STRONGS H2421:
Abbreviations
חָיָה 283 verb live (Late Hebrew Phoenician
id.; Arabic
حَىَّ,
حَيِىَ; Sabean
חיו Mordt
ZMG 1876, 28; Ethiopic
ሐደወ፡ Aramaic
axYo,
חֲיָא; Palmyrene
חיי life, life-time, Vog
32, 74) —
Qal 203 Perfect חָיָה Ecclesiastes 6:6 +
4 times;
יְ֯חָיָה Jeremiah 21:9;
Jeremiah 38:2;
חַי [
H2425 Genesis 5:5] +
23 times (this and the following form are treated as
עע֞, the original weakness of the stem final
י admitting of either
לה֞ or
עע֞, Ges
§ 76 (2) g);
וְחֵי Leviticus 25:36 (Bö
§ 1181);
3rd person feminine singular חָֽיְתָה Genesis 12:13;
Jeremiah 38:17;
וָחָ֑יָה [
H2425 Exodus 1:16] (for
חַיָּה Bö
§ 1123 (3), Samaritan
חיתה);
2nd person masculine singular חָיִיתָ Deuteronomy 30:16,
חָיִתָה Jeremiah 38:17;
3rd person masculine plural חָיוּ Numbers 14:38,
וְחָיוּ consecutive
Numbers 4:19 +
Zechariah 10:9 (where read Pi.
וְחִיּוּ Sta
ZAW i. 1881, 22 so
);
וִחְיִיתֶם Ezekiel 37:5 +
2 times;
Imperfect יִחְיֶה Genesis 17:18 +
27 times;
יְחִי Deuteronomy 33:6 +
10 times;
וִיחִי Psalm 49:10 +
2 times;
וְיֶחִ֑י Isaiah 38:21,
וַיְחִי Genesis 5:3 +
37 times;
וַיֶּחִ֑י Deuteronomy 4:33 +
4 times;
3rd person feminine singular תִּחְיֶה Joshua 6:17,
תְּחִי Genesis 19:20 +
5 times;
2nd person masculine singular תִּחְיֶה Genesis 27:40 +
7 times;
2nd person feminine singular תִּחְיִי 2 Kings 4:7;
1st person singular אֶחְיֶה 2 Kings 1:2 +
8 times;
3rd person masculine plural יִחְיוּ Joshua 9:21 +
8 times;
3rd person feminine plural תִּחְיֶינָה Ezekiel 13:19;
Ezekiel 37:3;
2nd person masculine plural תִּחְיוּ Deuteronomy 4:1 +
2 times;
תִּחְיוּן Deuteronomy 5:30;
Deuteronomy 8:1;
1st person plural נִחְיֶה 2 Kings 7:4 +
7 times;
Imperative וֶחְיֵה Genesis 20:7;
Proverbs 4:4,
וֶחְיֶ֯ה Proverbs 7:2;
feminine singular חֲיִי Ezekiel 16:6 (twice in verse);
masculine plural וִחְיוּ Genesis 42:18 +
7 times;
Infinitive absolute חָיֹה 2 Kings 8:10 +
6 times;
חָיוֺ Ezekiel 3:21 +
3 times;
construct לִחְיוֺת Ezekiel 33:12, suffix
חֲיוֺתָם Joshua 5:8; —
1. live:
a. have life, Genesis 31:32 (E), [H2425 Exodus 33:20] (J), Numbers 4:19 (P), Deuteronomy 30:16 +; also in phrase וַיְחִי and he lived (so many years) with accusative of time, Genesis 5:3-30 (16 times) Genesis 9:28; Genesis 11:11-26 (14 times) Genesis 47:28 (all P), Genesis 50:22 (E), 2 Kings 14:17 2 Chronicles 25:25; Job 42:16.
b. continue in life, remain alive Genesis 20:7 (E), Leviticus 25:36; 2 Samuel 12:22 +; also נפשׁ ח׳ live, of the soul or the self Genesis 12:13; Genesis 19:20 (J), 1 Kings 20:32; Psalm 119:175; Jeremiah 38:2, 17, 20; Isaiah 55:3; וְחַי הַיָּ֑לֶד and the boy may live 2 Samuel 12:22; לִפְנֵי ח׳ live in the presence of Genesis 17:18 (P) Hosea 6:2; ב׳ ח׳ live among Lamentations 4:20.
