Genesis 1:20
And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.
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Revelation 22:19
And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.
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33 verses
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Which Hebrew, Aramaic, or Greek words stand behind this KJV word?
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חַי
chay · khah'-ee
144 times translated as this KJV form498 total Strong's occurrences
alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively
Strong's KJV usage: age, alive, appetite, (wild) beast, company, congregation, life(-time), live(-ly), living (creature, thing), maintenance, merry, multitude, (be) old, quick, raw, running, springing, troop.
Strong's first: Genesis 1:20Strong's last: Malachi 2:5
Open full H2416 profile →ζωή
zōḗ · dzo-ay'
131 times translated as this KJV form138 total Strong's occurrences
life (literally or figuratively)
Strong's KJV usage: :--life(-time).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Matthew 7:14Strong's last: Revelation 22:19
Open full G2222 profile →נֶפֶשׁ
nephesh · neh'-fesh
100 times translated as this KJV form738 total Strong's occurrences
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
Strong's KJV usage: any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, × dead(-ly), desire, × (dis-) contented, × fish, ghost, greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, × jeopardy of) life (× in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-) self, them (your) -selves, slay, soul, tablet, they, thing, (× she) will, × would have it.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Genesis 9:4Strong's last: Jonah 4:3
Open full H5315 profile →ψυχή
psychḗ · psoo-khay'
34 times translated as this KJV form112 total Strong's occurrences
breath, i.e. (by implication) spirit, abstractly or concretely (the animal sentient principle only; thus distinguished on the one hand from G4151, which is the rational and immortal soul; and on the other from G2222, which is mere vitality, even of plants: these terms thus exactly correspond respectively to the Hebrew H5315, H7307 and H2416)
Strong's KJV usage: :--heart (+ -ily), life, mind, soul, + us, + you.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Matthew 2:20Strong's last: Revelation 8:9
Open full G5590 profile →חָיָה
châyâh · khaw-yaw'
9 times translated as this KJV form270 total Strong's occurrences
to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive
Strong's 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.
Strong's first: 2 Kings 8:1Strong's last: Ezekiel 13:22
Open full H2421 profile →βίος
bíos · bee'-os
5 times translated as this KJV form13 total Strong's occurrences
life, i.e. (literally) the present state of existence; by implication, the means of livelihood
Strong's KJV usage: :--good, life, living.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Luke 8:14Strong's last: 1 John 2:16
Open full G979 profile →יוֹם
yôwm · yome
4 times translated as this KJV form2,209 total Strong's occurrences
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)
Strong's KJV usage: age, always, chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), elder, × end, evening, (for) ever(-lasting, -more), × full, life, as (so) long as (... live), (even) now, old, outlived, perpetually, presently, remaineth, × required, season, × since, space, then, (process of) time, as at other times, in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), × whole ( age), (full) year(-ly), younger.
Strong's first: 1 Kings 3:11Strong's last: Psalms 91:16
Open full H3117 profile →βιωτικός
biōtikós · bee-o-tee-kos'
3 times translated as this KJV form3 total Strong's occurrences
relating to the present existence
Strong's KJV usage: :--of (pertaining to, things that pertain to) this life.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Luke 21:34Strong's last: 1 Corinthians 6:4
Open full G982 profile →ζωοποιέω
zōopoiéō · dzo-op-oy-eh'-o
2 times translated as this KJV form15 total Strong's occurrences
to (re-)vitalize (literally or figuratively)
Strong's KJV usage: :--make alive, give life, quicken.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: 2 Corinthians 3:6Strong's last: Galatians 3:21
Open full G2227 profile →ἀγωγή
agōgḗ · ag-o-gay'
1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences
a bringing up, i.e. mode of living
Strong's KJV usage: :--manner of life.
Strong's first: 2 Timothy 3:10Strong's last: 2 Timothy 3:10
Open full G72 profile →ἀπό
apó · apo'
1 times translated as this KJV form641 total Strong's occurrences
"off," i.e. away (from something near), in various senses (of place, time, or relation; literal or figurative)
Strong's KJV usage: :--(X here-)after, ago, at, because of, before, by (the space of), for(-th), from, in, (out) of, off, (up-)on(-ce), since, with.
Strong's first: Revelation 17:8Strong's last: Revelation 17:8
Open full G575 profile →αὐτός
autós · ow-tos'
1 times translated as this KJV form5,718 total Strong's occurrences
the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the compound G1438) of the third person , and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
Strong's KJV usage: :--her, it(-self), one, the other, (mine) own, said, (self-), the) same, ((him-, my-, thy- )self, (your-)selves, she, that, their(-s), them(-selves), there(-at, - by, -in, -into, -of, -on, -with), they, (these) things, this (man), those, together, very, which.
