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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

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  1. Isaiah 38:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now Isaiah had said, “Prepare a lump of pressed figs and apply it to the boil, and he will recover.”

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  2. Isaiah 55:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Incline your ear and come to Me; listen, so that your soul may live. I will make with you an everlasting covenant—My loving devotion promised to David.

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  3. Isaiah 57:15 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in a high and holy place, and with the oppressed and humble in spirit, to restore the spirit of the lowly and revive the heart of the contrite.

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  4. Jeremiah 21:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Whoever stays in this city will die by sword and famine and plague, but whoever goes out and surrenders to the Chaldeans who besiege you will live; he will retain his life like a spoil of war.

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  5. Jeremiah 27:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And to Zedekiah king of Judah I spoke the same message: “Put your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon; serve him and his people, and live!

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  6. Jeremiah 27:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Do not listen to them. Serve the king of Babylon and live! Why should this city become a ruin?

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  7. Jeremiah 35:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Nor are you ever to build a house or sow seed or plant a vineyard. Those things are not for you. Instead, you must live in tents all your lives, so that you may live a long time in the land where you wander.’

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  8. Jeremiah 38:2 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    “This is what the LORD says: Whoever stays in this city will die by sword and famine and plague, but whoever surrenders to the Chaldeans will live; he will retain his life like a spoil of war, and he will live.

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  9. Jeremiah 38:17 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Then Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, “This is what the LORD God of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘If you indeed surrender to the officers of the king of Babylon, then you will live, this city will not be burned down, and you and your household will survive.

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  10. Jeremiah 38:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “They will not hand you over,” Jeremiah replied. “Obey the voice of the LORD in what I am telling you, that it may go well with you and you may live.

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  11. Jeremiah 49:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Abandon your orphans; I will preserve their lives. Let your widows trust in Me.”

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  12. Lamentations 4:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The LORD’s anointed, the breath of our life, was captured in their pits. We had said of him, “Under his shadow we will live among the nations.”

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  13. Ezekiel 3:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    If I say to the wicked man, ‘You will surely die,’ but you do not warn him or speak out to warn him from his wicked way to save his life, that wicked man will die in his iniquity, and I will hold you responsible for his blood.

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  14. Ezekiel 3:21 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    But if you warn the righteous man not to sin, and he does not sin, he will indeed live because he heeded your warning, and you will have saved yourself.”

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  15. Ezekiel 13:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: Woe to the women who sew magic charms on their wrists and make veils for the heads of people of every height, in order to ensnare their souls. Will you ensnare the souls of My people but preserve your own?

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  16. Ezekiel 13:19 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    You have profaned Me among My people for handfuls of barley and scraps of bread. By lying to My people who would listen, you have killed those who should not have died and spared those who should not have lived.

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  17. Ezekiel 13:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Because you have disheartened the righteous with your lies, even though I have caused them no grief, and because you have encouraged the wicked not to turn from their evil ways to save their lives,

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  18. Ezekiel 16:6 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Then I passed by and saw you wallowing in your blood, and as you lay there in your blood I said to you, ‘Live!’ There I said to you, ‘Live!’

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  19. Ezekiel 18:9 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    He follows My statutes and faithfully keeps My ordinances. That man is righteous; surely he will live, declares the Lord GOD.

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  20. Ezekiel 18:13 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    He engages in usury and takes excess interest. Will this son live? He will not! Since he has committed all these abominations, he will surely die; his blood will be on his own head.

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  21. Ezekiel 18:17 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    He withholds his hand from harming the poor and takes no interest or usury. He keeps My ordinances and follows My statutes. Such a man will not die for his father’s iniquity. He will surely live.

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  22. Ezekiel 18:19 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Yet you may ask, ‘Why shouldn’t the son bear the iniquity of his father?’ Since the son has done what is just and right, carefully observing all My statutes, he will surely live.

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  23. Ezekiel 18:21 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    But if the wicked man turns from all the sins he has committed, keeps all My statutes, and does what is just and right, he will surely live; he will not die.

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  24. Ezekiel 18:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    None of the transgressions he has committed will be held against him. Because of the righteousness he has practiced, he will live.

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  25. Ezekiel 18:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Do I take any pleasure in the death of the wicked? declares the Lord GOD. Wouldn’t I prefer that he turn from his ways and live?

