Strong's H2425 · Hebrew
חָיַי
châyay · /khaw-yah'-ee/
Definition
to live; causatively to revive
KJV: live, save life.
Root / derivation: a primitive root (compare H2421 (חָיָה));
KJV usage breakdown
How the Authorized (KJV) translators rendered חָיַי across 22 verses.
Every occurrence (KJV)
22 verses use this word, grouped by book — the translated form is highlighted.
Genesis5 verses
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 5:5And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years: and he died.
Genesis 11:12And Arphaxad lived five and thirty years, and begat Salah:
Genesis 11:14And Salah lived thirty years, and begat Eber:
Genesis 25:7And these are the days of the years of Abraham's life which he lived, an hundred threescore and fifteen years.
Exodus2 verses
Leviticus1 verse
Numbers2 verses
And the LORD said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole: and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live.
Numbers 21:9And Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole, and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived.
Deuteronomy4 verses
That the slayer might flee thither, which should kill his neighbour unawares, and hated him not in times past; and that fleeing unto one of these cities he might live:
Deuteronomy 5:24And ye said, Behold, the LORD our God hath shewed us his glory and his greatness, and we have heard his voice out of the midst of the fire: we have seen this day that God doth talk with man, and he liveth.
Deuteronomy 19:4And 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; in: Heb. from yesterday the third day
Deuteronomy 19:5As when a man goeth into the wood with his neighbour to hew wood, and his hand fetcheth a stroke with the axe to cut down the tree, and the head slippeth from the helve, and lighteth upon his neighbour, that he die; he shall flee unto one of those cities, and live: head: Heb. iron helve: Heb. wood lighteth: Heb. findeth
Ezekiel6 verses
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. blood: Heb. bloods
Ezekiel 18:24But 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 20:11And I gave them my statutes, and shewed them my judgments, which if a man do, he shall even live in them. shewed: Heb. made them to know
Ezekiel 20:13But 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 20:21Notwithstanding 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 47:9And 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. rivers: Heb. two rivers
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Frequently asked questions
What does Strong's H2425 (châyay) mean?
to live; causatively to revive
How many times does H2425 appear in the Bible?
Strong's H2425 (חָיַי) appears in 22 verses of the King James Version, most often translated “live.”
How is châyay translated in the KJV?
In the KJV, Strong's H2425 is rendered as “live” (14×), “lived” (5×), “liveth” (2×), “life” (1×).
Where does the Hebrew word חָיַי come from?
a primitive root (compare H2421 (חָיָה));