H2421 · חָיָה
châyâh · khaw-yaw' · live, alive
H2421 (châyâh, pronounced khaw-yaw') is the Hebrew word חָיָה in Strong’s dictionary: to live, whether literally or figuratively. It appears 282 times in 257 verses of the BSB (Yahweh).
Strong’s entry
- Original word
- חָיָה (Hebrew)
- Transliteration
- châyâh
- Pronunciation
- khaw-yaw'
- Derivation
- a primitive root (compare H2331 (חָוָה), H2421 (חָיָה));
- Definition
- to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive
- Rendered in the KJV
- 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.
In the Berean Standard Bible (Yahweh)
282 occurrences in 257 verses (265 with English words of their own, 17 in the original with no English word of their own).
How the BSB renders it
- “lived” ×21
- “was” ×17
- “live” ×14
- “will live” ×13
- “and live” ×11
- “Long live” ×8
- “revive me” ×6
- “you may live” ×6
By book
Genesis 59 · Exodus 7 · Leviticus 3 · Numbers 8 · Deuteronomy 17 · Joshua 8 · Judges 3 · 1 Samuel 4 · 2 Samuel 5 · 1 Kings 8 · 2 Kings 17 · 1 Chronicles 1 · 2 Chronicles 2 · Nehemiah 6 · Esther 1 · Job 6 · Psalms 31 · Proverbs 4 · Ecclesiastes 4 · Isaiah 9 · Jeremiah 8 · Lamentations 1 · Ezekiel 35 · Hosea 2 · Amos 3 · Habakkuk 2 · Zechariah 3
First 30 of 257 verses
- Genesis 3:22
- Genesis 5:3
- Genesis 5:5
- Genesis 5:6
- Genesis 5:7
- Genesis 5:9
- Genesis 5:10
- Genesis 5:12
- Genesis 5:13
- Genesis 5:15
- Genesis 5:16
- Genesis 5:18
- Genesis 5:19
- Genesis 5:21
- Genesis 5:25
- Genesis 5:26
- Genesis 5:28
- Genesis 5:30
- Genesis 6:19
- Genesis 6:20
- Genesis 7:3
- Genesis 9:28
- Genesis 11:11
- Genesis 11:12
- Genesis 11:13
- Genesis 11:14
- Genesis 11:15
- Genesis 11:16
- Genesis 11:17
- Genesis 11:18
Related words
Numbers that share a root with H2421.