Strong's Definition
a primitive root (compare 2421); to live; causatively to revive
KJV Usage: live, save life
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
חָיַי (cha.yay) — 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) (Hiph) 1c1) to preserve alive, let live 1c2) to quicken, revive 1c2a) to restore (to health) 1c2b) to revive 1c2c) to restore to life
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · חַי · חַיָּה · חָיֶה · חַיּוּת · חַיִּים · מִחְיָה · חַיִּין · חִיאֵל · יְחִיאֵל · יְחִיָּה
Alive | verb qal, verb pe'al
to be alive, to become alive, to live = process by which humans are alive and well; ◄ because of the presence of air to breathe and food to eat; ≈ life is regarded as more than a mere physical condition; in many cases it includes health, strength, and some degree of prosperity
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Alive | verb pi, verb hif
to keep oneself alive, to save one's own life = to cause oneself to remain alive and well; ≈ life is regarded as more than a mere physical condition; in many cases it includes health, strength, and some degree of prosperity
Alive | verb pi, verb hif, verb haf'el
to keep alive, to restore to life = to cause an object to become or remain alive and well; ≈ life is regarded as more than a mere physical condition; in most cases it includes health, strength, and some degree of prosperity
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Stage | verb pi
to grow, to raise = to cause plants or animals to grow to giving them the proper care
Strong | verb qal
to be healthy, to be strong, to be vigorous = to be in a good physical condition
Strong | verb pi
to preserve, to revive = to cause to be healthy, strong, and/or prosperous
1CH 11:8 · NEH 3:34 · NEH 9:6 · PSA 80:19 · PSA 85:7 · HOS 6:2
Confident | verb qal
to be, become confident, to be, become happy = to live with hope, confidence, and happiness
Confident | verb hif
to make confident, to make happy = to inspire new hope, confidence, and happiness
Happen | verb pi
to repeat, to do again = to perform an event that one has already performed before
1 HOS 14:8 MT HOTTP-C NJB NJPS REB GNT CEV יְחַיּוּ דגן "they shall grow grain" | RSV NIV NRSV יִחְיוּ כגן "they shall live (like a garden)" > "they shall flourish"
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
חָיָה 283 vb. live Qal 203 live
be quickened, revive
Pi. preserve alive, let live
give life
quicken, revive, refresh
Hiph. preserve alive, let live
quicken, revive
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