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חָיַי H2425
H2425 is the Hebrew word חָיַי, transliterated châyay and said khaw-yah'-ee. The King James Version most often renders it live.
What it means
to live; causatively to revive.
Where it comes from
a primitive root (compare H2421 (חָיָה)).
How the King James Version translates it
Across 14 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: live, save life.
Verses using חָיַי
All 14 verses, quoted in full.
Genesis 3:22 · KJV
And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:
Genesis 5:5 · KJV
And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years: and he died.
Genesis 11:12 · KJV
And Arphaxad lived five and thirty years, and begat Salah:
Genesis 11:14 · KJV
And Salah lived thirty years, and begat Eber:
Genesis 25:7 · KJV
And these are the days of the years of Abraham’s life which he lived, an hundred threescore and fifteen years.
Leviticus 18:5 · KJV
Ye shall therefore keep my statutes, and my judgments: which if a man do, he shall live in them: I am the LORD.
Deuteronomy 19:4 · KJV
And this is the case of the slayer, which shall flee thither, that he may live: Whoso killeth his neighbour ignorantly, whom he hated not in time past;
1 Samuel 20:31 · KJV
For as long as the son of Jesse liveth upon the ground, thou shalt not be established, nor thy kingdom. Wherefore now send and fetch him unto me, for he shall surely die.
Nehemiah 6:11 · KJV
And I said, Should such a man as I flee? and who is there, that, being as I am, would go into the temple to save his life? I will not go in.
Ezekiel 18:13 · KJV
Hath given forth upon usury, and hath taken increase: shall he then live? he shall not live: he hath done all these abominations; he shall surely die; his blood shall be upon him.
Ezekiel 18:24 · KJV
But when the righteous turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and doeth according to all the abominations that the wicked man doeth, shall he live? All his righteousness that he hath done shall not be mentioned: in his trespass that he hath trespassed, and in his sin that he hath sinned, in them shall he die.
Ezekiel 20:13 · KJV
But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness: they walked not in my statutes, and they despised my judgments, which if a man do, he shall even live in them; and my sabbaths they greatly polluted: then I said, I would pour out my fury upon them in the wilderness, to consume them.
Ezekiel 20:21 · KJV
Notwithstanding the children rebelled against me: they walked not in my statutes, neither kept my judgments to do them, which if a man do, he shall even live in them; they polluted my sabbaths: then I said, I would pour out my fury upon them, to accomplish my anger against them in the wilderness.
Ezekiel 47:9 · KJV
And it shall come to pass, that every thing that liveth, which moveth, whithersoever the rivers shall come, shall live: and there shall be a very great multitude of fish, because these waters shall come thither: for they shall be healed; and every thing shall live whither the river cometh.
Common questions
What does Strong's H2425 mean?
H2425 is the Hebrew word חָיַי (châyay), meaning to live; causatively to revive.
How is H2425 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it live (4 times), lived (4 times), even live (2 times), thither that he may live (1 time), liveth (1 time), among others.
How many times does H2425 appear in the Bible?
חָיַי (châyay) is tagged in 14 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H2425 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: a primitive root (compare H2421 (חָיָה)).
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