חָיָה
cha.yah
1. to live, have life, remain alive, sustain life, live prosperously, live for ever, be quickened, be alive, be restored to life or health
a. (Qal)
1. to live
a. to have life
b. to continue in life, remain alive
c. to sustain life, to live on or upon
d. to live (prosperously)
2. to revive, be quickened
a. from sickness
b. from discouragement
c. from faintness
d. from death
b. (Piel)
1. to preserve alive, let live
2. to give life
3. to quicken, revive, refresh
a. to restore to life
b. to cause to grow
c. to restore
d. to revive
c. (Hiphil)
1. to preserve alive, let live
2. to quicken, revive
a. to restore (to health)
b. to revive
c. to restore to life
Lexicon: STEPBible Tyndale House Brief Lexicons (TBESH / TBESG) (CC BY 4.0)
Translated as (BSB)
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Concordance 257 verses
- Joshua 9:21 יִֽחְי֑וּ
They continued, “Let them live, but let them be woodcutters and water carriers for the whole congregation.” So the leaders kept their promise.
- Joshua 14:10 הֶחֱיָ֨ה
Now behold, as the LORD promised, He has kept me alive these forty-five years since He spoke this word to Moses, while Israel wandered in the wilderness. So here I am today, eighty-five years old,
- Judges 8:19 הַחֲיִתֶ֣ם
“They were my brothers,” Gideon replied, “the sons of my mother! As surely as the LORD lives, if you had let them live, I would not kill you.”
- Judges 15:19 וַיֶּ֑חִי
So God opened up the hollow place in Lehi, and water came out of it. When Samson drank, his strength returned, and he was revived. That is why he named it En-hakkore, and it remains in Lehi to this day.
- Judges 21:14 חִיּ֔וּ
And at that time the Benjamites returned and were given the women who were spared from Jabesh-gilead. But there were not enough women for all of them.
- 1 Samuel 2:6 וּמְחַיֶּ֑ה
The LORD brings death and gives life; He brings down to Sheol and raises up.
- 1 Samuel 10:24 יְחִ֥י
Samuel said to all the people, “Do you see the one the LORD has chosen? There is no one like him among all the people.” And all the people shouted, “Long live the king!”
- 1 Samuel 27:9 יְחַיֶּ֖ה
Whenever David attacked a territory, he did not leave a man or woman alive, but he took the flocks and herds, the donkeys, camels, and clothing. Then he would return to Achish,
- 1 Samuel 27:11 יְחַיֶּ֣ה
David did not leave a man or woman alive to be brought to Gath, for he said, “Otherwise they will report us, saying, ‘This is what David did.’” And this was David’s custom the whole time he lived in Philistine territory.
- 2 Samuel 1:10 יִֽחְיֶ֖ה
So I stood over him and killed him, because I knew that after he had fallen he could not survive. And I took the crown that was on his head and the band that was on his arm, and I have brought them here to my lord.”
- 2 Samuel 8:2 לְהַחֲי֑וֹת
David also defeated the Moabites, made them lie down on the ground, and measured them off with a cord. He measured off with two lengths those to be put to death, and with one length those to be spared. So the Moabites became subject to David and brought him tribute.
- 2 Samuel 12:3 וַיְחַיֶּ֕הָ
but the poor man had nothing except one small ewe lamb that he had bought. He raised it, and it grew up with him and his children. It shared his food and drank from his cup; it slept in his arms and was like a daughter to him.
- 2 Samuel 12:22 וְחַ֥י
David answered, “While the child was alive, I fasted and wept, for I said, ‘Who knows? The LORD may be gracious to me and let him live.’
- 2 Samuel 16:16 יְחִ֥ייְחִ֥י
And David’s friend Hushai the Archite went to Absalom and said to him, “Long live the king! Long live the king!”
- 1 Kings 1:25 יְחִ֖י
For today he has gone down and sacrificed an abundance of oxen, fattened calves, and sheep, and has invited all the sons of the king, the commanders of the army, and Abiathar the priest. And behold, they are eating and drinking before him, saying, ‘Long live King Adonijah!’
