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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 JPS Tanakh 1917.

  1. Psalms 119:93

    I will never forget Thy precepts; for with them Thou hast quickened me.

    חִיִּיתָֽנִי׃ (חִיִּיתָֽ) chi.yi.Ta. “you have preserved alive”

  2. Psalms 119:107

    I am afflicted very much; quicken me, O LORD, according unto Thy word.

    חַיֵּ֥נִי (חַיֵּ֥) chai.Ye. “preserve alive”

  3. Psalms 119:116

    Uphold me according unto Thy word, that I may live; and put me not to shame in my hope.

    וְאֶֽחְיֶ֑ה (אֶֽחְיֶ֑ה) 'ech.Yeh “I may live”

  4. Psalms 119:144

    Thy testimonies are righteous for ever; give me understanding, and I shall live.

    וְאֶחְיֶֽה׃ (אֶחְיֶֽה) 'ech.Yeh “I may live”

  5. Psalms 119:149

    Hear my voice according unto Thy lovingkindness; quicken me, O LORD, as Thou art wont.

    חַיֵּֽנִי׃ (חַיֵּֽ) chai.Ye. “preserve alive”

  6. Psalms 119:154

    Plead Thou my cause, and redeem me; quicken me according to Thy word.

    חַיֵּֽנִי׃ (חַיֵּֽ) chai.Ye. “preserve alive”

  7. Psalms 119:156

    Great are Thy compassions, O LORD; quicken me as Thou art wont.

    חַיֵּֽנִי׃ (חַיֵּֽ) chai.Ye. “preserve alive”

  8. Psalms 119:159

    O see how I love Thy precepts; quicken me, O LORD, according to Thy lovingkindness.

    חַיֵּֽנִי׃ (חַיֵּֽ) chai.Ye. “preserve alive”

  9. Psalms 119:175

    Let my soul live, and it shall praise Thee; and let Thine ordinances help me.

    תְּֽחִי־ te.chi- “may it live”

  10. Psalms 138:7

    Though I walk in the midst of trouble, Thou quickenest me; Thou stretchest forth Thy hand against the wrath of mine enemies, and Thy right hand doth save me.

    תְּחַ֫יֵּ֥נִי (תְּחַ֫יֵּ֥) te.Chai.Ye. “you preserve alive”

  11. Psalms 143:11

    For Thy name's sake, O LORD, quicken me; in Thy righteousness bring my soul out of trouble.

    תְּחַיֵּ֑נִי (תְּחַיֵּ֑) te.chai.Ye. “you will preserve alive”

  12. Proverbs 4:4

    And he taught me, and said unto me: 'Let thy heart hold fast my words, keep my commandments, and live;

    וֶֽחְיֵֽה׃ (חְיֵֽה) ch.Yeh “live”

  13. Proverbs 7:2

    Keep my commandments and live, and my teaching as the apple of thine eye.

    וֶחְיֵ֑ה (חְיֵ֑ה) ch.Yeh “live”

  14. Proverbs 9:6

    Forsake all thoughtlessness, and live; and walk in the way of understanding.

    וִֽחְי֑וּ (חְי֑וּ) ch.Yu “live”

  15. Proverbs 15:27

    He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; but he that hateth gifts shall live.

    יִחְיֶֽה׃ yich.Yeh “he will live”

  16. Ecclesiastes 6:3

    If a man beget a hundred children, and live many years, so that the days of his years are many, but his soul have not enough of good, and moreover he have no burial; I say, that an untimely birth is better than he;

    יִֽחְיֶ֜ה yich.Yeh “he will live”

  17. Ecclesiastes 6:6

    yea, though he live a thousand years twice told, and enjoy no good; do not all go to one place?

    חָיָ֗ה cha.Yah “he lived”

  18. Ecclesiastes 7:12

    For wisdom is a defence, even as money is a defence; but the excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom preserveth the life of him that hath it.

    תְּחַיֶּ֥ה te.chai.Yeh “it preserves alive”

  19. Ecclesiastes 11:8

    For if a man live many years, let him rejoice in them all, and remember the days of darkness, for they shall be many. all that cometh is vanity.

    יִחְיֶ֥ה yich.Yeh “<he> will live”

  20. Isaiah 7:21

    And it shall come to pass in that day, that a man shall rear a young cow, and two sheep;

    יְחַיֶּה־ ye.chai.yeh- “he will preserve alive”

  21. Isaiah 26:14

    The dead live not, the shades rise not; to that end hast Thou punished and destroyed them, and made all their memory to perish.

    יִחְי֔וּ yich.Yu “they will live”

  22. Isaiah 26:19

    Thy dead shall live, my dead bodies shall arise--awake and sing, ye that dwell in the dust--for Thy dew is as the dew of light, and the earth shall bring to life the shades.

    יִֽחְי֣וּ yich.Yu “they will live”

  23. Isaiah 38:1

    In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came to him, and said unto him: 'Thus saith the LORD: Set thy house in order; for thou shalt die, and not live.'

    תִֽחְיֶֽה׃ Tich.Yeh “you will live”

  24. Isaiah 38:9

    The writing of Hezekiah king of Judah, when he had been sick, and was recovered of his sickness.

    וַיְחִ֖י (יְחִ֖י) y.Chi “he lived”

  25. Isaiah 38:16

    O Lord, by these things men live, and altogether therein is the life of my spirit; wherefore recover Thou me, and make me to live.

    יִֽחְי֑וּ yich.Yu “people live”וְהַחֲיֵֽנִי׃ (הַחֲיֵֽ) ha.cha.Ye. “preserve alive”