Hebrew word study
חָיָה H2421
- Transliteration
- châyâh
- Pronunciation
- khaw-yaw'
- KJV glosses
- keep (leave, make) alive, [idiom] certainly, give (promise) life, (let, suffer to) live, nourish up, preserve (alive), quicken, recover, repair, restore (to life), revive, ([idiom] God) save (alive, life, lives), [idiom] surely, be whole.
Lexical summary
to live, whether literally or figuratively
causatively, to revive
Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance
to live, whether literally or figuratively
causatively, to revive
A word’s possible definitions do not determine its meaning in every passage. Meaning is established by grammar, syntax, literary context, and usage.
Source: Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon. Data source information