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

1 Kings 1:39 - 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 H2421 king Solomon.

1 Kings 17:22 - And the LORD heard the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the child came into him again, and he revived. H2421

1 Kings 18:5 - 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 H2421 the horses and mules alive, H2421 that we lose not all the beasts.

1 Kings 20:31 - 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 H2421 thy life.

1 Kings 20:32 - 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. H2421 And he said, Is he yet alive? he is my brother.

2 Kings 1:2 - 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 H2421 of this disease.

2 Kings 4:7 - Then she came and told the man of God. And he said, Go, sell the oil, and pay thy debt, and live H2421 thou and thy children of the rest.

2 Kings 5:7 - 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, H2421 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 - 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, H2421 we shall live; H2421 and if they kill us, we shall but die.

2 Kings 8:1 - Then spake Elisha unto the woman, whose son he had restored to life, H2421 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 - And it came to pass, as he was telling the king how he had restored H2421 a dead body to life, H2421 that, behold, the woman, whose son he had restored to life, H2421 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. H2421

2 Kings 8:8 - 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 H2421 of this disease?

2 Kings 8:9 - 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 H2421 of this disease?

2 Kings 8:10 - And Elisha said unto him, Go, say unto him, Thou mayest certainly H2421 recover: H2421 howbeit the LORD hath shewed me that he shall surely die.

2 Kings 8:14 - So he departed from Elisha, and came to his master; who said to him, What said Elisha to thee? And he answered, He told me that thou shouldest surely H2421 recover. H2421

2 Kings 10:19 - Now therefore call unto me all the prophets of Baal, all his servants, and all his priests; let none be wanting: for I have a great sacrifice to do to Baal; whosoever shall be wanting, he shall not live. H2421 But Jehu did it in subtilty, to the intent that he might destroy the worshippers of Baal.

2 Kings 11:12 - And he brought forth the king's son, and put the crown upon him, and gave him the testimony; and they made him king, and anointed him; and they clapped their hands, and said, God save H2421 the king.

2 Kings 13:21 - And it came to pass, as they were burying a man, that, behold, they spied a band of men; and they cast the man into the sepulchre of Elisha: and when the man was let down, and touched the bones of Elisha, he revived, H2421 and stood up on his feet.

2 Kings 14:17 - And Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived H2421 after the death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years.

2 Kings 18:32 - Until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of corn and wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of oil olive and of honey, that ye may live, H2421 and not die: and hearken not unto Hezekiah, when he persuadeth you, saying, The LORD will deliver us.

2 Kings 20:1 - In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz came to him, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Set thine house in order; for thou shalt die, and not live. H2421

2 Kings 20:7 - And Isaiah said, Take a lump of figs. And they took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered. H2421

1 Chronicles 11:8 - And he built the city round about, even from Millo round about: and Joab repaired H2421 the rest of the city.

2 Chronicles 23:11 - Then they brought out the king's son, and put upon him the crown, and gave him the testimony, and made him king. And Jehoiada and his sons anointed him, and said, God save H2421 the king.

2 Chronicles 25:25 - And Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived H2421 after the death of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years.

Nehemiah 2:3 - And said unto the king, Let the king live H2421 for ever: why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers' sepulchres, lieth waste, and the gates thereof are consumed with fire?

Nehemiah 4:2 - And he spake before his brethren and the army of Samaria, and said, What do these feeble Jews? will they fortify themselves? will they sacrifice? will they make an end in a day? will they revive H2421 the stones out of the heaps of the rubbish which are burned?

Nehemiah 5:2 - For there were that said, We, our sons, and our daughters, are many: therefore we take up corn for them, that we may eat, and live. H2421

Nehemiah 9:6 - Thou, even thou, art LORD alone; thou hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth, and all things that are therein, the seas, and all that is therein, and thou preservest H2421 them all; and the host of heaven worshippeth thee.

Nehemiah 9:29 - And testifiedst against them, that thou mightest bring them again unto thy law: yet they dealt proudly, and hearkened not unto thy commandments, but sinned against thy judgments, (which if a man do, he shall live H2421 in them;) and withdrew the shoulder, and hardened their neck, and would not hear.

Esther 4:11 - All the king's servants, and the people of the king's provinces, do know, that whosoever, whether man or woman, shall come unto the king into the inner court, who is not called, there is one law of his to put him to death, except such to whom the king shall hold out the golden sceptre, that he may live: H2421 but I have not been called to come in unto the king these thirty days.

Job 7:16 - I loathe it; I would not live H2421 alway: let me alone; for my days are vanity.

Job 14:14 - If a man die, shall he live H2421 again? all the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come.

Job 21:7 - Wherefore do the wicked live, H2421 become old, yea, are mighty in power?

Job 33:4 - The Spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty hath given me life. H2421

Job 36:6 - He preserveth not the life H2421 of the wicked: but giveth right to the poor.

Job 42:16 - After this lived H2421 Job an hundred and forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons' sons, even four generations.

Psalms 22:26 - The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise the LORD that seek him: your heart shall live H2421 for ever.

Psalms 22:29 - All they that be fat upon earth shall eat and worship: all they that go down to the dust shall bow before him: and none can keep alive H2421 his own soul.

Psalms 30:3 - O LORD, thou hast brought up my soul from the grave: thou hast kept me alive, H2421 that I should not go down to the pit.

Psalms 33:19 - To deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive H2421 in famine.

Psalms 41:2 - The LORD will preserve him, and keep him alive; H2421 and he shall be blessed upon the earth: and thou wilt not deliver him unto the will of his enemies.

Psalms 49:9 - That he should still live H2421 for ever, and not see corruption.

Psalms 69:32 - The humble shall see this, and be glad: and your heart shall live H2421 that seek God.

Psalms 71:20 - Thou, which hast shewed me great and sore troubles, shalt quicken H2421 me again, and shalt bring me up again from the depths of the earth.

Psalms 72:15 - And he shall live, H2421 and to him shall be given of the gold of Sheba: prayer also shall be made for him continually; and daily shall he be praised.

Psalms 80:18 - So will not we go back from thee: quicken H2421 us, and we will call upon thy name.

Psalms 85:6 - Wilt thou not revive H2421 us again: that thy people may rejoice in thee?

Psalms 89:48 - What man is he that liveth, H2421 and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah.

Psalms 118:17 - I shall not die, but live, H2421 and declare the works of the LORD.