LXX Concordance for ζῇ

They answered, “The man kept asking about us and our family: ‘Is your father still alive? Do you have another brother? ' And we answered him accordingly. How could we know that he would say, ‘Bring your brother here'? ”

He asked if they were well, and he said, “How is your elderly father that you told me about? Is he still alive? ”

Joseph said to his brothers, “I am Joseph! Is my father still living? ” But they could not answer him because they were terrified in his presence.

They said, “Joseph is still alive, and he is ruler over all the land of Egypt! ” Jacob was stunned,[fn] for he did not believe them.

Then Israel said, “Enough! My son Joseph is still alive. I will go to see him before I die.”

So he said, “They were my brothers, the sons of my mother! As the LORD lives, if you had let them live, I would not kill you.”

“Stay here tonight, and in the morning, if he wants to redeem you, that's good. Let him redeem you. But if he doesn't want to redeem you, as the LORD lives, I will. Now lie down until morning.”

“As God lives,” Joab replied, “if you had not spoken up, the troops wouldn't have stopped pursuing their brothers until morning.”

But David answered Rechab and his brother Baanah, sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, “As the LORD lives, the one who has redeemed my life from every distress,

She replied, “Please, may the king invoke the LORD your God, so that the avenger of blood will not increase the loss, and they will not eliminate my son! ”

“As the LORD lives,” he vowed, “not a hair of your son will fall to the ground.”

The king asked, “Did Joab put you up to[fn] all this? ”

The woman answered. “As you live, my lord the king, no one can turn to the right or left from all my lord the king says. Yes, your servant Joab is the one who gave orders to me; he told your servant exactly what to say.[fn]

But in response, Ittai vowed to the king, “As the LORD lives and as my lord the king lives, wherever my lord the king is, whether it means life or death, your servant will be there! ”

The LORD lives ​— ​blessed be my rock!

God, the rock of my salvation, is exalted.

Now Elijah the Tishbite, from the Gilead settlers,[fn] said to Ahab, “As the LORD God of Israel lives, in whose presence I stand, there will be no dew or rain during these years except by my command! ”

But she said, “As the LORD your God lives, I don't have anything baked ​— ​only a handful of flour in the jar and a bit of oil in the jug. Just now, I am gathering a couple of sticks in order to go prepare it for myself and my son so we can eat it and die.”

Then Elijah took the boy, brought him down from the upstairs room into the house, and gave him to his mother. Elijah said, “Look, your son is alive.”

“As the LORD your God lives, there is no nation or kingdom where my lord has not sent someone to search for you. When they said, ‘He is not here,' he made that kingdom or nation swear they had not found you.

Then Elijah said, “As the LORD of Armies lives, in whose presence I stand, today I will present myself to Ahab.”

So they dressed with sackcloth around their waists and ropes around their heads, went to the king of Israel, and said, “Your servant Ben-hadad says, ‘Please spare my life.' ”

So he said, “Is he still alive? He is my brother.”

But Micaiah said, “As the LORD lives, I will say whatever the LORD says to me.”

But Micaiah said, “As the LORD lives, I will say whatever my God says.”[fn]

As God lives, who has deprived me of justice,

and the Almighty who has made me bitter,

The LORD lives ​— ​blessed be my rock!

The God of my salvation is exalted.

All who prosper on earth will eat and bow down;

all those who go down to the dust

will kneel before him —

even the one who cannot preserve his life.

then you can swear, “As the LORD lives,”

in truth, justice, and righteousness,

and then the nations will be blessed[fn] by him

and will boast in him.

When they say, “As the LORD lives,”

they are swearing falsely.

“If they will diligently learn the ways of my people ​— ​to swear by my name, ‘As the LORD lives,' just as they taught my people to swear by Baal ​— ​they will be built up among my people.

“However, look, the days are coming” ​— ​the LORD's declaration ​— ​“when it will no longer be said, ‘As the LORD lives who brought the Israelites from the land of Egypt,'

“Look, the days are coming” ​— ​the LORD's declaration ​— ​“when it will no longer be said, ‘As the LORD lives who brought the Israelites from the land of Egypt,'

King Zedekiah swore to Jeremiah in private, “As the LORD lives, who has given us this life, I will not kill you or hand you over to these men who intend to take your life.”