- 1 Kings 1:31 יְחִ֗י
Bathsheba bowed facedown in homage to the king and said, “May my lord King David live forever!”
- 1 Kings 1:34 יְחִ֖י
There Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet are to anoint him king over Israel. You are to blow the ram’s horn and declare, ‘Long live King Solomon!’
- 1 Kings 1:39 יְחִ֖י
Zadok the priest took the horn of oil from the tabernacle and anointed Solomon. Then they blew the ram’s horn, and all the people proclaimed, “Long live King Solomon!”
- 1 Kings 17:22 וַיֶּֽחִי׃
And the LORD listened to the voice of Elijah, and the child’s life returned to him, and he lived.
- 1 Kings 18:5 וּנְחַיֶּה֙
Then Ahab said to Obadiah, “Go throughout the land to every spring and every valley. Perhaps we will find grass to keep the horses and mules alive so that we will not have to destroy any livestock.”
- 1 Kings 20:31 יְחַיֶּ֥ה
Then the servants of Ben-hadad said to him, “Look now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful. Let us go out to the king of Israel with sackcloth around our waists and ropes around our heads. Perhaps he will spare your life.”
- 1 Kings 20:32 תְּחִֽי־
So with sackcloth around their waists and ropes around their heads, they went to the king of Israel and said, “Your servant Ben-hadad says, ‘Please spare my life.’” And the king answered, “Is he still alive? He is my brother.”
- 2 Kings 1:2 אֶחְיֶ֖ה
Now Ahaziah had fallen through the lattice of his upper room in Samaria and injured himself. So he sent messengers and instructed them: “Go inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron, whether I will recover from this injury.”
- 2 Kings 4:7 תִֽחְיִ֖י
She went and told the man of God, and he said, “Go, sell the oil, and pay your debt. Then you and your sons can live on the remainder.”
- 2 Kings 5:7 וּֽלְהַחֲי֔וֹת
When the king of Israel read the letter, he tore his clothes and asked, “Am I God, killing and giving life, that this man expects me to cure a leper? Surely you can see that he is seeking a quarrel with me!”
- 2 Kings 7:4 יְחַיֻּ֣נוּנִֽחְיֶ֔ה
If we say, ‘Let us go into the city,’ we will die there from the famine in the city; but if we sit here, we will also die. So come now, let us go over to the camp of the Arameans. If they let us live, we will live; if they kill us, we will die.”
- 2 Kings 8:1 הֶחֱיָ֨ה
Now Elisha had said to the woman whose son he had restored to life, “Arise, you and your household; go and live as a foreigner wherever you can. For the LORD has decreed a seven-year famine, and it has already come to the land.”
- 2 Kings 8:5 הֶחֱיָ֣ההֶחֱיָ֤ההֶחֱיָ֥ה
And Gehazi was telling the king how Elisha had brought the dead back to life. Just then the woman whose son Elisha had revived came to appeal to the king for her house and her land. So Gehazi said, “My lord the king, this is the woman, and this is the son Elisha restored to life.”
- 2 Kings 8:8 הַאֶחְיֶ֖ה
So the king said to Hazael, “Take a gift in your hand, go to meet the man of God, and inquire of the LORD through him, ‘Will I recover from this illness?’”
- 2 Kings 8:9 הַאֶחְיֶ֖ה
So Hazael went to meet Elisha, taking with him a gift of forty camel loads of every good thing from Damascus. And he went in and stood before him and said, “Your son Ben-hadad king of Aram has sent me to ask, ‘Will I recover from this illness?’”
- 2 Kings 8:10 חָיֹ֣התִחְיֶ֑ה
Elisha answered, “Go and tell him, ‘You will surely recover.’ But the LORD has shown me that in fact he will die.”
- 2 Kings 8:14 חָיֹ֥התִחְיֶֽה׃
So Hazael left Elisha and went to his master, who asked him, “What did Elisha say to you?” And he replied, “He told me that you would surely recover.”
