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cha.yah H2421

חָיָה (cha.yah) means “to live” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

חָיָה Hebrew · H2421 282 tagged occurrences in 257 verses

Pronunciation guide: khaw-yaw' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H2421

חָיָה · cha.yah · to live

1) to live, have life, remain alive, sustain life, live prosperously, live for ever, be quickened, be alive, be restored to life or health 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to live 1a1a) to have life 1a1b) to continue in life, remain alive 1a1c) to sustain life, to live on or upon 1a1d) to live (prosperously) 1a2) to revive, be quickened 1a2a) from sickness 1a2b) from discouragement 1a2c) from faintness 1a2d) from death 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to preserve alive, let live 1b2) to give life 1b3) to quicken, revive, refresh 1b3a) to restore to life 1b3b) to cause to grow 1b3c) to restore 1b3d) to revive 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to preserve alive, let live 1c2) to quicken, revive 1c2a) to restore (to health) 1c2b) to revive 1c2c) to restore to life

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

a primitive root (compare H2331 (חָוָה), H2421 (חָיָה)); to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive

KJV glosses: 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.

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How translators render H2421

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering Count
lived 21
was 17
live 16
will live 14
and live 11
long live 8
revive me 8
you may live 6
and you will live 5
he will surely live 5
can live 4
may live 4
that i may live 4
alive 3
to save his life 3
back to life 2
give me life 2
he will live 2
recover 2
revive us 2
so that we may live 2
so that you may live 2
that we may live 2
to preserve 2
was revived 2
we will live 2
will i recover 2
and gives life 1
and giving life 1
and have let me live 1
and he lived 1
and he was revived 1
and he will live 1
and he will recover 1
and hezekiah recovered 1
and i give life 1
and keep them alive 1
and let him live 1
and lived 1
and preserve 1
and preserve him 1
and preserved 1
and recovery 1
and revive 1
and spared 1
and stay alive 1
and survived 1
and they came to life 1
and to save your lives 1
and we can preserve 1
and you will come to life 1
be revived 1
but spare 1
by sparing 1
can we live 1
come to life 1
do they live 1
elisha had revived 1
give life 1
gives me life 1
has given me life 1
has kept me alive 1
have lived 1
have you spared 1
he had restored to life 1
he lives 1
he raised it 1
he will indeed live 1
he will revive us 1
he will spare 1
he would live 1
i will live 1
i will recover 1
in order that they may live 1
leave 1
let her live 1
let them live 1
live forever 1
live on 1
lives 1
long may he live 1
may that person live 1
men live 1
might live 1
preserves the life 1
remain alive 1
remained alive 1
restored 1
restored to life 1
revive them 1
so that he can continue to live 1
so that they may live 1
so that you will come to life 1
spare 1
spared 1
surely he will live 1
survive 1
that he should live on 1
that he will surely live 1
that you will spare the lives 1
then he will surely live 1
they let us live 1
they were healed 1
they will grow 1
those to be spared 1
to be kept alive 1
to keep them alive 1
to let them live 1
to live 1
to preserve the lives 1
to restore 1
to save his own life 1
to save ones own life 1
to save their lives 1
to survive 1
we will let them live 1
who were spared 1
will be saved 1
will be spared 1
will flourish 1
will he live 1
will he live again 1
will let you live 1
will preserve their lives 1
will raise 1
will save 1
will survive 1
will this son live 1
you had let them live 1
you have revived me 1
you have saved our lives 1
you may allow to live 1
you must not leave alive 1
you preserve me 1
you shall live 1
you spared me 1
you will revive me 1
you will surely recover 1
you would surely recover 1
KJV rendering counts
Rendering Count
lived 36
live 20
alive 15
and live 13
shall live 13
quicken 9
god save 8
he shall surely 8
that ye may live 5
he shall live 3
and he revived 2
and not live 2
and thou shalt live 2
he had restored to life 2
he shall not live 2
in you and ye shall live 2
recover 2
saved 2
shall i recover 2
that thou mayest live 2
that we may live 2
to live 2
to save 2
we shall live 2
with him that we may preserve 2
and have saved 1
and he recovered 1
and he shall live 1
and he shall recover 1
and i make alive 1
and i shall live 1
and lived 1
and maketh alive 1
and nourished up 1
and shall live 1
and they shall live 1
and to keep them alive 1
and to make alive 1
and to revive 1
and to save 1
and to save your lives 1
and was recovered 1
and we shall live 1
and will ye save 1
and ye shall live 1
but live 1
by promising him life 1
do they live 1
doth not live 1
for us from thence that we may live 1
for with them thou hast quickened 1
from thee quicken 1
giveth life 1
hath given me life 1
hath kept me alive 1
hath quickened 1
he live 1
he preserveth not the life 1
he revived 1
he shall save 1
him and keep him alive 1
him and none can keep alive 1
how he had restored 1
i may live 1
i pray thee let me live 1
i would not live 1
if they save us alive 1
in saving 1
in them how should we then live 1
into them and they lived 1
into you and ye shall live 1
it shall not live 1
let him not live 1
liveth 1
may live 1
me and make me to live 1
me but they will save thee alive 1
me quicken 1
might live 1
peradventure he will save 1
repaired 1
restored to life 1
revive 1
revived 1
shall he live 1
shall nourish 1
shalt quicken 1
shalt thou live 1
that he could not live 1
that he may live 1
that he might preserve us alive 1
that he should still live 1
that i may live 1
that should not live 1
that they may live 1
thee and saved her alive 1
them but saved 1
them he shall surely 1
therein and thou preservest 1
they shall not live 1
they shall revive 1
this lived 1
thou hast kept me alive 1
thou hast saved our lives 1
thou shalt save alive 1
thou shouldest surely 1
thou wilt revive 1
till they were whole 1
to keep 1
to keep alive 1
to life 1
to revive 1
to save his life 1
to them we will even let them live 1
unto him thou mayest certainly 1
unto him thou shalt not live 1
unto me that i may live 1
unto them have ye saved 1
unto them let them live 1
unto them that they may live 1
whereby they should not live 1
whether i shall recover 1
which they had saved alive 1
who shall live 1
will he revive 1
will they revive 1
wilt thou not revive 1
with him keep alive 1
with them to let them live 1
ye had saved them alive 1
ye me and ye shall live 1
ye shall save alive 1
ye will save alive 1
you he shall live 1
you that ye may live 1