“Therefore, hear the word of the LORD, all you Judeans who live in the land of Egypt: ‘I have sworn by my great name, says the LORD, that my name will never again be invoked by anyone of Judah in all the land of Egypt, saying, “As the Lord GOD lives.”

Those who swear by the guilt of Samaria

and say, “As your god lives, Dan,”

or, “As the way[fn][fn] of Beer-sheba lives” —

they will fall, never to rise again.

“Please, my lord,” she said, “as surely as you live, my lord, I am the woman who stood here beside you praying to the LORD.

“I now give the boy to the LORD. For as long as he lives, he is given to the LORD.” Then he[fn] worshiped the LORD there.[fn]

“As surely as the LORD lives who saves Israel, even if it is because of my son Jonathan, he must die! ” Not one of the troops answered him.

But the people said to Saul, “Must Jonathan die? He accomplished such a great deliverance for Israel! No, as the LORD lives, not a hair of his head will fall to the ground, for he worked with God's help today.” So the people redeemed Jonathan, and he did not die.

Saul listened to Jonathan's advice and swore an oath: “As surely as the LORD lives, David will not be killed.”

But David said, “Your father certainly knows that I have found favor with you. He has said, ‘Jonathan must not know of this, or else he will be grieved.' ” David also swore, “As surely as the LORD lives and as you yourself live, there is but a step between me and death.”

“Then I will send a servant and say, ‘Go and find the arrows! ' Now, if I expressly say to the servant, ‘Look, the arrows are on this side of you ​— ​get them,' then come, because as the LORD lives, it is safe for you and there is no problem.

“Every day Jesse's son lives on earth you and your kingship are not secure. Now send for him and bring him to me ​— ​he must die! ”

“Now my lord, as surely as the LORD lives and as you yourself live ​— ​it is the LORD who kept you from participating in bloodshed and avenging yourself by your own hand—may your enemies and those who intend to harm my lord be like Nabal.

“Otherwise, as surely as the LORD God of Israel lives, who prevented me from harming you, if you had not come quickly to meet me, Nabal wouldn't have had any males[fn] left by morning light.”

David added, “As the LORD lives, the LORD will certainly strike him down: either his day will come and he will die, or he will go into battle and perish.

“What you have done is not good. As the LORD lives, all of you deserve to die[fn] since you didn't protect your lord, the LORD's anointed. Now look around; where are the king's spear and water jug that were by his head? ”

Then Saul swore to her by the LORD: “As surely as the LORD lives, no punishment will come to you[fn] from this.”

So Achish summoned David and told him, “As the LORD lives, you are an honorable man. I think it is good[fn] to have you fighting[fn] in this unit with me, because I have found no fault in you from the day you came to me until today. But the leaders don't think you are reliable.

Uriah answered David, “The ark, Israel, and Judah are dwelling in tents, and my master Joab and his soldiers[fn] are camping in the open field. How can I enter my house to eat and drink and sleep with my wife? As surely as you live and by your life, I will not do this! ”

David was infuriated with the man and said to Nathan, “As the LORD lives, the man who did this deserves to die!

The king swore an oath and said, “As the LORD lives, who has redeemed my life from every difficulty,

and Elijah said to Elisha, “Stay here; the LORD is sending me on to Bethel.”

But Elisha replied, “As the LORD lives and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.” So they went down to Bethel.

Elijah said to him, “Elisha, stay here; the LORD is sending me to Jericho.”

But Elisha said, “As the LORD lives and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.” So they went to Jericho.

Elijah said to him, “Stay here; the LORD is sending me to the Jordan.”

But Elisha said, “As the LORD lives and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.” So the two of them went on.

Elisha responded, “By the life of the LORD of Armies, before whom I stand: If I did not have respect for King Jehoshaphat of Judah, I wouldn't look at you; I would not take notice of you.

The boy's mother said to Elisha, “As the LORD lives and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.” So he got up and followed her.

But Elisha said, “As the LORD lives, in whose presence I stand, I will not accept it.” Naaman urged him to accept it, but he refused.

Gehazi, the attendant of Elisha the man of God, thought, “My master has let this Aramean Naaman off lightly by not accepting from him what he brought. As the LORD lives, I will run after him and get something from him.”

“And now, as the LORD lives ​— ​the one who established me, seated me on the throne of my father David, and made me a dynasty as he promised ​— ​I swear Adonijah will be put to death today! ”