Strong's H2421 (Hebrew)[edit | edit source]

Lemma: חָיָה (châyâh)

Pronunciation: khaw-yaw'

POS: khaw-yaw' Morph: v

Exegesis: a primitive root (compare , );

Definition: a primitive root (compare חָוָה, חָיָה); 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.

KJV Usage: 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.

Senses[edit | edit source]

• 1. 1) to live, have life, remain alive, sustain life, live prosperously, live for ever, be quickened, be alive, be restored to life or health
• 2. 1a) (Qal)
• 3. 1a1) to live
• 4. 1a1a) to have life
• 5. 1a1b) to continue in life, remain alive
• 6. 1a1c) to sustain life, to live on or upon
• 7. 1a1d) to live (prosperously)
• 8. 1a2) to revive, be quickened
• 9. 1a2a) from sickness
• 10. 1a2b) from discouragement
• 11. 1a2c) from faintness
• 12. 1a2d) from death
• 13. 1b) (Piel)
• 14. 1b1) to preserve alive, let live
• 15. 1b2) to give life
• 16. 1b3) to quicken, revive, refresh
• 17. 1b3a) to restore to life
• 18. 1b3b) to cause to grow
• 19. 1b3c) to restore
• 20. 1b3d) to revive
• 21. 1c) (Hiphil)
• 22. 1c1) to preserve alive, let live
• 23. 1c2) to quicken, revive
• 24. 1c2a) to restore (to health)
• 25. 1c2b) to revive
• 26. 1c2c) to restore to life

Cross References[edit | edit source]

• GREEK G404
• GREEK G450
• GREEK G980
• GREEK G1096
• GREEK G1295
• GREEK G1321
• GREEK G1614
• GREEK G1625
• GREEK G1817
• GREEK G2198
• GREEK G2221
• GREEK G2222
• GREEK G2225
• GREEK G2227
• GREEK G2390
• GREEK G2664
• GREEK G4046
• GREEK G4982
• GREEK G5142
• GREEK G5199
• GREEK G5442

Blue Letter Bible entry