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Strong's H2425 חָיַי (chayay)

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

Same number, other testament: Strong's G2425 — hikanos (“able”) in the Greek Bible.

Strong's Number H2425
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 16
Books 6

Strong's H2425 Quick Answer

Strong's H2425 חָיַי (chayay) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. chayay (khaw-yah'-ee) v. 1. to live 2. causatively to revive It has 16 linked Bible usages across 6 books. Visible English usage signals include live and save. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
chayay (khaw-yah'-ee) v. 1. to live 2. causatively to revive
Usage
16 linked usages
Books
6 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
live and save

Meaning and Definition

chayay (khaw-yah'-ee) v. 1. to live 2. causatively to revive [a primitive root] KJV: live, save life. Compare: H2421

Original Word
חָיַי
Transliteration
chayay
Derivation
Root: חיה
Morphology
verb

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H2425. 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) (Hiph) 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 H2425 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render chayay, 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.

live Exodus 1:16 13× save Nehemiah 6:11

How Strong's H2425 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 16 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H2425 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 H2425 in the Old Testament

16 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Exodus 1:16 KJV

And he said, When ye do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see them upon the stools; if it be a son, then ye shall kill him: but if it be a daughter, then she shall live.

Exodus 33:20 KJV

And he said, Thou canst not see my face: for there shall no man see me, and live.

Leviticus 18:5 KJV

Ye shall therefore keep my statutes, and my judgments: which if a man do, he shall live in them: I am the LORD.

Usage Excerpts

First 16 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H2425.

Exodus 1:16 Old Testament, KJV
And he said, When ye do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see them upon the stools; if it be a son, then ye shall kill him: but if it be a daughter, then she shall live.
Exodus 33:20 Old Testament, KJV
And he said, Thou canst not see my face: for there shall no man see me, and live.
Leviticus 18:5 Old Testament, KJV
Ye shall therefore keep my statutes, and my judgments: which if a man do, he shall live in them: I am the LORD.
Numbers 21:8 Old Testament, KJV
And the LORD said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole: and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live.
Numbers 21:9 Old Testament, KJV
And Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole, and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived.
Deuteronomy 4:42 Old Testament, KJV
That the slayer might flee thither, which should kill his neighbour unawares, and hated him not in times past; and that fleeing unto one of these cities he might live:
Deuteronomy 5:24 Old Testament, KJV
And ye said, Behold, the LORD our God hath shewed us his glory and his greatness, and we have heard his voice out of the midst of the fire: we have seen this day that God doth talk with man, and he liveth.
Deuteronomy 19:4 Old Testament, KJV
And this is the case of the slayer, which shall flee thither, that he may live: Whoso killeth his neighbour ignorantly, whom he hated not in time past;
Deuteronomy 19:5 Old Testament, KJV
As when a man goeth into the wood with his neighbour to hew wood, and his hand fetcheth a stroke with the axe to cut down the tree, and the head slippeth from the helve, and lighteth upon his neighbour, that he die; he shall flee unto one of those cities, and live:
Nehemiah 6:11 Old Testament, KJV
And I said, Should such a man as I flee? and who is there, that, being as I am, would go into the temple to save his life? I will not go in.
Ezekiel 18:13 Old Testament, KJV
Hath given forth upon usury, and hath taken increase: shall he then live? he shall not live: he hath done all these abominations; he shall surely die; his blood shall be upon him.
Ezekiel 18:24 Old Testament, KJV
But when the righteous turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and doeth according to all the abominations that the wicked man doeth, shall he live? All his righteousness that he hath done shall not be mentioned: in his trespass that he hath trespassed, and in his sin that he hath sinned, in them shall he die.
Ezekiel 20:11 Old Testament, KJV
And I gave them my statutes, and shewed them my judgments, which if a man do, he shall even live in them.
Ezekiel 20:13 Old Testament, KJV
But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness: they walked not in my statutes, and they despised my judgments, which if a man do, he shall even live in them; and my sabbaths they greatly polluted: then I said, I would pour out my fury upon them in the wilderness, to consume them.
Ezekiel 20:21 Old Testament, KJV
Notwithstanding the children rebelled against me: they walked not in my statutes, neither kept my judgments to do them, which if a man do, he shall even live in them; they polluted my sabbaths: then I said, I would pour out my fury upon them, to accomplish my anger against them in the wilderness.
Ezekiel 47:9 Old Testament, KJV
And it shall come to pass, that every thing that liveth, which moveth, whithersoever the rivers shall come, shall live: and there shall be a very great multitude of fish, because these waters shall come thither: for they shall be healed; and every thing shall live whither the river cometh.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H2425, grouped by book.

Exodus 2 usages, Old Testament
Leviticus 1 usage, Old Testament
Numbers 2 usages, Old Testament
Deuteronomy 4 usages, Old Testament
Nehemiah 1 usage, Old Testament
Ezekiel 6 usages, Old Testament

Strong's H2425 FAQ

What does chayay (חָיַי) mean?

Chayay (Strong's H2425) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "live". chayay (khaw-yah'-ee) v. 1. to live 2. causatively to revive

How many times is chayay (חָיַי) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 16 linked usages for Strong's H2425 across 6 books.

Where can I study chayay (חָיַי) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H2425 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate chayay (חָיַי)?

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