Strong's Concordance H2421

Original Word: חָיָה
Transliteration: châyâh
Phonetic Spelling: khaw-yaw'
a primitive root (compare H2331, H2421); to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive; keep (leave, make) alive, × certainly, give (promise) life, (let, suffer to) live, nourish up, preserve (alive), quicken, recover, repair, restore (to life), revive, (× God) save (alive, life, lives), × surely, be whole.

Usages throughout the bible

Genesis 47:25 - And they said, Thou hast saved our lives: H2421 let us find grace in the sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh's servants.

Genesis 47:28 - And Jacob lived H2421 in the land of Egypt seventeen years: so the whole age of Jacob was an hundred forty and seven years.

Genesis 50:20 - 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 H2421 much people alive. H2421

Genesis 50:22 - And Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he, and his father's house: and Joseph lived H2421 an hundred and ten years.

Exodus 1:17 - But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved H2421 the men children alive. H2421

Exodus 1:18 - And the king of Egypt called for the midwives, and said unto them, Why have ye done this thing, and have saved H2421 the men children alive? H2421

Exodus 1:22 - 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. H2421

Exodus 19:13 - 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: H2421 when the trumpet soundeth long, they shall come up to the mount.

Exodus 22:18 - Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live. H2421

Numbers 4:19 - But thus do unto them, that they may live, H2421 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 - But Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, which were of the men that went to search the land, lived H2421 still.

Numbers 22:33 - 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. H2421

Numbers 24:23 - And he took up his parable, and said, Alas, who shall live H2421 when God doeth this!

Numbers 31:15 - And Moses said unto them, Have ye saved H2421 all the women alive? H2421

Numbers 31:18 - But all the women children, that have not known a man by lying with him, keep alive H2421 for yourselves.

Deuteronomy 4:1 - Now therefore hearken, O Israel, unto the statutes and unto the judgments, which I teach you, for to do them, that ye may live, H2421 and go in and possess the land which the LORD God of your fathers giveth you.

Deuteronomy 4:33 - Did ever people hear the voice of God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as thou hast heard, and live? H2421

Deuteronomy 5:26 - 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? H2421

Deuteronomy 5:33 - Ye shall walk in all the ways which the LORD your God hath commanded you, that ye may live, H2421 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 - 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, H2421 as it is at this day.

Deuteronomy 8:1 - All the commandments which I command thee this day shall ye observe to do, that ye may live, H2421 and multiply, and go in and possess the land which the LORD sware unto your fathers.

Deuteronomy 8:3 - 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 H2421 by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the LORD doth man live. H2421

Deuteronomy 16:20 - That which is altogether just shalt thou follow, that thou mayest live, H2421 and inherit the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

Deuteronomy 20:16 - But of the cities of these people, which the LORD thy God doth give thee for an inheritance, thou shalt save alive H2421 nothing that breatheth:

Deuteronomy 30:16 - 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 H2421 and multiply: and the LORD thy God shall bless thee in the land whither thou goest to possess it.

Deuteronomy 30:19 - 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: H2421

Deuteronomy 32:39 - See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; H2421 I wound, and I heal: neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand.

Deuteronomy 33:6 - Let Reuben live, H2421 and not die; and let not his men be few.

Joshua 2:13 - And that ye will save alive H2421 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 - 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. H2421

Joshua 6:17 - And the city shall be accursed, even it, and all that are therein, to the LORD: only Rahab the harlot shall live, H2421 she and all that are with her in the house, because she hid the messengers that we sent.

Joshua 6:25 - And Joshua saved H2421 Rahab the harlot alive, H2421 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 - And Joshua made peace with them, and made a league with them, to let them live: H2421 and the princes of the congregation sware unto them.

Joshua 9:20 - This we will do to them; we will even let them live, H2421 lest wrath be upon us, because of the oath which we sware unto them.

Joshua 9:21 - And the princes said unto them, Let them live; H2421 but let them be hewers of wood and drawers of water unto all the congregation; as the princes had promised them.

Joshua 14:10 - And now, behold, the LORD hath kept me alive, H2421 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 - And he said, They were my brethren, even the sons of my mother: as the LORD liveth, if ye had saved them alive, H2421 I would not slay you.

Judges 15:19 - 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: H2421 wherefore he called the name thereof Enhakkore, which is in Lehi unto this day.

Judges 21:14 - And Benjamin came again at that time; and they gave them wives which they had saved alive H2421 of the women of Jabeshgilead: and yet so they sufficed them not.

1 Samuel 2:6 - The LORD killeth, and maketh alive: H2421 he bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth up.

1 Samuel 10:24 - 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 H2421 the king.

1 Samuel 27:9 - And David smote the land, and left neither man nor woman alive, H2421 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 - And David saved H2421 neither man nor woman alive, H2421 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 - So I stood upon him, and slew him, because I was sure that he could not live H2421 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 - 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. H2421 And so the Moabites became David's servants, and brought gifts.

2 Samuel 12:3 - But the poor man had nothing, save one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and nourished up: H2421 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 - And it came to pass, when Hushai the Archite, David's friend, was come unto Absalom, that Hushai said unto Absalom, God save H2421 the king, God save H2421 the king.

1 Kings 1:25 - 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 H2421 king Adonijah.

1 Kings 1:31 - Then Bathsheba bowed with her face to the earth, and did reverence to the king, and said, Let my lord king David live H2421 for ever.

1 Kings 1:34 - 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 H2421 king Solomon.