a land of bread and vineyards a land olive of oil and of honey that ye may live and not die and hearken not unto Hezekiah when he persuadeth you saying The LORD will deliver

  • 2 Kings 20:1 - In those days sick was Hezekiah for thou shalt die came Isaiah the son of Amoz And the prophet to him and said to him and said the LORD in order Set thine house for thou shalt die and not live

  • 2 Kings 20:7 - said And Isaiah And they took a lump of figs And they took and laid it on the boil and he recovered

  • 2 Samuel 1:10 - So I stood upon him and slew him because I was sure that he could not live after that he was fallen and I took the crown that was upon his head and the bracelet that was on his arm and have brought them hither unto my lord

  • 2 Samuel 8:2 - And he smote And so the Moabites and measured line casting them down to the ground and measured even with two line he to put to death and with one full line to keep alive And so the Moabites became David's servants and brought gifts

  • 2 Samuel 12:3 - But the poor ewe lamb man had nothing save one little which he had bought and nourished up and it grew up with him and with his children together of his own meat it did eat of his own cup and drank in his bosom and lay and was unto him as a daughter

  • 2 Samuel 16:16 - was come And it came to pass when Hushai the Archite friend David's unto Absalom said And it came to pass when Hushai unto Absalom God save the king God save the king

  • Amos 5:4 - For thus saith the LORD unto the house of Israel Seek ye me and ye shall live

  • Amos 5:6 - Seek the LORD and ye shall live lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph and devour it and there be none to quench it in Bethel

  • Amos 5:14 - Seek good and not evil that ye may live and so the LORD the God of hosts shall be with you as ye have spoken

  • Deuteronomy 4:1 - O Israel Now therefore hearken unto the statutes and unto the judgments which I teach you for to do them that ye may live and go in and possess the land which the LORD God of your fathers giveth