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Lexicon :: Strong's H4241 - miḥyâ

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מִחְיָה
Transliteration
miḥyâ
Pronunciation
mikh-yaw'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 644h

Strong’s Definitions

מִחְיָה michyâh, mikh-yaw'; from H2421; preservation of life; hence, sustenance; also the live flesh, i.e. the quick:—preserve life, quick, recover selves, reviving, sustenance, victuals.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x

The KJV translates Strong's H4241 in the following manner: reviving (2x), quick (2x), preserve life (1x), sustenance (1x), victuals (1x), recover (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x
The KJV translates Strong's H4241 in the following manner: reviving (2x), quick (2x), preserve life (1x), sustenance (1x), victuals (1x), recover (1x).

  1. preservation of life, sustenance

    1. preservation of life

    2. sustenance

    3. reviving

    4. the quick of the flesh, live flesh, tender or raw flesh

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מִחְיָה michyâh, mikh-yaw'; from H2421; preservation of life; hence, sustenance; also the live flesh, i.e. the quick:—preserve life, quick, recover selves, reviving, sustenance, victuals.
STRONGS H4241: Abbreviations
† מִחְיָה noun feminine preservation of life, sustenance, מ׳ Genesis 45:5 + 4 times; construct מִחְיַת Leviticus 13:10, 24; suffix מִחְיָתֶ֑ךָ Judges 17:10; —
1. preservation of life Genesis 45:5 (E), 2 Chron 14:12.
2. sustenance Judges 6:4; Judges 17:10.
3. reviving, Ezra 9:8, 9.
4. the quick (בָּשָׂר) מִחְיַת the quick (or raw spot) of the flesh Leviticus 13:10, 24 (P).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

45:5; 45:5

Leviticus

13:10; 13:10; 13:24; 13:24

Judges

6:4; 17:10; 17:10

2 Chronicles

14:12

Ezra

9:8; 9:9

H4241

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H4241 matches the Hebrew מִחְיָה (miḥyâ),
which occurs 8 times in 8 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 45:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:5 - And now do not be distressed or angry with yourselves because you sold me here, for God sent me before you to preserve life.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 13:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:10 - and the priest shall look. And if there is a white swelling in the skin that has turned the hair white, and there is raw flesh in the swelling,

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 13:24

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:24 - “Or, when the body has a burn on its skin and the raw flesh of the burn becomes a spot, reddish-white or white,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 6:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:4 - They would encamp against them and devour the produce of the land, as far as Gaza, and leave no sustenance in Israel and no sheep or ox or donkey.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 17:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 17:10 - And Micah said to him, “Stay with me, and be to me a father and a priest, and I will give you ten pieces of silver a year and a suit of clothes and your living.” And the Levite went in.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 14:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:13 - Asa and the people who were with him pursued them as far as Gerar, and the Ethiopians fell until none remained alive, for they were broken before the LORD and his army. The men of Judah[fn] carried away very much spoil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 9:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:8 - But now for a brief moment favor has been shown by the LORD our God, to leave us a remnant and to give us a secure hold[fn] within his holy place, that our God may brighten our eyes and grant us a little reviving in our slavery.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 9:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:9 - For we are slaves. Yet our God has not forsaken us in our slavery, but has extended to us his steadfast love before the kings of Persia, to grant us some reviving to set up the house of our God, to repair its ruins, and to give us protection[fn] in Judea and Jerusalem.
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