חָיַי
châyay · khaw-yah'-ee
to live; causatively to revive
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root (compare H2421 (חָיָה));
to live; causatively to revive
- to live
- causatively, to revive
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: live, save life.
Letters
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to separate and protect › the hand that works › the hand that works
To separate and protect of the hand that works of the hand that works.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of חָיַי above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
1 occurrences · 1 OT · 0 NT · 1 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- lived3 · 13%
- he shall even live3 · 13%
- and live2 · 9%
- which he lived1 · 4%
- then she shall live1 · 4%
- me, and live1 · 4%
- he shall live1 · 4%
- upon it, shall live1 · 4%
- he lived1 · 4%
- he might live1 · 4%
- and he liveth1 · 4%
- thither, that he may live1 · 4%
- liveth1 · 4%
- to save his life1 · 4%
- and shall live1 · 4%
- shall he then live1 · 4%
- shall he live1 · 4%
- and every thing shall live1 · 4%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.