Strong's Hebrew · H2418
H2418 chăyâʼ
חֲיָא
khah-yaw'
to live
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chăyâʼ appears 6 times in Scripture, all in Daniel. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.
Definition
to live
In the King James Version
live, keep alive.
Derivation
(Aramaic) or חֲיָה; (Aramaic), corresponding to H2421 (חָיָה);
Appears 6 times in Scripture
“Then the astrologers answered the king in Aramaic, “O king, may you live forever! Tell your servants the dream, and we will give the interpretation.””
“Then Daniel replied, “O king, may you live forever!”
“Hearing the outcry of the king and his nobles, the queen entered the banquet hall. “O king, may you live forever!” she said. “Do not let your thoughts terrify you, or your face grow pale.”
“Because of the greatness that He bestowed on him, the people of every nation and language trembled in fear before him. He killed whom he wished and kept alive whom he wished; he exalted whom he wished and humbled whom he wished.”
“So the administrators and satraps went together to the king and said, “O King Darius, may you live forever!”
“saying to King Nebuchadnezzar, “O king, may you live forever!”
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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).