- 2 Kings 10:19 יִֽחְיֶ֑ה
Now, therefore, summon to me all the prophets of Baal, all his servants, and all his priests. See that no one is missing, for I have a great sacrifice for Baal. Whoever is missing will not live.” But Jehu was acting deceptively in order to destroy the servants of Baal.
- 2 Kings 11:12 יְחִ֥י
Then Jehoiada brought out the king’s son, put the crown on him, presented him with the Testimony, and proclaimed him king. They anointed him, and the people clapped their hands and declared, “Long live the king!”
- 2 Kings 13:21 וַיְחִ֖י
Once, as the Israelites were burying a man, suddenly they saw a band of raiders, so they threw the man’s body into Elisha’s tomb. And as soon as his body touched the bones of Elisha, the man was revived and stood up on his feet.
- 2 Kings 14:17 וַיְחִ֨י
Amaziah son of Joash king of Judah lived for fifteen years after the death of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel.
- 2 Kings 18:32 וִֽחְי֖וּ
until I come and take you away to a land like your own—a land of grain and new wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of olive trees and honey—so that you may live and not die. But do not listen to Hezekiah, for he misleads you when he says, ‘The LORD will deliver us.’
- 2 Kings 20:1 תִֽחְיֶֽה׃
In those days Hezekiah became mortally ill. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz came to him and said, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Put your house in order, for you are about to die; you will not recover.’”
- 2 Kings 20:7 וַיֶּֽחִי׃
Then Isaiah said, “Prepare a poultice of figs.” So they brought it and applied it to the boil, and Hezekiah recovered.
- 1 Chronicles 11:8 יְחַיֶּ֖ה
He built up the city around it, from the supporting terraces to the surrounding wall, while Joab restored the rest of the city.
- 2 Chronicles 23:11 יְחִ֥י
Then Jehoiada and his sons brought out the king’s son, put the crown on him, presented him with the Testimony, and proclaimed him king. They anointed him and shouted, “Long live the king!”
- 2 Chronicles 25:25 וַיְחִ֨י
Amaziah son of Joash king of Judah lived for fifteen years after the death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel.
- Nehemiah 2:3 יִחְיֶ֑ה
and replied to the king, “May the king live forever! Why should I not be sad when the city where my fathers are buried lies in ruins, and its gates have been destroyed by fire?”
- Nehemiah 4:2 הַיְחַיּ֧וּ
before his associates and the army of Samaria, saying, “What are these feeble Jews doing? Can they restore the wall by themselves? Will they offer sacrifices? Will they complete it in a day? Can they bring these burnt stones back to life from the mounds of rubble?”
- Nehemiah 5:2 וְנִחְיֶֽה׃
Some were saying, “We and our sons and daughters are numerous. We must get grain in order to eat and stay alive.”
- Nehemiah 6:11 וָחָ֑י
But I replied, “Should a man like me run away? Should one like me go into the temple to save his own life? I will not go!”
- Nehemiah 9:6 מְחַיֶּ֣ה
You alone are the LORD. You created the heavens, the highest heavens with all their host, the earth and all that is on it, the seas and all that is in them. You give life to all things, and the host of heaven worships You.
- Nehemiah 9:29 וְחָיָ֣ה
You admonished them to turn back to Your law, but they were arrogant and disobeyed Your commandments. They sinned against Your ordinances, by which a man will live if he practices them. They stubbornly shrugged their shoulders; they stiffened their necks and would not obey.
- Esther 4:11 וְחָיָ֑ה
“All the royal officials and the people of the king’s provinces know that one law applies to every man or woman who approaches the king in the inner court without being summoned—that he be put to death. Only if the king extends the gold scepter may that person live. But I have not been summoned to appear before the king for the past thirty days.”
- Job 7:16 אֶֽחְיֶ֑ה
I loathe my life! I would not live forever. Leave me alone, for my days are but a breath.