HebrewH2425Verb

חָיַי

cha.yay

“to live”

1Occurrences

H2425Strong's #

VerbPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

to live; causatively to revive

a primitive root (compare H2421 (חָיָה));

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)

to live, have life, remain alive, sustain life, live prosperously, live for ever, be quickened, be alive, be restored to life or health 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to live 1a1a) to have life 1a1b) to continue in life, remain alive 1a1c) to sustain life, to live on or upon 1a1d) to live (prosperously) 1a2) to revive, be quickened 1a2a) from sickness 1a2b) from discouragement 1a2c) from faintness 1a2d) from death 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to preserve alive, let live 1b2) to give life 1b3) to quicken, revive, refresh 1b3a) to restore to life 1b3b) to cause to grow 1b3c) to restore 1b3d) to revive 1c) (Hiph) 1c1) to preserve alive, let live 1c2) to quicken, revive 1c2a) to restore (to health) 1c2b) to revive 1c2c) to restore to life

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Verb

Morphology Code

H:V

Full Description

Hebrew Verb

Occurrences

חָיַי appears 1 time in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

1 Samuel

Key Passages

1 Samuel 20:31BSB

For as long as the son of Jesse lives on this earth, neither you nor your kingship shall be established. Now send for him and bring him to me, for he must surely die!”

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.