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Lexicon :: Strong's H2425 - ḥāyay

Aa
חָיַי
Transliteration
ḥāyay
Pronunciation
khaw-yah'-ee
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root [compare חָיָה (H2421)]
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 644

Variant Spellings

The following spelling is supported by Strongs and Gesenius: חיי.

Strong’s Definitions

חָיַי châyay, khaw-yah'-ee; a primitive root (compare H2421); to live; causatively to revive:—live, save life.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 23x

The KJV translates Strong's H2425 in the following manner: live (21x), life (1x), non translated variant (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 23x
The KJV translates Strong's H2425 in the following manner: live (21x), life (1x), non translated variant (1x).

  1. to live, have life, remain alive, sustain life, live prosperously, live for ever, be quickened, be alive, be restored to life or health

    1. (Qal)

      1. to live

        1. to have life

        2. to continue in life, remain alive

        3. to sustain life, to live on or upon

        4. to live (prosperously)

      2. to revive, be quickened

        1. from sickness

        2. from discouragement

        3. from faintness

        4. from death

    2. (Piel)

      1. to preserve alive, let live

      2. to give life

      3. to quicken, revive, refresh

        1. to restore to life

        2. to cause to grow

        3. to restore

        4. to revive

    3. (Hiph)

      1. to preserve alive, let live

      2. to quicken, revive

        1. to restore (to health)

        2. to revive

        3. to restore to life

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חָיַי châyay, khaw-yah'-ee; a primitive root (compare H2421); to live; causatively to revive:—live, save life.
STRONGS H2425: Abbreviations
חַי Genesis 5:5 ... וָחָ֑יָה Exodus 1:16
1. live:
a. have life ... Exodus 33:20
†c. ... with בְּ by the statutes and judgments of י׳ if a man do them, Leviticus 18:5 (H) Ezekiel 20:11, 13, 21, 25
†2. be quickened, revive:
a. from sickness Numbers 21:8, 9

This is a portion of the full BDB entry H2421.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

5:5

Exodus

1:16; 33:20

Leviticus

18:5

Numbers

21:8; 21:9

Ezekiel

20:11; 20:13; 20:21; 20:25

H2425

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H2425 matches the Hebrew חָיַי (ḥāyay),
which occurs 20 times in 20 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:22 - And the Lord God said, Now the man has become like one of us, having knowledge of good and evil; and now if he puts out his hand and takes of the fruit of the tree of life, he will go on living for ever.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:5 - And all the years of Adam's life were nine hundred and thirty: and he came to his end.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:7 - Now the years of Abraham's life were a hundred and seventy-five.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:16 - When you are looking after the Hebrew women in childbirth, if it is a son you are to put him to death; but if it is a daughter, she may go on living.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:20 - But it is not possible for you to see my face, for no man may see me and still go on living.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:5 - So keep my rules and my decisions, which, if a man does them, will be life to him: I am the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:8 - And the Lord said to Moses, Make an image of a snake and put it on a rod, and anyone who has been wounded by the snakes, looking on it will be made well.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:9 - So Moses made a snake of brass and put it on a rod; and anyone who had a snakebite, after looking on the snake of brass, was made well.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:42

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:42 - To which anyone causing the death of his neighbour in error and not through hate, might go in flight; so that in one of these towns he might be kept from death:

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:24

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:24 - And said, The Lord has let us see his glory and his power, and his voice has come to us out of the fire: today we have seen that a man may go on living even after hearing the voice of God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:4

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:4 - This is to be the rule for anyone who goes in flight there, after causing the death of his neighbour in error and not through hate;

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:5 - For example, if a man goes into the woods with his neighbour for the purpose of cutting down trees, and when he takes his axe to give a blow to the tree, the head of the axe comes off, and falling on to his neighbour gives him a wound causing his death; then the man may go in flight to one of these towns and be safe:

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:31 - For while the son of Jesse is living on the earth, your position is unsafe and your kingdom is in danger. So make him come here to me, for it is certainly right for him to be put to death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:11 - And I said, Am I the sort of man to go in flight? what man, in my position, would go into the Temple to keep himself safe? I will not go in.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:13 - And has given out his money at interest and taken great profits: he will certainly not go on living: he has done all these disgusting things: death will certainly be his fate; his blood will be on him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:24

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:24 - But when the upright man, turning away from his righteousness, does evil, like all the disgusting things which the evil man does, will he have life? Not one of his upright acts will be kept in memory: in the wrong which he has done and in his sin death will overtake him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:11 - And I gave them my rules and made clear to them my orders, which, if a man keeps them, will be life to him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:13 - But the children of Israel would not be controlled by me in the waste land: they were not guided by my rules, and they were turned away from my orders, which, if a man does them, will be life to him; and they had no respect for my Sabbaths: then I said that I would let loose my passion on them in the waste land, and put an end to them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:21 - But the children would not be controlled by me; they were not guided by my rules, and they did not keep and do my orders, which, if a man does them, will be life to him; and they had no respect for my Sabbaths: then I said I would let loose my passion on them to give full effect to my wrath against them in the waste land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:9 - And it will come about that every living and moving thing, wherever their streams come, will have life; and there will be very much fish because these waters have come there and have been made sweet: and everything wherever the river comes will have life.
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