חָיָה
châyâh(khaw-yaw')
“to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive”
270 occurrencesOld TestamentCommon word
Definition
Strong’s Definition
to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive
Translated in KJV as
keep (leave, make) alive[idiom] certainlygive (promise) life(let, suffer to) livenourish uppreserve (alive)quickenrecoverrepairrestore (to life)revive([idiom] God) save (alive, life, lives)[idiom] surelybe whole.
Etymology
a primitive root (compare H2331 (חָוָה), H2421 (חָיָה));
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“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.”