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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 and do not be angry with yourselves for selling me here, because it was to save lives that God sent me ahead of you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 13:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:10 - The priest is to examine them, and if there is a white swelling in the skin that has turned the hair white and if there is raw flesh in the swelling,

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 13:24

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:24 - “When someone has a burn on their skin and a reddish-white or white spot appears in the raw flesh of the burn,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 6:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:4 - They camped on the land and ruined the crops all the way to Gaza and did not spare a living thing for Israel, neither sheep nor cattle nor donkeys.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 17:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 17:10 - Then Micah said to him, “Live with me and be my father and priest, and I’ll give you ten shekels[fn] of silver a year, your clothes and your food.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 14:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:13 - and Asa and his army pursued them as far as Gerar. Such a great number of Cushites fell that they could not recover; they were crushed before the LORD and his forces. The men of Judah carried off a large amount of plunder.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 9:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:8 - “But now, for a brief moment, the LORD our God has been gracious in leaving us a remnant and giving us a firm place[fn] in his sanctuary, and so our God gives light to our eyes and a little relief in our bondage.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 9:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:9 - Though we are slaves, our God has not forsaken us in our bondage. He has shown us kindness in the sight of the kings of Persia: He has granted us new life to rebuild the house of our God and repair its ruins, and he has given us a wall of protection in Judah and Jerusalem.
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