חָיָהchâyâh

חוה: live

Pronunciation: khaw-yaw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H2421

Meanings

חָיָה: live

Qal: construct (Ecclesiastes 6:6; Jeremiah 21:9; Jeremiah 38:2)

1. live

a. have life (Genesis 31:32; Exodus 33:20; Numbers 4:19)

b. continue in life, remain alive (Genesis 20:7; Leviticus 25:36; 2 Samuel 12:22)

c. sustain life, live on (Genesis 27:40; Deuteronomy 8:3; Isaiah 38:16)

d. may the king live (1 Samuel 10:24; 2 Samuel 16:16; 1 Kings 1:25)

2. be quickened, revive

a. from sickness (Numbers 21:8; Numbers 21:9; Joshua 5:8)

b. from discouragement (Genesis 45:27)

c. from faintness (Judges 15:19)

d. from death (2 Kings 13:21; Job 14:14; Isaiah 26:14)

Pi`el

1. preserve alive, let live (Exodus 1:17; Exodus 1:18; Exodus 1:22)

2. give life (Job 33:4)

3. quicken, revive, refresh

a. restore to life (1 Samuel 2:6; Deuteronomy 32:39; Hosea 6:2)

b. cause to grow (Hosea 14:8)

c. restore (1 Chronicles 11:8; Nehemiah 3:34)

d. revive (Psalms 80:19; Psalms 85:7; Psalms 119:25)

Hiph`il: construct (Joshua 6:25; Genesis 47:25; Numbers 22:33)

1. preserve alive, let live (Genesis 45:7; Genesis 50:20; Genesis 47:25)

2. quicken, revive

a. restore (2 Kings 5:7; Isaiah 38:16)

b. revive (Isaiah 57:15)

c. restore to life (2 Kings 8:1; 2 Kings 8:5)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 282 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 3:22 Then the Lord God said, “Look, the human beings have become like us, knowing both good and evil. What if they reach out, take fruit from the tree of life, and eat it? Then they will live forever!”
  • Genesis 5:3 When Adam was 130 years old, he became the father of a son who was just like him—in his very image. He named his son Seth.
  • Genesis 5:5 Adam lived 930 years, and then he died.
  • Genesis 5:6 When Seth was 105 years old, he became the father of Enosh.
  • Genesis 5:7 After the birth of Enosh, Seth lived another 807 years, and he had other sons and daughters.
  • Genesis 5:9 When Enosh was 90 years old, he became the father of Kenan.
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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).