Verses containing H2421

Page 2 of 6. 257 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.

  1. Genesis 42:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    and on the third day he said to them, “I fear God. So do this and you will live:

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  2. Genesis 43:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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.

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  3. Genesis 45:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    God sent me before you to preserve you as a remnant on the earth and to save your lives by a great deliverance.

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  4. Genesis 45:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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.

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  5. Genesis 47:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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.”

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  6. Genesis 47:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “You have saved our lives,” they said. “We have found favor in our lord’s eyes, and we will be Pharaoh’s servants.”

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  7. Genesis 47:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years, and the length of his life was 147 years.

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  8. Genesis 50:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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.

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  9. Genesis 50:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now Joseph and his father’s household remained in Egypt, and Joseph lived to the age of 110.

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  10. Exodus 1:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “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.”

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  11. Exodus 1:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The midwives, however, feared God and did not do as the king of Egypt had instructed; they let the boys live.

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  12. Exodus 1:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So the king of Egypt summoned the midwives and asked them, “Why have you done this? Why have you let the boys live?”

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  13. Exodus 1:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then Pharaoh commanded all his people: “Every son born to the Hebrews you must throw into the Nile, but every daughter you may allow to live.”

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  14. Exodus 19:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    No hand shall touch him, but he shall surely be stoned or shot with arrows—whether man or beast, he must not live.’ Only when the ram’s horn sounds a long blast may they approach the mountain.”

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  15. Exodus 22:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    You must not allow a sorceress to live.

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    Source alternate reference: 22.17

  16. Exodus 33:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But He added, “You cannot see My face, for no one can see Me and live.”

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  17. Leviticus 18:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Keep My statutes and My judgments, for the man who does these things will live by them. I am the LORD.

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  18. Leviticus 25:35 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now if your countryman becomes destitute and cannot support himself among you, then you are to help him as you would a foreigner or stranger, so that he can continue to live among you.

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  19. Leviticus 25:36 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Do not take any interest or profit from him, but fear your God, that your countryman may live among you.

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  20. Numbers 4:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    In order that they may live and not die when they come near the most holy things, do this for them: Aaron and his sons are to go in and assign each man his task and what he is to carry.

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  21. Numbers 14:38 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Of those men who had gone to spy out the land, only Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh remained alive.

