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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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Then the LORD H3068 God H430 said H559, “Behold H2005, the man H120 has become H1961 like one H259 of Us, knowing H3045 good H2896 and evil H7451; and now H6258, he might H6435 reach H7971 out H7971 with his hand H3027, and take H3947 fruit also H1571 from the tree H6086 of life H2416, and eat H398, and live H2421 forever H5769”—

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:5 - So all H3605 the days H3117 that Adam H121 lived H2421 were 930 H8672 H3967 H7970 years H8141, and he died H4191.

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These H428 are [fn]all H3117 the years H8141 of Abraham’s H85 life H2416 that he lived H2421, 175 H3967 H7657 years H8141.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:16 - and he said H559, “When you are helping the Hebrew H5680 women H5680 to give H3205 birth H3205 and see H7200 them upon the birthstool H70, if H518 it is a son H1121, then you shall put H4191 him to H4191 death H4191; but if H518 it is a daughter H1323, then she shall live H2421.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:20 - He further said H559, “You cannot H3201 H3808 see H7200 My face H6440, for mankind H120 shall not see H7200 Me and live H2421!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:5 - ‘So you shall keep H8104 My statutes H2708 and My judgments H4941, which H834, if [fn]a person H120 [fn]follows H6213 them, then he will live H2421 by them; I am the LORD H3068.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:8 - Then the LORD H3068 said H559 to Moses H4872, “[fn]Make H6213 a fiery H8314 serpent, and put H7760 it on a flag H5251 pole; and it shall come H1961 about H1961, that everyone H3605 who is bitten H5391, and looks H7200 at it, will live H2421.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:9 - So Moses H4872 made H6213 a bronze H5178 serpent H5175 and put H7760 it on the flag H5251 pole; and it came H1961 about H1961, that if H518 a serpent H5175 bit H5391 someone H376, and he looked H5027 at the bronze H5178 serpent H5175, he lived H2421.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:42 - for [fn]one to flee H5127 there H8033 who H834 unintentionally H1847 H1097 killed H7523 his neighbor H7453, without H3808 having H8130 hatred H8130 for him in time H8032 past H8543; and by fleeing H5127 to one H259 of these H411 cities H5892 he might live H2421:

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:24 - “You said H559, ‘Behold H2005, the LORD H3068 our God H430 has shown H7200 us His glory H3519 and His greatness H1433, and we have heard H8085 His voice H6963 from the midst H8432 of the fire H784; we have seen H7200 today H2088 H3117 that God H430 speaks H1696 with mankind H120, yet he lives H2421.

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“Now this H2088 is the case H1697 of the one who commits H7523 manslaughter H7523, who H834 may flee H5127 there H8033 and live H2421: when H834 he [fn]kills H5221 his friend H7453 [fn]unintentionally H1847 H1097, [fn]not hating H8130 him previously H8543 H8032—

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:5 - as when H834 a person goes H935 into the forest H3293 with his friend H7453 to cut H2404 wood H6086, and his hand H3027 [fn]swings H5080 the axe H1631 to cut H3772 down H3772 the tree H6086, and the iron H1270 head slips H5394 off H5394 the [fn]handle H6086 and [fn]strikes H4672 his friend H7453 so that he dies H4191—he may flee H5127 to one H259 of these H428 cities H5892 and live H2421.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:31 - “For, [fn]as H3605 H3117 long H3605 H3117 as the son H1121 of Jesse H3448 lives H2421 on the earth H127, neither H3808 you nor H3808 your kingdom H4438 will be established H3559. Now H6258 then, send H7971 men and bring H3947 him to me, for he is [fn]doomed H1121 to die H4194!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:11 - But I said H559, “Should a man H376 like H3644 me flee H1272? And who H4310 is there like H3644 me who would go H935 into the temple H1964 [fn]to save H2421 his own life H2421? I will not go H935 in H935.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:13 - lends H5414 money at interest H5392 and takes H3947 [fn]interest H8636; will he live H2421? He will not live H2421! He has committed H6213 all H3605 these H428 abominations H8441, he shall certainly H4191 be put H4191 to H4191 death H4191; his blood H1818 will be on himself.

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“But when a righteous H6662 person H6662 turns H7725 away H7725 from his righteousness H6666, commits H6213 injustice H5766 and does H6213 according to all H3605 the abominations H8441 that the wicked H7563 person H7563 does H6213, will he live H2421? All H3605 his righteous H6666 deeds H6666 which H834 he has done H6213 will not be remembered H2142 for his treachery H4603 H4604 which H834 he has committed H4603 and his sin H2403 which H834 he has committed H2398; for them he will die H4191.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:11 - “I gave H5414 them My statutes H2708 and informed H3045 them of My ordinances H4941, which H834, if [fn]a person H120 [fn]follows H6213 them, then he will live H2421 by them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:13 - “But the house H1004 of Israel H3478 rebelled H4784 against Me in the wilderness H4057. They did not walk H1980 in My statutes H2708 and they rejected H3988 My ordinances H4941, which H834, if [fn]a person H120 [fn]follows H6213 them, then he will live H2421 by them; and they greatly H3966 profaned H2490 My Sabbaths H7676. Then I [fn]resolved H559 to pour H8210 out H8210 My wrath H2534 on them in the wilderness H4057, to annihilate H3615 them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:21 - “But the children H1121 rebelled H4784 against Me; they did not walk H1980 in My statutes H2708, nor H3808 were H8104 they careful H8104 to [fn]follow H6213 My ordinances H4941 which H834, if [fn]a person H120 [fn]follows H6213 them, then he will live H2421 by them; they profaned H2490 My Sabbaths H7676. So I [fn]resolved H559 to pour H8210 out H8210 My wrath H2534 on them, to [fn]use H3615 up H3615 My anger H639 against them in the wilderness H4057.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:9 - “And it will come H1961 about H1961 that every H3605 living H5315 creature H5315 which H834 swarms H8317 in every H3605 place where H834 H8033 the [fn]river H5158 goes H935, will live H2421. And there will be very H3966 many H7227 fish H1710, for these H428 waters H4325 go H935 there H8033 and the others [fn]become H7495 fresh H7495; so everything H3605 will live H2421 where H834 H8033 the river H5158 goes H935.
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