Chaya חֲיָא
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| חֲיָא | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | chaya |
| Strong's number | H2418 |
| Language | Aramaic |
| Part of speech | verb |
| Gloss | to live |
| Occurrences | 6 in 6 verses |
Chaya (Aramaic חֲיָא, Strong's H2418) is an Aramaic verb meaning “to live”. It occurs 6 times in 6 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
1) to live
1a) (P'al) to live
1b) (Aphel) to let live, keep alive
1a) (P'al) to live
1b) (Aphel) to let live, keep alive
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | live (5) |
|---|---|
| BSB | may you live (5), kept alive (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Chaya, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Daniel
- Daniel 2:4Then spake the Chaldeans to the king in Syriack, O king, live for ever: tell thy servants the dream, and we will shew the interpretation.Then the astrologers answered the king in Aramaic, “O king, may you live forever! Tell your servants the dream, and we will give the interpretation.”
- Daniel 3:9They spake and said to the king Nebuchadnezzar, O king, live for ever.saying to King Nebuchadnezzar, “O king, may you live forever!
- Daniel 5:10Now the queen, by reason of the words of the king and his lords, came into the banquet house: and the queen spake and said, O king, live for ever: let not thy thoughts trouble thee, nor let thy countenance be changed:Hearing the outcry of the king and his nobles, the queen entered the banquet hall. “O king, may you live forever!” she said. “Do not let your thoughts terrify you, or your face grow pale.
- Daniel 5:19And for the majesty that he gave him, all people, nations, and languages, trembled and feared before him: whom he would he slew; and whom he would he kept alive; and whom he would he set up; and whom he would he put down.Because of the greatness that He bestowed on him, the people of every nation and language trembled in fear before him. He killed whom he wished and kept alive whom he wished; he exalted whom he wished and humbled whom he wished.
- Daniel 6:6Then these presidents and princes assembled together to the king, and said thus unto him, King Darius, live for ever.So the administrators and satraps went together to the king and said, “O King Darius, may you live forever!
- Daniel 6:21Then said Daniel unto the king, O king, live for ever.Then Daniel replied, “O king, may you live forever!
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).