Michyah מִחְיָה

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Michyah
מִחְיָה
Transliterationmichyah
Strong's numberH4241
LanguageHebrew
Part of speechfeminine noun
Glossrecovery
Occurrences8 in 8 verses
Most frequent inLeviticus (2)

Michyah (Hebrew מִחְיָה, Strong's H4241) is a Hebrew feminine noun meaning “recovery”. It occurs 8 times in 8 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

1) preservation of life, sustenance
1a) preservation of life
1b) sustenance
1c) reviving
1d) the quick of the flesh, live flesh, tender or raw flesh

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVquick (2), reviving (2), life (1), sustenance (1), victuals (1), recover (1)
BSBnew life (2), it was to save lives (1), raw (1), sustenance (1), your provisions (1), recover (1)

Verses

Every verse with Michyah, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Genesis

Leviticus

Judges

2 Chronicles

Ezra

Notes

  1. 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.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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