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Strong's H2421 חָיָה (chayah)

Chayah means “revive” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's G2421 — iessai (“Jesse”) in the Greek Bible.

Strong's Number H2421
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 242
Books 27

Strong's H2421 Quick Answer

Strong's H2421 חָיָה (chayah) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. chayah (khaw-yaw') v. 1. to live, whether literally or figuratively 2. causatively, to revive It has 242 linked Bible usages across 27 books. Visible English usage signals include lived, live, alive, may, and keep. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
chayah (khaw-yaw') v. 1. to live, whether literally or figuratively 2. causatively, to revive
Usage
242 linked usages
Books
27 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
lived, live, alive, may, and keep

Meaning and Definition

chayah (khaw-yaw') v. 1. to live, whether literally or figuratively 2. causatively, to revive [a primitive root] KJV: keep (leave, make) alive, X certainly, give (promise) life, (let, suffer to) live, nourish up, preserve (alive), quicken, recover, repair, restore (to life), revive, (X God) save (alive, life, lives), X surely, be whole. Compare: H2331, H2421

Original Word
חָיָה
Transliteration
chayah
Derivation
Root: חיה
Morphology
verb

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H2421. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)

to live

Usage: 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) (Hiphil) 1c1) to preserve alive, let live 1c2) to quicken, revive 1c2a) to restore (to health) 1c2b) to revive 1c2c) to restore to life

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How Strong's H2421 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render chayah, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

lived Genesis 5:3 37× live Genesis 3:22 32× alive Genesis 6:19 20× may Genesis 19:32 keep Numbers 31:18 make Deuteronomy 32:39 preserve Genesis 45:7 they Genesis 12:12 us Genesis 47:25 whether 2 Kings 1:2

How Strong's H2421 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 242 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H2421 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's H2421 in the Old Testament

242 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Genesis 3:22 KJV

And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:

Genesis 5:3 KJV

And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, and after his image; and called his name Seth:

Genesis 5:5 KJV

And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years: and he died.

Usage Excerpts

First 120 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H2421.