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  22. Numbers 21:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then the LORD said to Moses, “Make a fiery serpent and mount it on a pole. When anyone who is bitten looks at it, he will live.”

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  23. Numbers 21:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So Moses made a bronze snake and mounted it on a pole. If anyone who was bitten looked at the bronze snake, he would live.

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  24. Numbers 22:33 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The donkey saw me and turned away from me these three times. If she had not turned away, then by now I would surely have killed you and let her live.”

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  25. Numbers 24:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Once more Balaam lifted up an oracle, saying: “Ah, who can live unless God has ordained it?

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  26. Numbers 31:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “Have you spared all the women?” he asked them.

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  27. Numbers 31:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    but spare for yourselves every girl who has never had relations with a man.

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  28. Deuteronomy 4:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Hear now, O Israel, the statutes and ordinances I am teaching you to follow, so that you may live and may enter and take possession of the land that the LORD, the God of your fathers, is giving you.

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  29. Deuteronomy 4:33 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Has a people ever heard the voice of God speaking out of the fire, as you have, and lived?

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  30. Deuteronomy 4:42 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    to which a manslayer could flee after killing his neighbor unintentionally without prior malice. To save one’s own life, he could flee to one of these cities:

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  31. Deuteronomy 5:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    and you said, “Behold, the LORD our God has shown us His glory and greatness, and we have heard His voice out of the fire. Today we have seen that a man can live even if God speaks with him.

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  32. Deuteronomy 5:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For who of all flesh has heard the voice of the living God speaking out of the fire, as we have, and survived?

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  33. Deuteronomy 5:33 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    You must walk in all the ways that the LORD your God has commanded you, so that you may live and prosper and prolong your days in the land that you will possess.

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  34. Deuteronomy 6:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And the LORD commanded us to observe all these statutes and to fear the LORD our God, that we may always be prosperous and preserved, as we are to this day.

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  35. Deuteronomy 8:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    You must carefully follow every commandment I am giving you today, so that you may live and multiply, and enter and possess the land that the LORD swore to give your fathers.

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  36. Deuteronomy 8:3 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    He humbled you, and in your hunger He gave you manna to eat, which neither you nor your fathers had known, so that you might understand that man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of the LORD.

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  37. Deuteronomy 16:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Pursue justice, and justice alone, so that you may live, and you may possess the land that the LORD your God is giving you.

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  38. Deuteronomy 19:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now this is the situation regarding the manslayer who flees to one of these cities to save his life, having killed his neighbor accidentally, without intending to harm him:

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  39. Deuteronomy 19:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    If he goes into the forest with his neighbor to cut timber and swings his axe to chop down a tree, but the blade flies off the handle and strikes and kills his neighbor, he may flee to one of these cities to save his life.

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  40. Deuteronomy 20:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    However, in the cities of the nations that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, you must not leave alive anything that breathes.

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  41. Deuteronomy 30:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For I am commanding you today to love the LORD your God, to walk in His ways, and to keep His commandments, statutes, and ordinances, so that you may live and increase, and the LORD your God may bless you in the land that you are entering to possess.

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  42. Deuteronomy 30:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you today that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing. Therefore choose life, so that you and your descendants may live,

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  43. Deuteronomy 32:39 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    See now that I am He; there is no God besides Me. I bring death and I give life; I wound and I heal, and there is no one who can deliver from My hand.

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  44. Deuteronomy 33:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Let Reuben live and not die, nor his men be few.”

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  45. Joshua 2:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    that you will spare the lives of my father and mother, my brothers and sisters, and all who belong to them, and that you will deliver us from death.”

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  46. Joshua 5:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And after all the nation had been circumcised, they stayed there in the camp until they were healed.

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  47. Joshua 6:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now the city and everything in it must be devoted to the LORD for destruction. Only Rahab the prostitute and all those with her in her house will live, because she hid the spies we sent.

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  48. Joshua 6:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And Joshua spared Rahab the prostitute, with her father’s household and all who belonged to her, because she hid the men Joshua had sent to spy out Jericho. So she has lived among the Israelites to this day.

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  49. Joshua 9:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And Joshua made a treaty of peace with them to let them live, and the leaders of the congregation swore an oath to them.

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  50. Joshua 9:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    This is how we will treat them: We will let them live, so that no wrath will fall on us because of the oath we swore to them.”

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