חָיָה châyâh

Hebrew · Strong's H2421 · pronounced khaw-yaw' · used 282 times in 257 verses

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.

Derivation: a primitive root (compare H2331 (חָוָה), H2421 (חָיָה));

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Where it is used

Genesis 3:22 Then the LORD God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of Us, knowing good and evil. And now, lest he reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life, and eat, and live forever...”
Genesis 5:3 When Adam was 130 years old, he had a son in his own likeness, after his own image; and he named him Seth.
Genesis 5:5 So Adam lived a total of 930 years, and then he died.
Genesis 5:6 When Seth was 105 years old, he became the father of Enosh.
Genesis 5:7 And after he had become the father of Enosh, Seth lived 807 years and had other sons and daughters.
Genesis 5:9 When Enosh was 90 years old, he became the father of Kenan.
Genesis 5:10 And after he had become the father of Kenan, Enosh lived 815 years and had other sons and daughters.
Genesis 5:12 When Kenan was 70 years old, he became the father of Mahalalel.
Genesis 5:13 And after he had become the father of Mahalalel, Kenan lived 840 years and had other sons and daughters.
Genesis 5:15 When Mahalalel was 65 years old, he became the father of Jared.
Genesis 5:16 And after he had become the father of Jared, Mahalalel lived 830 years and had other sons and daughters.
Genesis 5:18 When Jared was 162 years old, he became the father of Enoch.
Genesis 5:19 And after he had become the father of Enoch, Jared lived 800 years and had other sons and daughters.
Genesis 5:21 When Enoch was 65 years old, he became the father of Methuselah.
Genesis 5:25 When Methuselah was 187 years old, he became the father of Lamech.
Genesis 5:26 And after he had become the father of Lamech, Methuselah lived 782 years and had other sons and daughters.
Genesis 5:28 When Lamech was 182 years old, he had a son.
Genesis 5:30 And after he had become the father of Noah, Lamech lived 595 years and had other sons and daughters.
Genesis 6:19 And you are to bring two of every living creature into the ark—male and female—to keep them alive with you.
Genesis 6:20 Two of every kind of bird and animal and crawling creature will come to you to be kept alive.
Genesis 7:3 and seven pairs of every kind of bird of the air, male and female, to preserve their offspring on the face of all the earth.
Genesis 9:28 After the flood, Noah lived 350 years.
Genesis 11:11 And after he had become the father of Arphaxad, Shem lived 500 years and had other sons and daughters.
Genesis 11:12 When Arphaxad was 35 years old, he became the father of Shelah.
Genesis 11:13 And after he had become the father of Shelah, Arphaxad lived 403 years and had other sons and daughters.
Genesis 11:14 When Shelah was 30 years old, he became the father of Eber.
Genesis 11:15 And after he had become the father of Eber, Shelah lived 403 years and had other sons and daughters.
Genesis 11:16 When Eber was 34 years old, he became the father of Peleg.
Genesis 11:17 And after he had become the father of Peleg, Eber lived 430 years and had other sons and daughters.
Genesis 11:18 When Peleg was 30 years old, he became the father of Reu.
Genesis 11:19 And after he had become the father of Reu, Peleg lived 209 years and had other sons and daughters.
Genesis 11:20 When Reu was 32 years old, he became the father of Serug.
Genesis 11:21 And after he had become the father of Serug, Reu lived 207 years and had other sons and daughters.
Genesis 11:22 When Serug was 30 years old, he became the father of Nahor.
Genesis 11:23 And after he had become the father of Nahor, Serug lived 200 years and had other sons and daughters.
Genesis 11:24 When Nahor was 29 years old, he became the father of Terah.
Genesis 11:25 And after he had become the father of Terah, Nahor lived 119 years and had other sons and daughters.
Genesis 11:26 When Terah was 70 years old, he became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
Genesis 12:12 and when the Egyptians see you, they will say, ‘This is his wife.’ Then they will kill me but will let you live.
Genesis 12:13 Please say you are my sister, so that I will be treated well for your sake, and on account of you my life will be spared.”
Genesis 17:18 And Abraham said to God, “O that Ishmael might live under Your blessing!”
Genesis 19:19 Your servant has indeed found favor in your sight, and you have shown me great kindness by sparing my life. But I cannot run to the mountains; the disaster will overtake me, and I will die.
Genesis 19:20 Look, there is a town nearby where I can flee, and it is a small place. Please let me flee there—is it not a small place? Then my life will be saved.”
Genesis 19:32 Come, let us get our father drunk with wine so we can sleep with him and preserve his line.”
Genesis 19:34 The next day the older daughter said to the younger, “Look, I slept with my father last night. Let us get him drunk with wine again tonight so you can go in and sleep with him and we can preserve our father’s line.”
Genesis 20:7 Now return the man’s wife, for he is a prophet; he will pray for you and you will live. But if you do not restore her, be aware that you will surely die—you and all who belong to you.”
Genesis 25:7 Abraham lived a total of 175 years.
Genesis 27:40 You shall live by the sword and serve your brother. But when you rebel, you will tear his yoke from your neck.”
Genesis 31:32 If you find your gods with anyone here, he shall not live! In the presence of our relatives, see for yourself if anything is yours, and take it back.” For Jacob did not know that Rachel had stolen the idols.
Genesis 42:2 “Look,” he added, “I have heard that there is grain in Egypt. Go down there and buy some for us, so that we may live and not die.”
Genesis 42:18 and on the third day he said to them, “I fear God. So do this and you will live:
Genesis 43:8 And Judah said to his father Israel, “Send the boy with me, and we will go at once, so that we may live and not die—neither we, nor you, nor our children.
Genesis 45:7 God sent me before you to preserve you as a remnant on the earth and to save your lives by a great deliverance.
Genesis 45:27 However, when they relayed all that Joseph had told them, and when he saw the wagons that Joseph had sent to carry him back, the spirit of their father Jacob was revived.
Genesis 47:19 Why should we perish before your eyes—we and our land as well? Purchase us and our land in exchange for food. Then we, along with our land, will be slaves to Pharaoh. Give us seed that we may live and not die, and that the land may not become desolate.”
Genesis 47:25 “You have saved our lives,” they said. “We have found favor in our lord’s eyes, and we will be Pharaoh’s servants.”
Genesis 47:28 And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years, and the length of his life was 147 years.
Genesis 50:20 As for you, what you intended against me for evil, God intended for good, in order to accomplish a day like this—to preserve the lives of many people.
Genesis 50:22 Now Joseph and his father’s household remained in Egypt, and Joseph lived to the age of 110.
Exodus 1:16 “When you help the Hebrew women give birth, observe them on the birthstools. If the child is a son, kill him; but if it is a daughter, let her live.”