Genesis 3:22 Old Testament, KJV
And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:
Genesis 5:3 Old Testament, KJV
And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, and after his image; and called his name Seth:
Genesis 5:5 Old Testament, KJV
And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years: and he died.
Genesis 5:6 Old Testament, KJV
And Seth lived an hundred and five years, and begat Enos:
Genesis 5:7 Old Testament, KJV
And Seth lived after he begat Enos eight hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters:
Genesis 5:9 Old Testament, KJV
And Enos lived ninety years, and begat Cainan:
Genesis 5:10 Old Testament, KJV
And Enos lived after he begat Cainan eight hundred and fifteen years, and begat sons and daughters:
Genesis 5:12 Old Testament, KJV
And Cainan lived seventy years and begat Mahalaleel:
Genesis 5:13 Old Testament, KJV
And Cainan lived after he begat Mahalaleel eight hundred and forty years, and begat sons and daughters:
Genesis 5:15 Old Testament, KJV
And Mahalaleel lived sixty and five years, and begat Jared:
Genesis 5:16 Old Testament, KJV
And Mahalaleel lived after he begat Jared eight hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters:
Genesis 5:18 Old Testament, KJV
And Jared lived an hundred sixty and two years, and he begat Enoch:
Genesis 5:19 Old Testament, KJV
And Jared lived after he begat Enoch eight hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:
Genesis 5:21 Old Testament, KJV
And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah:
Genesis 5:25 Old Testament, KJV
And Methuselah lived an hundred eighty and seven years, and begat Lamech.
Genesis 5:26 Old Testament, KJV
And Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech seven hundred eighty and two years, and begat sons and daughters:
Genesis 5:28 Old Testament, KJV
And Lamech lived an hundred eighty and two years, and begat a son:
Genesis 5:30 Old Testament, KJV
And Lamech lived after he begat Noah five hundred ninety and five years, and begat sons and daughters:
Genesis 6:19 Old Testament, KJV
And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep them alive with thee; they shall be male and female.
Genesis 6:20 Old Testament, KJV
Of fowls after their kind, and of cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the earth after his kind, two of every sort shall come unto thee, to keep them alive.
Genesis 7:3 Old Testament, KJV
Of fowls also of the air by sevens, the male and the female; to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth.
Genesis 9:28 Old Testament, KJV
And Noah lived after the flood three hundred and fifty years.
Genesis 11:11 Old Testament, KJV
And Shem lived after he begat Arphaxad five hundred years, and begat sons and daughters.
Genesis 11:12 Old Testament, KJV
And Arphaxad lived five and thirty years, and begat Salah:
Genesis 11:13 Old Testament, KJV
And Arphaxad lived after he begat Salah four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters.
Genesis 11:14 Old Testament, KJV
And Salah lived thirty years, and begat Eber:
Genesis 11:15 Old Testament, KJV
And Salah lived after he begat Eber four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters.
Genesis 11:16 Old Testament, KJV
And Eber lived four and thirty years, and begat Peleg:
Genesis 11:17 Old Testament, KJV
And Eber lived after he begat Peleg four hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters.
Genesis 11:18 Old Testament, KJV
And Peleg lived thirty years, and begat Reu:
Genesis 11:19 Old Testament, KJV
And Peleg lived after he begat Reu two hundred and nine years, and begat sons and daughters.
Genesis 11:20 Old Testament, KJV
And Reu lived two and thirty years, and begat Serug:
Genesis 11:21 Old Testament, KJV
And Reu lived after he begat Serug two hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters.
Genesis 11:22 Old Testament, KJV
And Serug lived thirty years, and begat Nahor:
Genesis 11:23 Old Testament, KJV
And Serug lived after he begat Nahor two hundred years, and begat sons and daughters.
Genesis 11:24 Old Testament, KJV
And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and begat Terah:
Genesis 11:25 Old Testament, KJV
And Nahor lived after he begat Terah an hundred and nineteen years, and begat sons and daughters.
Genesis 11:26 Old Testament, KJV
And Terah lived seventy years, and begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
Genesis 12:12 Old Testament, KJV
Therefore it shall come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see thee, that they shall say, This is his wife: and they will kill me, but they will save thee alive.
Genesis 12:13 Old Testament, KJV
Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister: that it may be well with me for thy sake; and my soul shall live because of thee.
Genesis 17:18 Old Testament, KJV
And Abraham said unto God, O that Ishmael might live before thee!
Genesis 19:19 Old Testament, KJV
Behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast shewed unto me in saving my life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil take me, and I die:
Genesis 19:20 Old Testament, KJV
Behold now, this city is near to flee unto, and it is a little one: Oh, let me escape thither, (is it not a little one?) and my soul shall live.
Genesis 19:32 Old Testament, KJV
Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.
Genesis 19:34 Old Testament, KJV
And it came to pass on the morrow, that the firstborn said unto the younger, Behold, I lay yesternight with my father: let us make him drink wine this night also; and go thou in, and lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.
Genesis 20:7 Old Testament, KJV
Now therefore restore the man his wife; for he is a prophet, and he shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live: and if thou restore her not, know thou that thou shalt surely die, thou, and all that are thine.
Genesis 25:7 Old Testament, KJV
And these are the days of the years of Abraham's life which he lived, an hundred threescore and fifteen years.
Genesis 27:40 Old Testament, KJV
And by thy sword shalt thou live, and shalt serve thy brother; and it shall come to pass when thou shalt have the dominion, that thou shalt break his yoke from off thy neck.
Genesis 31:32 Old Testament, KJV
With whomsoever thou findest thy gods, let him not live: before our brethren discern thou what is thine with me, and take it to thee. For Jacob knew not that Rachel had stolen them.
Genesis 42:2 Old Testament, KJV
And he said, Behold, I have heard that there is corn in Egypt: get you down thither, and buy for us from thence; that we may live, and not die.
Genesis 42:18 Old Testament, KJV
And Joseph said unto them the third day, This do, and live; for I fear God:
Genesis 43:8 Old Testament, KJV
