חָיָה (châyâh) — Keep Alive

Strong's H2421 is tagged on 282 words in 257 verses across 27 books of the word-by-word Hebrew and Aramaic Old Testament text on this site. It first appears in Genesis 3:22 and last appears in Zechariah 13:3.

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Books where it appears most

Verses (first 25 of 257)

• Genesis 3:22 — וָחַי — and he will live
• Genesis 5:3 — וַיְחִי — and he lived
• Genesis 5:5 — חַי — he lived
• Genesis 5:6 — וַיְחִי — and he lived
• Genesis 5:7 — וַיְחִי — and he lived
• Genesis 5:9 — וַיְחִי — and he lived
• Genesis 5:10 — וַיְחִי — and he lived
• Genesis 5:12 — וַיְחִי — and he lived
• Genesis 5:13 — וַיְחִי — and he lived
• Genesis 5:15 — וַיְחִי — and he lived
• Genesis 5:16 — וַיְחִי — and he lived
• Genesis 5:18 — וַיְחִי — and he lived
• Genesis 5:19 — וַיְחִי — and he lived
• Genesis 5:21 — וַיְחִי — and he lived
• Genesis 5:25 — וַיְחִי — and he lived
• Genesis 5:26 — וַיְחִי — and he lived
• Genesis 5:28 — וַיְחִי — and he lived
• Genesis 5:30 — וַיְחִי — and he lived
• Genesis 6:19 — לְהַחֲיֹת — to preserve alive
• Genesis 6:20 — לְהַחֲיוֹת — to preserve alive
• Genesis 7:3 — לְחַיּוֹת — to preserve alive
• Genesis 9:28 — וַיְחִי — and he lived
• Genesis 11:11 — וַיְחִי — and he lived
• Genesis 11:12 — חַי — he lived
• Genesis 11:13 — וַיְחִי — and he lived

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Related entries

Named in this entry's derivation: H2331 חָוָה (châvâh).

Entries whose derivation names this word: H2331 חָוָה (châvâh), H2416 חַי (chay), H2418 חֲיָא (chăyâʼ), H2422 חָיֶה (châyeh), H2424 חַיּוּת (chayûwth), H2425 חָיַי (châyay), H3109 יוֹחָא (Yôwchâʼ), H3171 יְחִיאֵל (Yᵉchîyʼêl), H3174 יְחִיָּה (Yᵉchîyâh), H4241 מִחְיָה (michyâh).

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