מִחְיָה
michyâh · mikh-yaw'
preservation of life; hence, sustenance; also the live flesh, i.e. the quick
Lexicon
Derivation: from H2421 (חָיָה);
preservation of life; hence, sustenance; also the live flesh, i.e. the quick
- preservation of life
- hence, sustenance
- also, the live flesh, i.e. the quick
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: preserve life, quick, recover selves, reviving, sustenance, victuals.
Letters
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- 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
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
water, chaos, the mighty deep › to separate and protect › the hand that works › to reveal, behold
Water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to separate and protect of the hand that works that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מִחְיָה 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
8 occurrences · 8 OT · 0 NT · 8 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- to preserve life1 · 13%
- and there be quick1 · 13%
- and the quick1 · 13%
- no sustenance1 · 13%
- and thy victuals1 · 13%
- that they could not recover1 · 13%
- reviving1 · 13%
- us a reviving1 · 13%
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.