Lexicon / H2421
חָיָה
cha.yah
  • to live
  • live

STEPBible TBESH

Glosses: to live

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

1a) (Qal)

1a1) to live

1a1a) to have life

1a1b) to continue in life, remain alive

1a1c) to sustain life, to live on or upon

1a1d) to live (prosperously)

1a2) to revive, be quickened

1a2a) from sickness

1a2b) from discouragement

1a2c) from faintness

1a2d) from death

1b) (Piel)

1b1) to preserve alive, let live

1b2) to give life

1b3) to quicken, revive, refresh

1b3a) to restore to life

1b3b) to cause to grow

1b3c) to restore

1b3d) to revive

1c) (Hiphil)

1c1) to preserve alive, let live

1c2) to quicken, revive

1c2a) to restore (to health)

1c2b) to revive

1c2c) to restore to life

BDB (Brown-Driver-Briggs)

Glosses: live

Root √חיה: חָיָה vb live Qal live be quickened revive , Pi preserve alive let live , give life quicken revive refresh . Hiph preserve alive let live , quicken revive . 283.

חָיָה vb live Qal live be quickened revive , Pi preserve alive let live , give life quicken revive refresh . Hiph preserve alive let live , quicken revive . 283.