Strong's H2425 (Hebrew)

Hebrew: חָיַי (châyay)

Pronunciation: khaw-yah'-ee

Morphology: v

Derivation: a primitive root (compare חָיָה (châyâh) H2421)

Definition: to live; causatively to revive

KJV Renderings: live, save life

Senses

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

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