חיי
châyay
khaw-yah'ee
A primitive root (compare H2421); to live; causatively to revive
KJV Usage: live, save life.
חיי
châyay
khaw-yah'ee
A primitive root (compare H2421); to live; causatively to revive
Brown-Driver-Briggs' Hebrew Definitions
חיי
1. to live, have life, remain alive, sustain life, live prosperously, live for ever, be quickened, be alive, be restored to life or health
a. (Qal)
1. to live 1a
b. to have life 1a
c. to continue in life, remain alive 1a
d. to sustain life, to live on or upon 1a
e. to live (prosperously)
1. to revive, be quickened 1a
f. from sickness 1a
g. from discouragement 1a
h. from faintness 1a
i. from death
j. (Piel)
1. to preserve alive, let live
2. to give life
3. to quicken, revive, refresh 1b
k. to restore to life 1b
l. to cause to grow 1b
m. to restore 1b
n. to revive
o. (Hiph)
1. to preserve alive, let live
2. to quicken, revive 1c
p. to restore (to health) 1c
q. to revive 1c
r. to restore to life
Origin: a primitive root [compare H2421]
TWOT: 644
Parts of Speech: Verb
- חָיַי
- cha.yay
- H:V
- 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