H4241 מִחְיָה (michyâh) mikh-yaw'

Hebrew

Noun (Feminine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

recovery

Strong's Definition

preservation of life; hence, sustenance; also the live flesh, i.e. the quick

Derivation: from H2421 (חָיָה);

KJV Usage: preserve life, quick, recover selves, reviving, sustenance, victuals.

TWOT Reference: 644h

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) preservation of life, sustenance

1a) preservation of life

1b) sustenance

1c) reviving

1d) the quick of the flesh, live flesh, tender or raw flesh

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G4047 G5287

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

מִחְיָה (mich.yah) — recovery. 1) preservation of life, sustenance 1a) preservation of life 1b) sustenance 1c) reviving 1d) the quick of the flesh, live flesh, tender or raw flesh

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

מִחְיָה (H4241)

noun f · חיה

Alive

staying alive = action by which people who were at risk of dying are enabled to stay alive

GEN 45:5 · 2CH 14:12

Food

sustenance = food given to people on a regular basis to enable them to live on

JDG 6:4 · JDG 17:10

Stage

rawness = state in which objects have recently attained a particular state

LEV 13:10 · LEV 13:24

Confident

reviving = process by which humans become more confident and hopeful than they were before, ◄ as if their courage comes back to life

EZR 9:8 · EZR 9:9

Reinier de Blois

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

מִחְיָה n.f. preservation of life, sustenance preservation of life

sustenance

reviving

the quick

base

Bible Occurrences (8)

45:5

13:10 13:24

6:4 17:10

14:13

9:8 9:9

Genesis 45:5

And now, do not be distressed... or angry with yourselves that you sold me into this place, because it was to save lives that God sent me before you.

Leviticus 13:10

The priest will examine him, and if there is a white swelling on the skin that has turned the hair white,... and there is raw flesh in the swelling,

Leviticus 13:24

When there is a burn... on someone’s skin and the raw [area] of the burn... becomes reddish-white... or white,

Judges 6:4

encamping against them as far as... Gaza and destroying the produce of the land. They left Israel with no sustenance, neither sheep nor oxen nor donkeys.

Judges 17:10

Stay with me, Micah said to him, and be my father and priest, and I will give you ten [shekels] of silver per year, a suit of clothes, and your provisions. So the Levite went in

2 Chronicles 14:13

Then Asa and his army pursued them as far as Gerar. The Cushites fell and could not... recover, for they were crushed before the LORD... and His army. So the people of Judah carried off a great amount of... plunder

Ezra 9:8

But now, for a brief moment, grace has come from the LORD our God to preserve for us a remnant and to give us a stake in His holy place. Even in our bondage, our God has given us new life... and light to our eyes.

Ezra 9:9

Though we are slaves, our God has not forsaken us in our bondage, but He has extended to us grace in the sight of the kings of Persia, giving us new life to rebuild the house of our God and repair its ruins, and giving us a wall of protection in Judah and Jerusalem.