Original: חָיָה

Transliteration: châyâh

Phonetic: khaw-yaw'

Short Definition: Keep alive

Original: חיה

Transliteration: châyâh

Phonetic: khaw-yaw'

BDB Definition:

1. to live, have life, remain alive, sustain life, live prosperously, live for ever, be quickened, be alive, be restored to life or health
   1. (Qal)
      1. to live
         1. to have life
         2. to continue in life, remain alive
         3. to sustain life, to live on or upon
         4. to live (prosperously)
      2. to revive, be quickened
         1. from sickness
         2. from discouragement
         3. from faintness
         4. from death
   2. (Piel)
      1. to preserve alive, let live
      2. to give life
      3. to quicken, revive, refresh
         1. to restore to life
         2. to cause to grow
         3. to restore
         4. to revive
   3. (Hiphil)
      1. to preserve alive, let live
      2. to quicken, revive
         1. to restore (to health)
         2. to revive
         3. to restore to life

Origin: a primitive root [compare H2331, H2421]

TWOT entry: 644

Part(s) of speech: Verb

Cognate: H2416, H2419, H2422, H2424, H2425, H3171, H3172, H3174, H4241