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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 World English Bible.

  1. Joshua 9:21

    The princes said to them, Let them live: so they became wood cutters and drawers of water to all the congregation, as the princes had spoken to them.

    יִֽחְי֑וּ yich.Yu “let them live”

  2. Joshua 14:10

    Now, behold, Yahweh has kept me alive, as he spoke, these forty-five years, from the time that Yahweh spoke this word to Moses, while Israel walked in the wilderness: and now, behold, I am this day eighty-five years old.

    הֶחֱיָ֨ה he.che.Yah “he has let live”

  3. Judges 8:19

    He said, They were my brothers, the sons of my mother: as Yahweh lives, if you had saved them alive, I would not kill you.

    הַחֲיִתֶ֣ם ha.cha.yi.Tem “you had let live”

  4. Judges 15:19

    But God split the hollow place that is in Lehi, and water came out of it. When he had drunk, his spirit came again, and he revived: therefore the name of it was called En Hakkore, which is in Lehi, to this day.

    וַיֶּ֑חִי (יֶּ֑חִי) i.Ye.chi “he lived”

  5. Judges 21:14

    Benjamin returned at that time; and they gave them the women whom they had saved alive of the women of Jabesh Gilead: and yet so they weren't enough for them.

    חִיּ֔וּ chi.Yu “they had preserved alive”

  6. 1 Samuel 2:6

    Yahweh kills, and makes alive: He brings down to Sheol, and brings up.

    וּמְחַיֶּ֑ה (מְחַיֶּ֑ה) me.chai.Yeh “[is] restoring to life”

  7. 1 Samuel 10:24

    Samuel said to all the people, "You see him whom Yahweh has chosen, that there is none like him among all the people?" All the people shouted, and said, [supplied: Long] live the king.

    יְחִ֥י ye.Chi “may he live”

  8. 1 Samuel 27:9

    David struck the land, and saved neither man nor woman alive, and took away the sheep, and the oxen, and the donkeys, and the camels, and the clothing; and he returned, and came to Achish.

    יְחַיֶּ֖ה ye.chai.Yeh “he let live”

  9. 1 Samuel 27:11

    David saved neither man nor woman alive, to bring them to Gath, saying, Lest they should tell of us, saying, So did David, and so has been his manner all the while he has lived in the country of the Philistines.

    יְחַיֶּ֣ה ye.chai.Yeh “he let live”

  10. 2 Samuel 1:10

    So I stood beside him, and killed him, because I was sure that he could not live after that he was fallen: and I took the crown that was on his head, and the bracelet that was on his arm, and have brought them here to my lord.

    יִֽחְיֶ֖ה yich.Yeh “he will live”

  11. 2 Samuel 8:2

    He struck Moab, and measured them with the line, making them to lie down on the ground; and he measured two lines to put to death, and one full line to keep alive. The Moabites became servants to David, and brought tribute.

    לְהַחֲי֑וֹת (הַחֲי֑וֹת) ha.cha.Yot “let live”

  12. 2 Samuel 12:3

    but the poor man had nothing, except one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and raised. It grew up together with him, and with his children. It ate of his own food, drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom, and was to him like a daughter.

    וַיְחַיֶּ֕הָ (יְחַיֶּ֕) y.chai.Ye. “he nourished”

  13. 2 Samuel 12:22

    He said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept: for I said, Who knows whether Yahweh will not be gracious to me, that the child may live?

    וְחַ֥י (חַ֥י) Chai “he will live”

  14. 2 Samuel 16:16

    It happened, when Hushai the Archite, David's friend, was come to Absalom, that Hushai said to Absalom, [supplied: Long] live the king, [supplied: Long] live the king.

    יְחִ֥י ye.Chi “may he live”יְחִ֥י ye.Chi “may he live”

  15. 1 Kings 1:25

    For he is gone down this day, and has slain oxen and fatlings and sheep in abundance, and has called all the king's sons, and the captains of the host, and Abiathar the priest; and, behold, they are eating and drinking before him, and say, [supplied: Long] live king Adonijah.

    יְחִ֖י ye.Chi “may he live”

  16. 1 Kings 1:31

    Then Bathsheba bowed with her face to the earth, and did obeisance to the king, and said, Let my lord king David live forever.

    יְחִ֗י ye.Chi “may he live”

  17. 1 Kings 1:34

    and let Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet anoint him there king over Israel; and blow you the trumpet, and say, [supplied: Long] live king Solomon.

    יְחִ֖י ye.Chi “may he live”

  18. 1 Kings 1:39

    Zadok the priest took the horn of oil out of the Tent, and anointed Solomon. They blew the trumpet; and all the people said, [supplied: Long] live king Solomon.

    יְחִ֖י ye.Chi “may he live”

  19. 1 Kings 17:22

    Yahweh listened to the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the child came into him again, and he revived.

    וַיֶּֽחִי׃ (יֶּֽחִי) i.Ye.chi “he lived”

  20. 1 Kings 18:5

    Ahab said to Obadiah, Go through the land, to all the springs of water, and to all the brooks: peradventure we may find grass and save the horses and mules alive, that we not lose all the animals.

    וּנְחַיֶּה֙ (נְחַיֶּה֙) ne.chai.Yeh “we may preserve alive”

  21. 1 Kings 20:31

    His servants said to him, See now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings: let us, we pray you, put sackcloth on our loins, and ropes on our heads, and go out to the king of Israel: peradventure he will save your life.

    יְחַיֶּ֥ה ye.chai.Yeh “he will let live”

  22. 1 Kings 20:32

    So they girded sackcloth on their loins, and [supplied: put] ropes on their heads, and came to the king of Israel, and said, Your servant Ben Hadad says, please let me live. He said, Is he yet alive? he is my brother.

    תְּחִֽי־ te.chi- “let it live”

  23. 2 Kings 1:2

    Ahaziah fell down through the lattice in his upper chamber that was in Samaria, and was sick: and he sent messengers, and said to them, Go, inquire of Baal Zebub, the god of Ekron, whether I shall recover of this sickness.

    אֶחְיֶ֖ה 'ech.Yeh “I will live”

  24. 2 Kings 4:7

    Then she came and told the man of God. He said, Go, sell the oil, and pay your debt, and live you and your sons of the rest.

    תִֽחְיִ֖י tich.Yi “you will live”

  25. 2 Kings 5:7

    It happened, when the king of Israel had read the letter, that he tore his clothes, and said, Am I God, to kill and to make alive, that this man does send to me to recover a man of his leprosy? but consider, I pray you, and see how he seeks a quarrel against me.

    וּֽלְהַחֲי֔וֹת (הַחֲי֔וֹת) ha.cha.Yot “restore to life”