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KING JAMES BIBLE DICTIONARY

 

Hebrew - English Dictionary

H2421 - Life

Strong's No.:H2421

Hebrew:חָיָה

Transliteration:châyâh

Phonetic:khaw-yaw'

Word Origin:A prim root (compare {H2331 } H2424)

Bible Usage:keep ({leave} make) {alive} X-(idiom) {certainly} give (promise) {life} ({let} suffer to) {live} nourish {up} preserve ({alive}) {quicken} {recover} {repair} restore (to {life}) {revive} (X God) save ({alive} {life} {lives}) X-(idiom) {surely} be whole.

Part of Speech:Verb

Strongs
Definition:

to {live} whether literally or figuratively; causatively to revive


Brown Driver
Biggs Definition:

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

a. (Qal)

1. to live 1a

b. to have life 1a

c. to continue in life, remain alive 1a

d. to sustain life, to live on or upon 1a

e. to live (prosperously)

1. to revive, be quickened 1a

f. from sickness 1a

g. from discouragement 1a

h. from faintness 1a

i. from death

j. (Piel)

1. to preserve alive, let live

2. to give life

3. to quicken, revive, refresh 1b

k. to restore to life 1b

l. to cause to grow 1b

m. to restore 1b

n. to revive

o. (Hiphil)

1. to preserve alive, let live

2. to quicken, revive 1c

p. to restore (to health) 1c

q. to revive 1c

r. to restore to life


Bible References:
Life

Translation
Occurrences:
alive ( 29 )
left ( 1 )
life ( 9 )
Live ( 117 )
lived ( 39 )
lives ( 2 )
liveth ( 1 )
nourish ( 1 )
preserve ( 2 )
preservest ( 1 )
quicken ( 12 )
quickened ( 2 )
recover ( 6 )
recovered ( 2 )
repaired ( 1 )
revive ( 8 )
revived ( 4 )
save ( 9 )
saved ( 4 )
saving ( 1 )
up ( 1 )
whole ( 1 )

 

Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.