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  26. Ezekiel 18:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But if a righteous man turns from his righteousness and practices iniquity, committing the same abominations as the wicked, will he live? None of the righteous acts he did will be remembered. Because of the unfaithfulness and sin he has committed, he will die.

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  27. Ezekiel 18:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But if a wicked man turns from the wickedness he has committed and does what is just and right, he will save his life.

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  28. Ezekiel 18:28 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Because he considered and turned from all the transgressions he had committed, he will surely live; he will not die.

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  29. Ezekiel 18:32 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For I take no pleasure in anyone’s death, declares the Lord GOD. So repent and live!

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  30. Ezekiel 20:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And I gave them My statutes and made known to them My ordinances—for the man who does these things will live by them.

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  31. Ezekiel 20:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Yet the house of Israel rebelled against Me in the wilderness. They did not follow My statutes and they rejected My ordinances—though the man who does these things will live by them—and they utterly profaned My Sabbaths. Then I resolved to pour out My wrath upon them and put an end to them in the wilderness.

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  32. Ezekiel 20:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But the children rebelled against Me. They did not walk in My statutes or carefully observe My ordinances—though the man who does these things will live by them—and they profaned My Sabbaths. So I resolved to pour out My wrath upon them and vent My anger against them in the wilderness.

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  33. Ezekiel 20:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I also gave them over to statutes that were not good and ordinances by which they could not live.

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  34. Ezekiel 33:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now as for you, son of man, tell the house of Israel that this is what they have said: ‘Our transgressions and our sins are heavy upon us, and we are wasting away because of them! How can we live?’

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  35. Ezekiel 33:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Say to them: ‘As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that the wicked should turn from their ways and live. Turn! Turn from your evil ways! For why should you die, O house of Israel?’

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  36. Ezekiel 33:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Therefore, son of man, say to your people: ‘The righteousness of the righteous man will not deliver him in the day of his transgression; neither will the wickedness of the wicked man cause him to stumble on the day he turns from his wickedness. Nor will the righteous man be able to survive by his righteousness on the day he sins.’

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  37. Ezekiel 33:13 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    If I tell the righteous man that he will surely live, but he then trusts in his righteousness and commits iniquity, then none of his righteous works will be remembered; he will die because of the iniquity he has committed.

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  38. Ezekiel 33:15 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    if he restores a pledge, makes restitution for what he has stolen, and walks in the statutes of life without practicing iniquity—then he will surely live; he will not die.

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  39. Ezekiel 33:16 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    None of the sins he has committed will be held against him. He has done what is just and right; he will surely live.

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  40. Ezekiel 33:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But if a wicked man turns from his wickedness and does what is just and right, he will live because of this.

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  41. Ezekiel 37:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then He asked me, “Son of man, can these bones come to life?” “O Lord GOD,” I replied, “only You know.”

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  42. Ezekiel 37:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    This is what the Lord GOD says to these bones: I will cause breath to enter you, and you will come to life.

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  43. Ezekiel 37:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I will attach tendons to you and make flesh grow upon you and cover you with skin. I will put breath within you so that you will come to life. Then you will know that I am the LORD.’”

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  44. Ezekiel 37:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then He said to me, “Prophesy to the breath; prophesy, son of man, and tell the breath that this is what the Lord GOD says: Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe into these slain, so that they may live!”

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  45. Ezekiel 37:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So I prophesied as He had commanded me, and the breath entered them, and they came to life and stood on their feet—a vast army.

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  46. Ezekiel 37:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I will put My Spirit in you and you will live, and I will settle you in your own land. Then you will know that I, the LORD, have spoken, and I will do it, declares the LORD.’”

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  47. Ezekiel 47:9 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Wherever the river flows, there will be swarms of living creatures and a great number of fish, because it flows there and makes the waters fresh; so wherever the river flows, everything will flourish.

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  48. Hosea 6:2 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    After two days He will revive us; on the third day He will raise us up, that we may live in His presence.

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  49. Hosea 14:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    They will return and dwell in his shade; they will grow grain and blossom like the vine. His renown will be like the wine of Lebanon.

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    Source alternate reference: 14.8

  50. Amos 5:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For this is what the LORD says to the house of Israel: “Seek Me and live!

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