†c. sustain life, live on or upon (על), of the animal life, by the sword Genesis 27:40 (J), by bread Deuteronomy 8:3; elsewhere in pregnant sense of fulness of life in divine favour, sustained by (על) everything that issueth out of the mouth of י׳ Deuteronomy 8:3; his promises (?) Isaiah 38:16; of wicked man, by repentance Ezekiel 33:19; with בְּ by the statutes and judgments of י׳ if a man do them, [H2425 Leviticus 18:5 (H) Ezekiel 20:11, 13, 21, 25]; Nehemiah 9:29; צַדִּיק בֶּאֱמוּנָתוֺ יִחְיֶה a righteous man by his faithfulness shall live Habakkuk 2:4.
†d. live (prosperously) יְחִי הַמֶּלֶך may the king live 1 Samuel 10:24; 2 Samuel 16:16 (twice in verse); 1 Kings 1:25, 31, 34, 39; 2 Kings 11:12; 2 Chronicles 23:11; יְחִי לְבַבְכֶם Psalm 22:27; Psalm 69:33; המלך לעולם יחיה Nehemiah 2:3.
†2. be quickened, revive:
a. from sickness [H2425 Numbers 21:8, 9]; Joshua 5:8 (E) 2 Kings 1:2; 2 Kings 8:8, 9, 10, 14; 2 Kings 20:1, 7 = Isaiah 38:1; Isaiah 38:9; Isaiah 38:21.
b. from discouragement of the spirit Genesis 45:27 (E).
c. from faintness Judges 15:19.
d. from death 2 Kings 13:21; Job 14:14; Isaiah 26:14, 19; by return of נפשׁ 1 Kings 17:22, of רוּהַ Ezekiel 37:3, 5, 6, 9, 10, 14 (and so Judges 15:19 c).
†Pi. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular חִיָּה Psalm 22:30;
3rd person feminine singular suffix
חִיָּ֑תְנִי Psalm 119:50;
2nd person masculine singular suffix
חִיִּיתַנִי Psalm 30:4;
חִיִּיתָ֑נִי Paslm
Psalm 119:93;
3rd person plural חִיּוּ Judges 21:14,
הַחִיִּיתֶם Numbers 31:15;
Imperfect יְחַיֶּה 1 Samuel 27:9 +, etc.;
Imperative suffix
חַיֵּנִי Psalm 119:25 +
8 times,
חַיֵּיהוּ Habakkuk 3:2;
Infinitive construct חַיּוֺת Genesis 7:3;
Ezekiel 13:19; suffix
חַיֹּתֵנוּ Deuteronomy 6:24 +, etc.;
Participle מְחַיֶּה Nehemiah 9:6;
1 Samuel 2:6; —
1. preserve alive, let live Exodus 1:17, 18, 22; Exodus 22:17; Joshua 9:15 (JE), Genesis 12:12 (J), Numbers 31:15 (P), Deuteronomy 6:24; Deuteronomy 20:16; Judges 21:14; 1 Samuel 27:9, 11; 1 Kings 18:5; 2 Kings 7:4; Jeremiah 49:11; Ezekiel 3:18; Habakkuk 3:2; Job 36:6; Psalm 30:4; Psalm 33:19; Psalm 41:3; Psalm 138:7; נפשׁ ח׳ preserve oneself alive Psalm 22:30; Ezekiel 18:27, or preserve persons alive Ezekiel 13:18, 19, or preserve life 1 Kings 20:31; זרע ח׳ preserve seed alive Genesis 7:3; Genesis 19:32, 34 (J); keep in existence heaven and earth Nehemiah 9:6; nourish, young cow Isaiah 7:21, lamb 2 Samuel 12:3.
2. give life, to man when created Job 33:4.
3. quicken, revive, refresh:
a. restore to life, the dead 1 Samuel 2:6; Deuteronomy 32:39; Hosea 6:2; the dying Psalm 71:20.
b. cause to grow, grain Hosea 14:8.
c. restore, a ruined city 1 Chronicles 11:8, stones destroyed by fire Nehemiah 3:34.
d. revive, the people of י׳ by י׳ himself with fulness of life in his favour Psalm 80:19; Psalm 85:7; Psalm 119:25, 37, 40, 50, 88, 93, 107, 149, 154, 156, 159; Psalm 143:11; Ecclesiastes 7:12.
