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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. 2 Kings 7:4

    If we say, We will go into the town, there is no food in the town, and we will come to our end there; and if we go on waiting here, death will come to us. Come then, let us give ourselves up to the army of Aram: if they let us go on living, then life wil

    יְחַיֻּ֣נוּ (יְחַיֻּ֣) ye.chai.Yu. “they will let live”נִֽחְיֶ֔ה nich.Yeh “we will live”

  2. 2 Kings 8:1

    Now Elisha had said to the woman whose son he had given back to life, Go now, with all the people of your house, and get a living-place for yourselves wherever you are able; for by the word of the Lord, there will be great need of food in the land; and t

    הֶחֱיָ֨ה he.che.Yah “he had restored to life”

  3. 2 Kings 8:5

    And while he was giving the king the story of how Elisha had given life to the dead, the woman whose son had come back to life came to the king with a request for her house and her land. And Gehazi said, My lord king, this is the woman and this is her so

    הֶחֱיָ֣ה he.che.Yah “he had restored to life”הֶחֱיָ֤ה he.che.Yah “he had restored to life”הֶחֱיָ֥ה he.che.Yah “he restored to life”

  4. 2 Kings 8:8

    Then the king said to Hazael, Take an offering with you, and go to see the man of God and get directions from the Lord by him, saying, Am I going to get better from my disease?

    הַאֶחְיֶ֖ה (אֶחְיֶ֖ה) 'ech.Yeh “will I live”

  5. 2 Kings 8:9

    So Hazael went to see him, taking with him forty camels with offerings on their backs of every sort of good thing from Damascus; and when he came before him, he said, Your son Ben-hadad, king of Aram, has sent me to you, saying, Will I get better from th

    הַאֶחְיֶ֖ה (אֶחְיֶ֖ה) 'ech.Yeh “will I live”

  6. 2 Kings 8:10

    And Elisha said to him, Go, say to him, You will certainly get better; but the Lord has made it clear to me that only death is before him.

    חָיֹ֣ה cha.Yoh “certainly <to live>”תִחְיֶ֑ה tich.Yeh “you will live”

  7. 2 Kings 8:14

    Then he went away from Elisha and came in to his master, who said to him, What did Elisha say to you? And his answer was, He said that you would certainly get well.

    חָיֹ֥ה cha.Yoh “certainly <to live>”תִחְיֶֽה׃ tich.Yeh “you will live”

  8. 2 Kings 10:19

    Now send for all the prophets of Baal and all his servants and all his priests, to come to me; let no one keep away: for I have a great offering to make to Baal; anyone who is not present, will be put to death. This Jehu did with deceit, his purpose bein

    יִֽחְיֶ֑ה yich.Yeh “he will live”

  9. 2 Kings 11:12

    Then he made the king's son come out, and put the crown on him and the arm-bands, and made him king, and put the holy oil on him; and they all, making sounds of joy with their hands, said, Long life to the king.

    יְחִ֥י ye.Chi “may he live”

  10. 2 Kings 13:21

    And while they were putting a dead man into the earth, they saw a band coming; and they put the man quickly into the place where Elisha's body was; and the dead man, on touching Elisha's bones, came to life again, and got up on his feet.

    וַיְחִ֖י (יְחִ֖י) y.Chi “he lived”

  11. 2 Kings 14:17

    Amaziah, the son of Joash, king of Judah, went on living for fifteen years after the death of Jehoash, son of Jehoahaz, king of Israel.

    וַיְחִ֨י (יְחִ֨י) y.Chi “he lived”

  12. 2 Kings 18:32

    Till I come and take you away to a land like yours, a land of grain and wine, a land of bread and vine-gardens, a land of oil-giving olives and of honey, so that life and not death may be your fate. Give no attention to Hezekiah when he says to you, The

    וִֽחְי֖וּ (חְי֖וּ) ch.Yu “live”

  13. 2 Kings 20:1

    In those days Hezekiah was ill and near death. And Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, came to him, and said to him, The Lord says, Put your house in order, for your death is near.

    תִֽחְיֶֽה׃ Tich.Yeh “you will live”

  14. 2 Kings 20:7

    Then Isaiah said, Take a cake of figs. So they took it and put it on his wound, and he got better.

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

  15. 1 Chronicles 11:8

    And he took in hand the building of the town all round, starting from the Millo; and Joab put the rest of the town in order.

    יְחַיֶּ֖ה ye.chai.Yeh “he restored”

  16. 2 Chronicles 23:11

    Then they made the king's son come out, and they put the crown on his head and gave him the arm-bands and made him king: and Jehoiada and his sons put the holy oil on him and said, Long life to the king.

    יְחִ֥י ye.Chi “may he live”

  17. 2 Chronicles 25:25

    Amaziah, son of Joash, king of Judah, went on living for fifteen years after the death of Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, king of Israel.

    וַיְחִ֨י (יְחִ֨י) y.Chi “he lived”

  18. Nehemiah 2:3

    And said to the king, May the king be living for ever: is it not natural for my face to be sad, when the town, the place where the bodies of my fathers are at rest, has been made waste and its doorways burned with fire?

    יִחְיֶ֑ה yich.Yeh “may he live”

  19. Nehemiah 4:2

    And in the hearing of his countrymen and the army of Samaria he said, What are these feeble Jews doing? will they make themselves strong? will they make offerings? will they get the work done in a day? will they make the stones which have been burned com

    הַיְחַיּ֧וּ (יְחַיּ֧וּ) y.chai.Yu “will they restore”

  20. Nehemiah 5:2

    For there were some who said, We, our sons and our daughters, are a great number: let us get grain, so that we may have food for our needs.

    וְנִחְיֶֽה׃ (נִחְיֶֽה) nich.Yeh “we may live”

  21. Nehemiah 6:11

    And I said, Am I the sort of man to go in flight? what man, in my position, would go into the Temple to keep himself safe? I will not go in.

    וָחָ֑י (חָ֑י) Chai “he will live”

  22. Nehemiah 9:6

    You are the Lord, even you only; you have made heaven, the heaven of heavens with all their armies, the earth and all things in it, the seas and everything in them; and you keep them from destruction: and the armies of heaven are your worshippers.

    מְחַיֶּ֣ה me.chai.Yeh “[are] preserving alive”

  23. Nehemiah 9:29

    And gave witness against them so that you might make them come back again to your law: but their hearts were lifted up, and they gave no attention to your orders and went against your decisions (which, if a man keeps them, will be life to him), and turni

    וְחָיָ֣ה (חָיָ֣ה) cha.Yah “he will live”

  24. Esther 4:11

    It is common knowledge among all the king's servants and the people of every part of the kingdom, that if anyone, man or woman, comes to the king in his inner room without being sent for, there is only one law for him, that he is to be put to death; only

    וְחָיָ֑ה (חָיָ֑ה) cha.Yah “he will live”

  25. Job 7:16

    I have no desire for life, I would not be living for ever! Keep away from me, for my days are as a breath.

    אֶֽחְיֶ֑ה 'ech.Yeh “I will live”