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H2421חָיָהcha.yah

to livePart of speech: Hebrew Verb

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Occurrences by book

  1. 59
  2. 7
  3. 3
  4. 8
  5. 18
  6. 8
  7. 3
  8. Ruth: 0
  9. 4
  10. 6
  11. 8
  12. 22
  13. 1
  14. 2
  15. Ezra: 0
  16. 6
  17. 1
  18. 6
  19. 31
  20. 4
  21. 4
  22. Song of Songs: 0
  23. 11
  24. 10
  25. 1
  26. 48
  27. Daniel: 0
  28. 3
  29. Joel: 0
  30. 3
  31. Obadiah: 0
  32. Jonah: 0
  33. Micah: 0
  34. Nahum: 0
  35. 2
  36. Zephaniah: 0
  37. Haggai: 0
  38. 3
  39. Malachi: 0

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282 occurrences in 257 verses

With their references and text in Bible in Basic English.

  1. Genesis 42:18

    And on the third day Joseph said to them, Do this, if you would keep your lives: for I am a god-fearing man:

    וִֽחְי֑וּ (חְי֑וּ) ch.Yu “live”

  2. Genesis 43:8

    Put him into my care and make me responsible for him: if I do not give him safely back to you, let mine be the sin for ever.

    וְנִֽחְיֶה֙ (נִֽחְיֶה֙) nich.Yeh “we may live”

  3. Genesis 45:7

    God sent me before you to keep you and yours living on earth so that you might become a great nation.

    וּלְהַחֲי֣וֹת (הַחֲי֣וֹת) ha.cha.Yot “preserve alive”

  4. Genesis 45:27

    And they gave him an account of everything Joseph had said to them; and when he saw the carts which Joseph had sent for them, his spirit came back to him:

    וַתְּחִ֕י (תְּחִ֕י) te.Chi “it lived”

  5. Genesis 47:19

    Are we to come to destruction before your eyes, we and our land? take us and our land and give us bread; and we and our land will be servants to Pharaoh; and give us seed so that we may have life and the land may not become waste.

    וְנִֽחְיֶה֙ (נִֽחְיֶה֙) nich.Yeh “we may live”

  6. Genesis 47:25

    And they said to him, Truly you have kept us from death; may we have grace in your eyes, and we will be Pharaoh's servants.

    הֶחֱיִתָ֑נוּ (הֶחֱיִתָ֑) he.che.yi.Ta. “you have preserved alive”

  7. Genesis 47:28

    And Jacob was living in the land of Goshen for seventeen years; so the years of his life were a hundred and forty-seven.

    וַיְחִ֤י (יְחִ֤י) y.Chi “he lived”

  8. Genesis 50:20

    As for you, it was in your mind to do me evil, but God has given a happy outcome, the salvation of numbers of people, as you see today.

    לְהַחֲיֹ֥ת (הַחֲיֹ֥ת) ha.cha.Yot “preserve alive”

  9. Genesis 50:22

    Now Joseph and all his father's family went on living in Egypt: and the years of Joseph's life were a hundred and ten.

    וַיְחִ֣י (יְחִ֣י) y.Chi “he lived”

  10. Exodus 1:16

    When you are looking after the Hebrew women in childbirth, if it is a son you are to put him to death; but if it is a daughter, she may go on living.

    וָחָֽיָה׃ (חָֽיָה) Cha.yah “she will live”

  11. Exodus 1:17

    But the women had the fear of God, and did not do as the king of Egypt said, but let the male children go on living.

    וַתְּחַיֶּ֖יןָ (תְּחַיֶּ֖יןָ) te.chai.Yei.na “they let live”

  12. Exodus 1:18

    And the king of Egypt sent for the women, and said to them, Why have you done this, and let the male children go on living?

    וַתְּחַיֶּ֖יןָ (תְּחַיֶּ֖יןָ) te.chai.Yei.na “have you let live?”

  13. Exodus 1:22

    And Pharaoh gave orders to all his people, saying, Every son who comes to birth is to be put into the river, but every daughter may go on living.

    תְּחַיּֽוּן׃ (תְּחַיּֽוּ) te.chai.Yu “you will let live”

  14. Exodus 19:13

    He is not to be touched by a hand, but is to be stoned or have an arrow put through him; man or beast, he is to be put to death: at the long sounding of a horn they may come up to the mountain.

    יִחְיֶ֑ה yich.Yeh “it will live”

  15. Exodus 22:18

    Any woman using unnatural powers or secret arts is to be put to death.

    תְחַיֶּֽה׃ te.chai.Yeh “you will let live”

  16. Exodus 33:20

    But it is not possible for you to see my face, for no man may see me and still go on living.

    וָחָֽי׃ (חָֽי) Chai “he will live”

  17. Leviticus 18:5

    So keep my rules and my decisions, which, if a man does them, will be life to him: I am the Lord.

    וָחַ֣י (חַ֣י) Chai “he will live”

  18. Leviticus 25:35

    And if your brother becomes poor and is not able to make a living, then you are to keep him with you, helping him as you would a man from another country who is living among you.

    וָחַ֖י (חַ֖י) Chai “he will live”

  19. Leviticus 25:36

    Take no interest from him, in money or in goods, but have the fear of your God before you, and let your brother make a living among you.

    וְחֵ֥י (חֵ֥י) Chei “he will live”

  20. Numbers 4:19

    But do this to them, so that life and not death may be theirs when they come near the most holy things; let Aaron and his sons go in and give to every one his work and that which he is to take up;

    וְחָיוּ֙ (חָיוּ֙) cha.Yu “they will live”

  21. Numbers 14:38

    But Joshua, the son of Nun, and Caleb, the son of Jephunneh, of those who went to see the land, were not touched by disease.

    חָיוּ֙ cha.Yu “they lived”

  22. Numbers 21:8

    And the Lord said to Moses, Make an image of a snake and put it on a rod, and anyone who has been wounded by the snakes, looking on it will be made well.

    וָחָֽי׃ (חָֽי) Chai “he will live”

  23. Numbers 21:9

    So Moses made a snake of brass and put it on a rod; and anyone who had a snakebite, after looking on the snake of brass, was made well.

    וָחָֽי׃ (חָֽי) Chai “he lived”

  24. Numbers 22:33

    And the ass saw me, turning to one side from me three times: if she had not gone to one side, I would certainly have put you to death and kept her safe.

    הֶחֱיֵֽיתִי׃ he.che.Yei.ti “I preserved alive”

  25. Numbers 24:23

    Then he went on with his story and said, But who may keep his life when God does this?

    יִחְיֶ֖ה yich.Yeh “will he live”