חָיָה

cha.yah

Hebrew H2421 Verb 282 occurrences in 257 verses
חָיָה to live

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

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Concordance 257 verses

  1. Job 14:14 הֲיִ֫חְיֶ֥ה

    When a man dies, will he live again? All the days of my hard service I will wait, until my renewal comes.

  2. Job 21:7 יִחְי֑וּ

    Why do the wicked live on, growing old and increasing in power?

  3. Job 33:4 תְּחַיֵּֽנִי׃

    The Spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty gives me life.

  4. Job 36:6 יְחַיֶּ֥ה

    He does not keep the wicked alive, but He grants justice to the afflicted.

  5. Job 42:16 וַיְחִ֤י

    After this, Job lived 140 years and saw his children and their children to the fourth generation.

  6. Psalms 22:26 יְחִ֖י

    The poor will eat and be satisfied; those who seek the LORD will praise Him. May your hearts live forever!

  7. Psalms 22:29 חִיָּֽה׃

    All the rich of the earth will feast and worship; all who go down to the dust will kneel before Him— even those unable to preserve their lives.

  8. Psalms 30:3 חִ֝יִּיתַ֗נִי

    O LORD, You pulled me up from Sheol; You spared me from descending into the Pit.

  9. Psalms 33:19 וּ֝לְחַיּוֹתָ֗ם

    to deliver them from death and keep them alive in famine.

  10. Psalms 41:2 וִֽ֭יחַיֵּהוּ

    The LORD will protect and preserve him; He will bless him in the land and refuse to surrender him to the will of his foes.

  11. Psalms 49:9 וִֽיחִי־

    that he should live on forever and not see decay.

  12. Psalms 69:32 וִיחִ֥י

    The humble will see and rejoice. You who seek God, let your hearts be revived!

  13. Psalms 71:20 תְּחַיֵּינוּ

    Though You have shown me many troubles and misfortunes, You will revive me once again. Even from the depths of the earth You will bring me back up.

  14. Psalms 72:15 וִיחִ֗י

    Long may he live! May gold from Sheba be given him. May people ever pray for him; may they bless him all day long.

  15. Psalms 80:18 תְּ֝חַיֵּ֗נוּ

    Then we will not turn away from You; revive us, and we will call on Your name.

  16. Psalms 85:6 תְּחַיֵּ֑נוּ

    Will You not revive us again, that Your people may rejoice in You?

  17. Psalms 89:48 יִֽ֭חְיֶה

    What man can live and never see death? Can he deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah

  18. Psalms 118:17 אֶֽחְיֶ֑ה

    I will not die, but I will live and proclaim what the LORD has done.

  19. Psalms 119:17 אֶֽחְיֶ֗ה

    Deal bountifully with Your servant, that I may live and keep Your word.

  20. Psalms 119:25 חַ֝יֵּ֗נִי

    My soul cleaves to the dust; revive me according to Your word.

  21. Psalms 119:37 חַיֵּֽנִי׃

    Turn my eyes away from worthless things; revive me with Your word.

  22. Psalms 119:40 חַיֵּֽנִי׃

    How I long for Your precepts! Revive me in Your righteousness. WAW

  23. Psalms 119:50 חִיָּֽתְנִי׃

    This is my comfort in affliction, that Your promise has given me life.

  24. Psalms 119:77 וְאֶֽחְיֶ֑ה

    May Your compassion come to me, that I may live, for Your law is my delight.

  25. Psalms 119:88 חַיֵּ֑נִי

    Revive me according to Your loving devotion, that I may obey the testimony of Your mouth. LAMEDH

  26. Psalms 119:93 חִיִּיתָֽנִי׃

    I will never forget Your precepts, for by them You have revived me.

  27. Psalms 119:107 חַיֵּ֥נִי

    I am severely afflicted, O LORD; revive me through Your word.

  28. Psalms 119:116 וְאֶֽחְיֶ֑ה

    Sustain me as You promised, that I may live; let me not be ashamed of my hope.

  29. Psalms 119:144 וְאֶחְיֶֽה׃

    Your testimonies are righteous forever. Give me understanding, that I may live. KOPH

  30. Psalms 119:149 חַיֵּֽנִי׃

    Hear my voice, O LORD, according to Your loving devotion; give me life according to Your justice.

  31. Psalms 119:154 חַיֵּֽנִי׃

    Defend my cause and redeem me; revive me according to Your word.

  32. Psalms 119:156 חַיֵּֽנִי׃

    Great are Your mercies, O LORD; revive me according to Your ordinances.

  33. Psalms 119:159 חַיֵּֽנִי׃

    Consider how I love Your precepts, O LORD; give me life according to Your loving devotion.

  34. Psalms 119:175 תְּֽחִי־

    Let me live to praise You; may Your judgments sustain me.

  35. Psalms 138:7 תְּחַ֫יֵּ֥נִי

    If I walk in the midst of trouble, You preserve me from the anger of my foes; You extend Your hand, and Your right hand saves me.

  36. Psalms 143:11 תְּחַיֵּ֑נִי

    For the sake of Your name, O LORD, revive me. In Your righteousness, bring my soul out of trouble.

  37. Proverbs 4:4 וֶֽחְיֵֽה׃

    he taught me and said, “Let your heart lay hold of my words; keep my commands and you will live.

  38. Proverbs 7:2 וֶחְיֵ֑ה

    Keep my commandments and live; guard my teachings as the apple of your eye.

  39. Proverbs 9:6 וִֽחְי֑וּ

    Leave your folly behind, and you will live; walk in the way of understanding.”

  40. Proverbs 15:27 יִחְיֶֽה׃

    He who is greedy for unjust gain brings trouble on his household, but he who hates bribes will live.

  41. Ecclesiastes 6:3 יִֽחְיֶ֜ה

    A man may father a hundred children and live for many years; yet no matter how long he lives, if he is unsatisfied with his prosperity and does not even receive a proper burial, I say that a stillborn child is better off than he.

  42. Ecclesiastes 6:6 חָיָ֗ה

    even if he lives a thousand years twice over but fails to enjoy his prosperity. Do not all go to the same place?

  43. Ecclesiastes 7:12 תְּחַיֶּ֥ה

    For wisdom, like money, is a shelter, and the advantage of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the life of its owner.

  44. Ecclesiastes 11:8 יִחְיֶ֥ה

    So if a man lives many years, let him rejoice in them all. But let him remember the days of darkness, for they will be many. Everything to come is futile.

  45. Isaiah 7:21 יְחַיֶּה־

    On that day a man will raise a young cow and two sheep,

  46. Isaiah 26:14 יִחְי֔וּ

    The dead will not live; the departed spirits will not rise. Therefore You have punished and destroyed them; You have wiped out all memory of them.

  47. Isaiah 26:19 יִֽחְי֣וּ

    Your dead will live; their bodies will rise. Awake and sing, you who dwell in the dust! For your dew is like the dew of the morning, and the earth will bring forth her dead.

  48. Isaiah 38:1 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.’”

  49. Isaiah 38:9 וַיְחִ֖י

    This is a writing by Hezekiah king of Judah after his illness and recovery:

  50. Isaiah 38:16 יִֽחְי֑וּוְהַחֲיֵֽנִי׃

    O Lord, by such things men live, and in all of them my spirit finds life. You have restored me to health and have let me live.

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