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חָיָה

cha.yahto liveHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentVerb282 occurrences27 books257 verses

Definition

a primitive root (compare H2331, H2421); to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive
Traditional renderings: keep (leave, make) alive, × certainly, give (promise) life, (let, suffer to) live, nourish up, preserve (alive), quicken, recover, repair, restore (to life), revive, (× God) save (alive, life, lives), × surely, be whole.

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders חָיָה:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

282 total
  1. Joshua 9:20וְהַחֲיֵ֣ה · We will let them live
    This is how we will treat them: We will let them live, so that no wrath will fall on us because of the oath we swore to them.”
  2. Joshua 9:21יִֽחְי֑וּ · Let them live
    They continued, “Let them live, but let them be woodcutters and water carriers for the whole congregation.” So the leaders kept their promise.
  3. Joshua 14:10הֶחֱיָ֨ה · has kept me alive
    Now behold, as the LORD promised, He has kept me alive these forty-five years since He spoke this word to Moses, while Israel wandered in the wilderness. So here I am today, eighty-five years old,
  4. Judges 8:19הַחֲיִתֶ֣ם · you had let them live
    “They were my brothers,” Gideon replied, “the sons of my mother! As surely as the LORD lives, if you had let them live, I would not kill you.”
  5. Judges 15:19וַיֶּ֑חִי · and he was revived
    So God opened up the hollow place in Lehi, and water came out of it. When Samson drank, his strength returned, and he was revived. That is why he named it En-hakkore, and it remains in Lehi to this day.
  6. Judges 21:14חִיּ֔וּ · who were spared
    And at that time the Benjamites returned and were given the women who were spared from Jabesh-gilead. But there were not enough women for all of them.
  7. 1 Samuel 2:6וּמְחַיֶּ֑ה · and gives life
    The LORD brings death and gives life; He brings down to Sheol and raises up.
  8. 1 Samuel 10:24יְחִ֥י · Long live
    Samuel said to all the people, “Do you see the one the LORD has chosen? There is no one like him among all the people.” And all the people shouted, “Long live the king!”
  9. 1 Samuel 27:9יְחַיֶּ֖ה · leave
    Whenever David attacked a territory, he did not leave a man or woman alive, but he took the flocks and herds, the donkeys, camels, and clothing. Then he would return to Achish,
  10. 1 Samuel 27:11יְחַיֶּ֣ה · alive
    David did not leave a man or woman alive to be brought to Gath, for he said, “Otherwise they will report us, saying, ‘This is what David did.’” And this was David’s custom the whole time he lived in Philistine territory.
  11. 2 Samuel 1:10יִֽחְיֶ֖ה · survive
    So I stood over him and killed him, because I knew that after he had fallen he could not survive. And I took the crown that was on his head and the band that was on his arm, and I have brought them here to my lord.”
  12. 2 Samuel 8:2לְהַחֲי֑וֹת · those to be spared
    David also defeated the Moabites, made them lie down on the ground, and measured them off with a cord. He measured off with two lengths those to be put to death, and with one length those to be spared. So the Moabites became subject to David and brought him tribute.
  13. 2 Samuel 12:3וַיְחַיֶּ֕הָ · He raised it
    …but the poor man had nothing except one small ewe lamb that he had bought. He raised it, and it grew up with him and his children. It shared his food and drank from his cup; it slept in his arms and was like a daughter to him.
  14. 2 Samuel 12:22וְחַ֥י · and let him live
    David answered, “While the child was alive, I fasted and wept, for I said, ‘Who knows? The LORD may be gracious to me and let him live.’
  15. 2 Samuel 16:16יְחִ֥י · Long live; יְחִ֥י · Long live
    And David’s friend Hushai the Archite went to Absalom and said to him, “Long live the king! Long live the king!”
  16. 1 Kings 1:25יְחִ֖י · Long live
    For today he has gone down and sacrificed an abundance of oxen, fattened calves, and sheep, and has invited all the sons of the king, the commanders of the army, and Abiathar the priest. And behold, they are eating and drinking before him, saying, ‘Long live King Adonijah!’
  17. 1 Kings 1:31יְחִ֗י · live
    Bathsheba bowed facedown in homage to the king and said, “May my lord King David live forever!”
  18. 1 Kings 1:34יְחִ֖י · Long live
    There Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet are to anoint him king over Israel. You are to blow the ram’s horn and declare, ‘Long live King Solomon!’
  19. 1 Kings 1:39יְחִ֖י · Long live
    Zadok the priest took the horn of oil from the tabernacle and anointed Solomon. Then they blew the ram’s horn, and all the people proclaimed, “Long live King Solomon!”
  20. 1 Kings 17:22וַיֶּֽחִי׃ · and he lived
    And the LORD listened to the voice of Elijah, and the child’s life returned to him, and he lived.
  21. 1 Kings 18:5וּנְחַיֶּה֙ · alive
    Then Ahab said to Obadiah, “Go throughout the land to every spring and every valley. Perhaps we will find grass to keep the horses and mules alive so that we will not have to destroy any livestock.”
  22. 1 Kings 20:31יְחַיֶּ֥ה · he will spare
    Then the servants of Ben-hadad said to him, “Look now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful. Let us go out to the king of Israel with sackcloth around our waists and ropes around our heads. Perhaps he will spare your life.”