And Judah said unto Israel his father, Send the lad with me, and we will arise and go; that we may live, and not die, both we, and thou, and also our little ones.
Genesis 45:7 Old Testament, KJV
And God sent me before you to preserve you a posterity in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance.
Genesis 45:27 Old Testament, KJV
And they told him all the words of Joseph, which he had said unto them: and when he saw the wagons which Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of Jacob their father revived:
Genesis 47:19 Old Testament, KJV
Wherefore shall we die before thine eyes, both we and our land? buy us and our land for bread, and we and our land will be servants unto Pharaoh: and give us seed, that we may live, and not die, that the land be not desolate.
Genesis 47:25 Old Testament, KJV
And they said, Thou hast saved our lives: let us find grace in the sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh's servants.
Genesis 47:28 Old Testament, KJV
And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years: so the whole age of Jacob was an hundred forty and seven years.
Genesis 50:20 Old Testament, KJV
But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.
Genesis 50:22 Old Testament, KJV
And Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he, and his father's house: and Joseph lived an hundred and ten years.
Exodus 1:17 Old Testament, KJV
But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men children alive.
Exodus 1:18 Old Testament, KJV
And the king of Egypt called for the midwives, and said unto them, Why have ye done this thing, and have saved the men children alive?
Exodus 1:22 Old Testament, KJV
And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river, and every daughter ye shall save alive.
Exodus 19:13 Old Testament, KJV
There shall not an hand touch it, but he shall surely be stoned, or shot through; whether it be beast or man, it shall not live: when the trumpet soundeth long, they shall come up to the mount.
Exodus 22:18 Old Testament, KJV
Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live.
Leviticus 25:35 Old Testament, KJV
And if thy brother be waxen poor, and fallen in decay with thee; then thou shalt relieve him: yea, though he be a stranger, or a sojourner; that he may live with thee.
Leviticus 25:36 Old Testament, KJV
Take thou no usury of him, or increase: but fear thy God; that thy brother may live with thee.
Numbers 4:19 Old Testament, KJV
But thus do unto them, that they may live, and not die, when they approach unto the most holy things: Aaron and his sons shall go in, and appoint them every one to his service and to his burden:
Numbers 14:38 Old Testament, KJV
But Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, which were of the men that went to search the land, lived still.
Numbers 22:33 Old Testament, KJV
And the ass saw me, and turned from me these three times: unless she had turned from me, surely now also I had slain thee, and saved her alive.
Numbers 24:23 Old Testament, KJV
And he took up his parable, and said, Alas, who shall live when God doeth this!
Numbers 31:15 Old Testament, KJV
And Moses said unto them, Have ye saved all the women alive?
Numbers 31:18 Old Testament, KJV
But all the women children, that have not known a man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves.
Deuteronomy 4:1 Old Testament, KJV
Now therefore hearken, O Israel, unto the statutes and unto the judgments, which I teach you, for to do them, that ye may live, and go in and possess the land which the LORD God of your fathers giveth you.
Deuteronomy 4:33 Old Testament, KJV
Did ever people hear the voice of God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as thou hast heard, and live?
Deuteronomy 5:26 Old Testament, KJV
For who is there of all flesh, that hath heard the voice of the living God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as we have, and lived?
Deuteronomy 5:33 Old Testament, KJV
Ye shall walk in all the ways which the LORD your God hath commanded you, that ye may live, and that it may be well with you, and that ye may prolong your days in the land which ye shall possess.
Deuteronomy 6:24 Old Testament, KJV
And the LORD commanded us to do all these statutes, to fear the LORD our God, for our good always, that he might preserve us alive, as it is at this day.
Deuteronomy 8:1 Old Testament, KJV
All the commandments which I command thee this day shall ye observe to do, that ye may live, and multiply, and go in and possess the land which the LORD sware unto your fathers.
Deuteronomy 8:3 Old Testament, KJV
And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the LORD doth man live.
Deuteronomy 16:20 Old Testament, KJV
That which is altogether just shalt thou follow, that thou mayest live, and inherit the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
Deuteronomy 20:16 Old Testament, KJV
But of the cities of these people, which the LORD thy God doth give thee for an inheritance, thou shalt save alive nothing that breatheth:
Deuteronomy 30:16 Old Testament, KJV
In that I command thee this day to love the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments and his statutes and his judgments, that thou mayest live and multiply: and the LORD thy God shall bless thee in the land whither thou goest to possess it.
Deuteronomy 30:19 Old Testament, KJV
I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live:
Deuteronomy 32:39 Old Testament, KJV
See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal: neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand.
Deuteronomy 33:6 Old Testament, KJV
Let Reuben live, and not die; and let not his men be few.
Joshua 2:13 Old Testament, KJV
And that ye will save alive my father, and my mother, and my brethren, and my sisters, and all that they have, and deliver our lives from death.
Joshua 5:8 Old Testament, KJV
And it came to pass, when they had done circumcising all the people, that they abode in their places in the camp, till they were whole.
Joshua 6:17 Old Testament, KJV
And the city shall be accursed, even it, and all that are therein, to the LORD: only Rahab the harlot shall live, she and all that are with her in the house, because she hid the messengers that we sent.
Joshua 6:25 Old Testament, KJV
And Joshua saved Rahab the harlot alive, and her father's household, and all that she had; and she dwelleth in Israel even unto this day; because she hid the messengers, which Joshua sent to spy out Jericho.
Joshua 9:15 Old Testament, KJV
And Joshua made peace with them, and made a league with them, to let them live: and the princes of the congregation sware unto them.
Joshua 9:20 Old Testament, KJV
This we will do to them; we will even let them live, lest wrath be upon us, because of the oath which we sware unto them.
Joshua 9:21 Old Testament, KJV
