Strong's Number 2421

The Linked Word Project
Transliteration:
chayah {khaw-yaw'}
Word Origin:
a primitive root [compare 02331, 02421]
TWOT:
644
Part of Speech:
verb
Usage in the KJV:
live 153, alive 34, save 13, quicken 14, revive 12, surely 10, life 9, recover 8, misc 9

Total: 262
Definition:
  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. (Hiphil)
      1. to preserve alive, let live
      2. to quicken, revive
        1. to restore (to health)
        2. to revive
        3. to restore to life
TDNT - Theological Dictionary of the New Testament
TWOT - Theological Word Book of the Old Testament