  23. 1 Kings 20:32תְּחִֽי־ · spare
    So with sackcloth around their waists and ropes around their heads, they went to the king of Israel and said, “Your servant Ben-hadad says, ‘Please spare my life.’” And the king answered, “Is he still alive? He is my brother.”
  24. 2 Kings 1:2אֶחְיֶ֖ה · I will recover
    Now Ahaziah had fallen through the lattice of his upper room in Samaria and injured himself. So he sent messengers and instructed them: “Go inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron, whether I will recover from this injury.”
  25. 2 Kings 4:7תִֽחְיִ֖י · can live
    She went and told the man of God, and he said, “Go, sell the oil, and pay your debt. Then you and your sons can live on the remainder.”
  26. 2 Kings 5:7וּֽלְהַחֲי֔וֹת · and giving life
    When the king of Israel read the letter, he tore his clothes and asked, “Am I God, killing and giving life, that this man expects me to cure a leper? Surely you can see that he is seeking a quarrel with me!”
  27. 2 Kings 7:4יְחַיֻּ֣נוּ · we will live; נִֽחְיֶ֔ה · they let us live
    If we say, ‘Let us go into the city,’ we will die there from the famine in the city; but if we sit here, we will also die. So come now, let us go over to the camp of the Arameans. If they let us live, we will live; if they kill us, we will die.”
  28. 2 Kings 8:1הֶחֱיָ֨ה · he had restored to life
    Now Elisha had said to the woman whose son he had restored to life, “Arise, you and your household; go and live as a foreigner wherever you can. For the LORD has decreed that a seven-year famine will come to the land.”
  29. 2 Kings 8:5הֶחֱיָ֣ה · back to life; הֶחֱיָ֤ה · [Elisha] had revived; הֶחֱיָ֥ה · restored to life
    And Gehazi was telling the king how Elisha had brought the dead back to life. Just then the woman whose son Elisha had revived came to appeal to the king for her house and her land. So Gehazi said, “My lord the king, this is the woman, and this is the son Elisha restored to life.”
  30. 2 Kings 8:8הַאֶחְיֶ֖ה · Will I recover
    So the king said to Hazael, “Take a gift in your hand, go to meet the man of God, and inquire of the LORD through him, ‘Will I recover from this illness?’”
  31. 2 Kings 8:9הַאֶחְיֶ֖ה · Will I recover
    So Hazael went to meet Elisha, taking with him a gift of forty camel loads of every good thing from Damascus. And he went in and stood before him and said, “Your son Ben-hadad king of Aram has sent me to ask, ‘Will I recover from this illness?’”
  32. 2 Kings 8:10חָיֹ֣ה · You will surely recover; תִחְיֶ֑ה
    Elisha answered, “Go and tell him, ‘You will surely recover.’ But the LORD has shown me that in fact he will die.”
  33. 2 Kings 8:14חָיֹ֥ה · you would surely recover; תִחְיֶֽה׃
    So Hazael left Elisha and went to his master, who asked him, “What did Elisha say to you?” And he replied, “He told me that you would surely recover.”
  34. 2 Kings 10:19יִֽחְיֶ֑ה · live
    Now, therefore, summon to me all the prophets of Baal, all his servants, and all his priests. See that no one is missing, for I have a great sacrifice for Baal. Whoever is missing will not live.” But Jehu was acting deceptively in order to destroy the servants of Baal.
  35. 2 Kings 11:12יְחִ֥י · Long live
    Then Jehoiada brought out the king’s son, put the crown on him, presented him with the Testimony, and proclaimed him king. They anointed him, and the people clapped their hands and declared, “Long live the king!”
  36. 2 Kings 13:21וַיְחִ֖י · was revived
    Once, as the Israelites were burying a man, suddenly they saw a band of raiders, so they threw the man’s body into Elisha’s tomb. And as soon as his body touched the bones of Elisha, the man was revived and stood up on his feet.
  37. 2 Kings 14:17וַיְחִ֨י · lived
    Amaziah son of Joash king of Judah lived for fifteen years after the death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel.
  38. 2 Kings 18:32וִֽחְי֖וּ · so that you may live
    …until I come and take you away to a land like your own—a land of grain and new wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of olive trees and honey—so that you may live and not die. But do not listen to Hezekiah, for he misleads you when he says, ‘The LORD will deliver us.’
  39. 2 Kings 20:1תִֽחְיֶֽה׃ · recover
    In those days Hezekiah became mortally ill. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz came to him and said, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Put your house in order, for you are about to die; you will not recover.’”
  40. 2 Kings 20:7וַיֶּֽחִי׃ · and [Hezekiah] recovered
    Then Isaiah said, “Prepare a poultice of figs.” So they brought it and applied it to the boil, and Hezekiah recovered.
  41. 1 Chronicles 11:8יְחַיֶּ֖ה · restored
    He built up the city around it, from the supporting terraces to the surrounding wall, while Joab restored the rest of the city.
  42. 2 Chronicles 23:11יְחִ֥י · Long live
    Then Jehoiada and his sons brought out the king’s son, put the crown on him, presented him with the Testimony, and proclaimed him king. They anointed him and shouted, “Long live the king!”
  43. 2 Chronicles 25:25וַיְחִ֨י · lived
    Amaziah son of Joash king of Judah lived for fifteen years after the death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel.
  44. Nehemiah 2:3יִחְיֶ֑ה · live forever
    …and replied to the king, “May the king live forever! Why should I not be sad when the city where my fathers are buried lies in ruins, and its gates have been destroyed by fire?”