Strong's Hebrew · H2421

חָיָה

châyâh · khaw-yaw'

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.

Definition

to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive

Derivation

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

Appears 282 times in Scripture

Genesis 5:5

So Adam lived a total of 930 years, and then he died.

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 5:10

And after he had become the father of Kenan, Enosh lived 815 years and had other sons and daughters.

Genesis 5:16

And after he had become the father of Jared, Mahalalel lived 830 years and had other sons and daughters.

Genesis 5:15

When Mahalalel was 65 years old, he became the father of Jared.

Genesis 5:13

And after he had become the father of Mahalalel, Kenan lived 840 years and had other sons and daughters.

Genesis 5:9

When Enosh was 90 years old, he became the father of Kenan.

Genesis 5:18

When Jared was 162 years old, he became the father of Enoch.

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 5:12

When Kenan was 70 years old, he became the father of Mahalalel.

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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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