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)
2. 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)
3. to revive, be quickened
1. from sickness
2. from discouragement
3. from faintness
4. from death
4. (Piel)
5. to preserve alive, let live
6. to give life
7. to quicken, revive, refresh
1. to restore to life
2. to cause to grow
3. to restore
4. to revive
8. (Hiph)
9. to preserve alive, let live
10. to quicken, revive
1. to restore (to health)
2. to revive
3. to restore to life

Cross References

Sources. The definition, derivation and KJV renderings are James Strong's own wording from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890) — public domain. The numbered senses and the Hebrew–Greek cross-references are the editorial work of the OpenScriptures Strong's dictionary, licensed CC BY-SA 3.0; their sense-outline conventions match the Outline of Biblical Usage (Online Bible, Larry Pierce), noted as a convention match rather than a documented claim.