None of his sins that he hath committed shall be mentioned unto him: he hath done that which is lawful and right; he shall surely live.
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חָיָה
H2421 · châyâh · khaw-yaw' · Hebrew
Strong’s definition
to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive
KJV usage
keep (leave, make) alive, × certainly, give (promise) life, (let, suffer to) live, nourish up, preserve (alive), quicken, recover, repair, restore (to life), revive, (× God) save (alive, life, lives), × surely, be whole.
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Mapped occurrences
But if the wicked turn from his wickedness, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall live thereby.
And he said unto me, Son of man, can these bones live? And I answered, O Lord GOD, thou knowest.
Thus saith the Lord GOD unto these bones; Behold, I will cause breath to enter into you, and ye shall live:
And I will lay sinews upon you, and will bring up flesh upon you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and ye shall live; and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
Then said he unto me, Prophesy unto the wind, prophesy, son of man, and say to the wind, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live.
So I prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they lived, and stood up upon their feet, an exceeding great army.
And shall put my spirit in you, and ye shall live, and I shall place you in your own land: then shall ye know that I the LORD have spoken it, and performed it, saith the LORD.
And 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.
After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight.
After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight.
They that dwell under his shadow shall return; they shall revive as the corn, and grow as the vine: the scent thereof shall be as the wine of Lebanon.
For thus saith the LORD unto the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall live:
Seek the LORD, and ye shall live; lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and devour it, and there be none to quench it in Bethel.
Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live: and so the LORD, the God of hosts, shall be with you, as ye have spoken.
Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith.
O LORD, I have heard thy speech, and was afraid: O LORD, revive thy work in the midst of the years, in the midst of the years make known; in wrath remember mercy.
Your fathers, where are they? and the prophets, do they live for ever?
And I will sow them among the people: and they shall remember me in far countries; and they shall live with their children, and turn again.
And it shall come to pass, that when any shall yet prophesy, then his father and his mother that begat him shall say unto him, Thou shalt not live; for thou speakest lies in the name of the LORD: and his father and his mother that begat him shall thrust him through when he prophesieth.