And the princes said unto them, Let them live; but let them be hewers of wood and drawers of water unto all the congregation; as the princes had promised them.
Joshua 14:10 Old Testament, KJV
And now, behold, the LORD hath kept me alive, as he said, these forty and five years, even since the LORD spake this word unto Moses, while the children of Israel wandered in the wilderness: and now, lo, I am this day fourscore and five years old.
Judges 8:19 Old Testament, KJV
And he said, They were my brethren, even the sons of my mother: as the LORD liveth, if ye had saved them alive, I would not slay you.
Judges 15:19 Old Testament, KJV
But God clave an hollow place that was in the jaw, and there came water thereout; and when he had drunk, his spirit came again, and he revived: wherefore he called the name thereof Enhakkore, which is in Lehi unto this day.
Judges 21:14 Old Testament, KJV
And Benjamin came again at that time; and they gave them wives which they had saved alive of the women of Jabeshgilead: and yet so they sufficed them not.
1 Samuel 2:6 Old Testament, KJV
The LORD killeth, and maketh alive: he bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth up.
1 Samuel 10:24 Old Testament, KJV
And Samuel said to all the people, See ye him whom the LORD hath chosen, that there is none like him among all the people? And all the people shouted, and said, God save the king.
1 Samuel 27:9 Old Testament, KJV
And David smote the land, and left neither man nor woman alive, and took away the sheep, and the oxen, and the asses, and the camels, and the apparel, and returned, and came to Achish.
1 Samuel 27:11 Old Testament, KJV
And David saved neither man nor woman alive, to bring tidings to Gath, saying, Lest they should tell on us, saying, So did David, and so will be his manner all the while he dwelleth in the country of the Philistines.
2 Samuel 1:10 Old Testament, KJV
So I stood upon him, and slew him, because I was sure that he could not live after that he was fallen: and I took the crown that was upon his head, and the bracelet that was on his arm, and have brought them hither unto my lord.
2 Samuel 8:2 Old Testament, KJV
And he smote Moab, and measured them with a line, casting them down to the ground; even with two lines measured he to put to death, and with one full line to keep alive. And so the Moabites became David's servants, and brought gifts.
2 Samuel 12:3 Old Testament, KJV
But the poor man had nothing, save one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and nourished up: and it grew up together with him, and with his children; it did eat of his own meat, and drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom, and was unto him as a daughter.
2 Samuel 16:16 Old Testament, KJV
And it came to pass, when Hushai the Archite, David's friend, was come unto Absalom, that Hushai said unto Absalom, God save the king, God save the king.
1 Kings 1:25 Old Testament, KJV
For he is gone down this day, and hath slain oxen and fat cattle and sheep in abundance, and hath called all the king's sons, and the captains of the host, and Abiathar the priest; and, behold, they eat and drink before him, and say, God save king Adonijah.
1 Kings 1:31 Old Testament, KJV
Then Bathsheba bowed with her face to the earth, and did reverence to the king, and said, Let my lord king David live for ever.
1 Kings 1:34 Old Testament, KJV
And let Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet anoint him there king over Israel: and blow ye with the trumpet, and say, God save king Solomon.
1 Kings 1:39 Old Testament, KJV
And Zadok the priest took an horn of oil out of the tabernacle, and anointed Solomon. And they blew the trumpet; and all the people said, God save king Solomon.
1 Kings 17:22 Old Testament, KJV
And the LORD heard the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the child came into him again, and he revived.
1 Kings 18:5 Old Testament, KJV
And Ahab said unto Obadiah, Go into the land, unto all fountains of water, and unto all brooks: peradventure we may find grass to save the horses and mules alive, that we lose not all the beasts.
1 Kings 20:31 Old Testament, KJV
And his servants said unto him, Behold now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings: let us, I pray thee, put sackcloth on our loins, and ropes upon our heads, and go out to the king of Israel: peradventure he will save thy life.
1 Kings 20:32 Old Testament, KJV
So they girded sackcloth on their loins, and put ropes on their heads, and came to the king of Israel, and said, Thy servant Benhadad saith, I pray thee, let me live. And he said, Is he yet alive? he is my brother.
2 Kings 1:2 Old Testament, KJV
And Ahaziah fell down through a lattice in his upper chamber that was in Samaria, and was sick: and he sent messengers, and said unto them, Go, enquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron whether I shall recover of this disease.
2 Kings 4:7 Old Testament, KJV
Then she came and told the man of God. And he said, Go, sell the oil, and pay thy debt, and live thou and thy children of the rest.
2 Kings 5:7 Old Testament, KJV
And it came to pass, when the king of Israel had read the letter, that he rent his clothes, and said, Am I God, to kill and to make alive, that this man doth send unto me to recover a man of his leprosy? wherefore consider, I pray you, and see how he seeketh a quarrel against me.
2 Kings 7:4 Old Testament, KJV
If we say, We will enter into the city, then the famine is in the city, and we shall die there: and if we sit still here, we die also. Now therefore come, and let us fall unto the host of the Syrians: if they save us alive, we shall live; and if they kill us, we shall but die.
2 Kings 8:1 Old Testament, KJV
Then spake Elisha unto the woman, whose son he had restored to life, saying, Arise, and go thou and thine household, and sojourn wheresoever thou canst sojourn: for the LORD hath called for a famine; and it shall also come upon the land seven years.
2 Kings 8:5 Old Testament, KJV
And it came to pass, as he was telling the king how he had restored a dead body to life, that, behold, the woman, whose son he had restored to life, cried to the king for her house and for her land. And Gehazi said, My lord, O king, this is the woman, and this is her son, whom Elisha restored to life.
2 Kings 8:8 Old Testament, KJV
And the king said unto Hazael, Take a present in thine hand, and go, meet the man of God, and enquire of the LORD by him, saying, Shall I recover of this disease?
2 Kings 8:9 Old Testament, KJV
So Hazael went to meet him, and took a present with him, even of every good thing of Damascus, forty camels' burden, and came and stood before him, and said, Thy son Benhadad king of Syria hath sent me to thee, saying, Shall I recover of this disease?

