Hebrew Study
Strong’s Concordance H2421
A readable Hebrew dictionary entry from Strong’s Concordance. Definitions help with word study; the meaning in a verse still depends on context.
Word study
- Source
- Strong’s Concordance
- Transliteration
- chayah
- Pronunciation
- khaw-yaw'
- Occurrences
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- Strong’s number
- H2421
- Brief meaning
- To live, whether literally or figuratively, causatively, to revive
- Source renderings
- 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
- Root word
- a primitive root (compare H2331, 2421)
- Full definition from the source
- To live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive. Root word: a primitive root (compare H2331, 2421).
- Digital-source-added cross-reference note
- H2331, H2421
Source info
Source and edition
James Strong, Strong's Hebrew Bible Dictionary (1890); Bible Foundation text source; Michael Grier's 1996 ASCII e-text; CrossWire module 1.2.
View the 1890 print witnessView preserved source wording
02421\ 2421 chayah khaw-yaw' a primitive root (compare 2331, 2421); to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive:--keep (leave, make) alive, X certainly, give (promise) life, (let, suffer to) live, nourish up, preserve (alive), quicken, recover, repair, restore (to life), revive, (X God) save (alive, life, lives), X surely, be whole. see HEBREW for 02331 see HEBREW for 02421