†Hiph. Perfect הֶחֱיָה Joshua 6:25 +
5 times;
2nd person masculine singular suffix
הֶחֱיִתָנוּ Genesis 47:25;
1st person singular הֶחֱיֵיתִי Numbers 22:33,
הַחֲיִתֶם Joshua 2:13;
Judges 8:19;
Imperative suffix
הַחֲיֵינִי Isaiah 38:16;
הַחֲיוּ Numbers 31:18;
Infinitive absolute הַחֲיֵה Joshua 9:20;
construct הַחֲיוֺת Genesis 6:20 +
6 times;
הַחֲיֹת Genesis 6:19;
Genesis 50:20; suffix
הַחֲיֹתוֺ Ezekiel 13:22; —
1. preserve alive, let live Genesis 45:7; Genesis 50:20 (E), Genesis 47:25; Numbers 22:33; Joshua 2:13; Joshua 6:25 (all J), Joshua 14:10 (D); Genesis 6:19, 20; Numbers 31:18; Joshua 9:20 (P), Judges 8:19; 2 Samuel 8:2; Ezekiel 13:22; with נפשׁ Genesis 19:19 (J).
2. quicken, revive:
a. restore to health, a leper 2 Kings 5:7, Hezekiah Isaiah 38:16.
b. revive the לֵב and רוּחַ Isaiah 57:15 (twice in verse).
c. restore to life, the dead 2 Kings 8:1, 5 (3 times in verse).
See related Aramaic BDB entry
H2418.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs
Genesis
5:3; 5:3; 5:4; 5:5; 5:6; 5:7; 5:8; 5:9; 5:10; 5:11; 5:12; 5:13; 5:14; 5:15; 5:16; 5:17; 5:18; 5:19; 5:20; 5:21; 5:22; 5:23; 5:24; 5:25; 5:26; 5:27; 5:28; 5:29; 5:30; 6:19; 6:19; 6:20; 6:20; 7:3; 7:3; 9:28; 11:11; 11:12; 11:13; 11:14; 11:15; 11:16; 11:17; 11:18; 11:19; 11:20; 11:21; 11:22; 11:23; 11:24; 11:25; 11:26; 12:12; 12:13; 12:13; 17:18; 17:18; 19:19; 19:20; 19:20; 19:32; 19:34; 20:7; 20:7; 27:40; 27:40; 31:32; 42:18; 45:7; 45:27; 47:25; 47:25; 47:28; 50:20; 50:20; 50:22
Exodus
1:17; 1:18; 1:22; 22:17
Leviticus
25:36; 25:36
Numbers
4:19; 4:19; 14:38; 22:33; 22:33; 31:15; 31:15; 31:18; 31:18
Deuteronomy
4:1; 4:33; 5:30; 6:24; 6:24; 8:1; 8:3; 8:3; 20:16; 30:16; 30:16; 32:39; 33:6
Joshua
2:13; 2:13; 5:8; 5:8; 6:17; 6:25; 6:25; 9:15; 9:20; 9:20; 9:21; 14:10
Judges
8:19; 8:19; 15:19; 15:19; 21:14; 21:14
1 Samuel
2:6; 2:6; 10:24; 27:9; 27:9; 27:11
2 Samuel
8:2; 12:3; 12:22; 12:22; 16:16
1 Kings
1:25; 1:31; 1:34; 1:39; 17:22; 18:5; 20:31; 20:32
2 Kings
1:2; 1:2; 4:7; 5:7; 7:4; 7:4; 8:1; 8:5; 8:8; 8:9; 8:10; 8:10; 8:14; 11:12; 13:21; 14:17; 20:1; 20:7
1 Chronicles
11:8
2 Chronicles
23:11; 25:25
Nehemiah
2:3; 9:6; 9:6; 9:29
Job
14:14; 33:4; 36:6; 42:16
Psalms
22:27; 22:30; 22:30; 30:4; 30:4; 33:19; 41:3; 49:10; 69:33; 71:20; 80:19; 85:7; 119:25; 119:25; 119:37; 119:40; 119:50; 119:50; 119:88; 119:93; 119:93; 119:107; 119:149; 119:154; 119:156; 119:159; 119:175; 138:7; 143:11
Proverbs
4:4; 7:2
Ecclesiastes
6:6; 7:12
Isaiah
7:21; 26:14; 26:19; 38:1; 38:9; 38:16; 38:16; 38:16; 38:21; 38:21; 55:3; 57:15
Jeremiah
21:9; 38:2; 38:2; 38:17; 38:17; 38:17; 38:20; 49:11
Lamentations
4:20
Ezekiel
3:18; 3:21; 13:18; 13:19; 13:19; 13:19; 13:22; 13:22; 16:6; 18:27; 33:12; 33:19; 37:3; 37:3; 37:5; 37:5; 37:6; 37:9; 37:10; 37:14
Hosea
6:2; 6:2; 14:8
Habakkuk
2:4; 3:2; 3:2
Zechariah
10:9