חֲיָאchăyâʼ

live

Pronunciation: khah-yaw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H2418

Meanings

Pe`al: live (Daniel 2:4; Daniel 3:9; Daniel 5:10)

Haph`el: let live. (Daniel 5:19)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 6 times in the Bible.

  • Daniel 2:4 Then the astrologers answered the king in Aramaic, “Long live the king! Tell us the dream, and we will tell you what it means.”
  • Daniel 3:9 They said to King Nebuchadnezzar, “Long live the king!
  • Daniel 5:10 But when the queen mother heard what was happening, she hurried to the banquet hall. She said to Belshazzar, “Long live the king! Don’t be so pale and frightened.
  • Daniel 5:19 He made him so great that people of all races and nations and languages trembled before him in fear. He killed those he wanted to kill and spared those he wanted to spare. He honored those he wanted to honor and disgraced those he wanted to disgrace.
  • Daniel 6:6 So the administrators and high officers went to the king and said, “Long live King Darius!
  • Daniel 6:21 Daniel answered, “Long live the king!

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).