Châyay — H2425

H2425 · Hebrew — חיי

Pronunciation: khaw-yah'-ee

Definition

verb

to live; causatively to revive

  1. to live, have life, remain alive, sustain life, live prosperously, live for ever, be quickened, be alive, be restored to life or health
    1. (Qal)
      1. to live
        1. to have life
        2. to continue in life, remain alive
        3. to sustain life, to live on or upon
        4. to live (prosperously)
      2. to revive, be quickened
        1. from sickness
        2. from discouragement
        3. from faintness
        4. from death
    2. (Piel)
      1. to preserve alive, let live
      2. to give life
      3. to quicken, revive, refresh
        1. to restore to life
        2. to cause to grow
        3. to restore
        4. to revive
    3. (Hiph)
      1. to preserve alive, let live
      2. to quicken, revive
        1. to restore (to health)
        2. to revive
        3. to restore to life

Usually translated as

live, save life

Origin

a primitive root (compare H2421)

Occurrences

Châyay occurs 15 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (4), Exodus (2), Leviticus (1), Numbers (2), Deuteronomy (4), Nehemiah (1), Jeremiah (1)

Strong's Lexicon — C