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H2421, grouped by book.

Genesis 59 usages, Old Testament
Exodus 5 usages, Old Testament
Leviticus 2 usages, Old Testament
Numbers 6 usages, Old Testament
Deuteronomy 13 usages, Old Testament
Joshua 8 usages, Old Testament
Judges 3 usages, Old Testament
1 Samuel 4 usages, Old Testament
2 Samuel 4 usages, Old Testament
1 Kings 8 usages, Old Testament
2 Kings 17 usages, Old Testament
1 Chronicles 1 usage, Old Testament
2 Chronicles 2 usages, Old Testament
Nehemiah 5 usages, Old Testament
Esther 1 usage, Old Testament
Job 6 usages, Old Testament
Psalms 31 usages, Old Testament
Proverbs 4 usages, Old Testament
Ecclesiastes 4 usages, Old Testament
Isaiah 9 usages, Old Testament
Jeremiah 8 usages, Old Testament
Lamentations 1 usage, Old Testament
Ezekiel 31 usages, Old Testament
Hosea 2 usages, Old Testament
Amos 3 usages, Old Testament
Habakkuk 2 usages, Old Testament
Zechariah 3 usages, Old Testament

Strong's H2421 FAQ

What does chayah (חָיָה) mean?

Chayah (Strong's H2421) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "revive". chayah (khaw-yaw') v. 1. to live, whether literally or figuratively 2. causatively, to revive

How many times is chayah (חָיָה) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 242 linked usages for Strong's H2421 across 27 books.

Where can I study chayah (חָיָה) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H2421 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate chayah (חָיָה)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as lived, live, alive, may, keep, and make. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.