מִחְיָהmichyâh

preservation of life, sustenance

Pronunciation: mikh-yaw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H4241

Meanings

1. preservation of life (Genesis 45:5; 2 Chronicles 14:12)

2. sustenance (Judges 6:4; Judges 17:10)

3. reviving (Ezra 9:8; Ezra 9:9)

4. the quick (Leviticus 13:10; Leviticus 13:24)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 8 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 45:5 But don’t be upset, and don’t be angry with yourselves for selling me to this place. It was God who sent me here ahead of you to preserve your lives.
  • Leviticus 13:10 If the priest finds a white swelling on the skin, and some hair on the spot has turned white, and there is an open sore in the affected area,
  • Leviticus 13:24 “If anyone has suffered a burn on the skin and the burned area changes color, becoming either reddish white or shiny white,
  • Judges 6:4 camping in the land and destroying crops as far away as Gaza. They left the Israelites with nothing to eat, taking all the sheep, goats, cattle, and donkeys.
  • Judges 17:10 “Stay here with me,” Micah said, “and you can be a father and priest to me. I will give you ten pieces of silver a year, plus a change of clothes and your food.”
  • 2 Chronicles 14:13 Asa and his army pursued them as far as Gerar, and so many Ethiopians fell that they were unable to rally. They were destroyed by the Lord and his army, and the army of Judah carried off a vast amount of plunder.
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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).