Strong's first: Luke 17:33Strong's last: Luke 17:33
Open full G846 profile →ἄψυχος
ápsychos · ap'-soo-khos
1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences
lifeless, i.e. inanimate (mechanical)
Strong's KJV usage: :--without life.
Strong's first: 1 Corinthians 14:7Strong's last: 1 Corinthians 14:7
Open full G895 profile →βίωσις
bíōsis · bee'-o-sis
1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences
living (properly, the act, by implication, the mode)
Strong's KJV usage: :--manner of life.
Strong's first: Acts 26:4Strong's last: Acts 26:4
Open full G981 profile →ζάω
záō · dzah'-o
1 times translated as this KJV form151 total Strong's occurrences
to live (literally or figuratively)
Strong's KJV usage: :--life(-time), (a-)live(-ly), quick.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: 2 Corinthians 1:8Strong's last: 2 Corinthians 1:8
Open full G2198 profile →οὐδείς
oudeís · oo-dice'
1 times translated as this KJV form231 total Strong's occurrences
not even one (man, woman or thing), i.e. none, nobody, nothing
Strong's KJV usage: :--any (man), aught, man, neither any (thing), never (man), no (man), none (+ of these things), not (any, at all, -thing), nought.
Strong's first: Acts 27:22Strong's last: Acts 27:22
Open full G3762 profile →πνεῦμα
pneûma · pnyoo'-mah
1 times translated as this KJV form441 total Strong's occurrences
a current of air, i.e. breath (blast) or a breeze; by analogy or figuratively, a spirit, i.e. (human) the rational soul, (by implication) vital principle, mental disposition, etc., or (superhuman) an angel, demon, or (divine) God, Christ's spirit, the Holy Spirit
Strong's KJV usage: :--ghost, life, spirit(-ual, -ually), mind.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Revelation 13:15Strong's last: Revelation 13:15
Open full G4151 profile →חַי
chay · khah'-ee
1 times translated as this KJV form7 total Strong's occurrences
alive; also (as noun in plural) life
Strong's KJV usage: life, that liveth, living.
Strong's first: Ezra 6:10Strong's last: Ezra 6:10
Open full H2417 profile →חָיַי
châyay · khaw-yah'-ee
1 times translated as this KJV form22 total Strong's occurrences
to live; causatively to revive
Strong's KJV usage: live, save life.
Strong's first: Nehemiah 6:11Strong's last: Nehemiah 6:11
Open full H2425 profile →מִחְיָה
michyâh · mikh-yaw'
1 times translated as this KJV form8 total Strong's occurrences
preservation of life; hence, sustenance; also the live flesh, i.e. the quick
Strong's KJV usage: preserve life, quick, recover selves, reviving, sustenance, victuals.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Genesis 45:5Strong's last: Genesis 45:5
Open full H4241 profile →עֶצֶם
ʻetsem · eh'tsem
1 times translated as this KJV form126 total Strong's occurrences
a bone (as strong); by extension, the body; figuratively, the substance, i.e. (as pron.) selfsame
Strong's KJV usage: body, bone, × life, (self-) same, strength, × very.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Job 7:15Strong's last: Job 7:15
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H2416
And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.
H2416
And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so.
H2416
And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
H2416
And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.
H2416
And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:
H2416
And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;
H2416
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:
H2416
So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.
H2416
And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; and every thing that is in the earth shall die.
H2416
In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
H2416
And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh, wherein is the breath of life.
H2416
All in whose nostrils was the breath of life, of all that was in the dry land, died.
H5315
But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat.
H5315
And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man's brother will I require the life of man.
H2416
And he said, I will certainly return unto thee according to the time of life; and, lo, Sarah thy wife shall have a son. And Sarah heard it in the tent door, which was behind him.
H2416
Is any thing too hard for the LORD? At the time appointed I will return unto thee, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son.
H5315
And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed.
H5315
Behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast shewed unto me in saving my life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil take me, and I die:
H2416
And Sarah was an hundred and seven and twenty years old: these were the years of the life of Sarah.
H2416
And these are the days of the years of Abraham's life which he lived, an hundred threescore and fifteen years.
H2416
And these are the years of the life of Ishmael, an hundred and thirty and seven years: and he gave up the ghost and died; and was gathered unto his people.
H2416
And Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth: if Jacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these which are of the daughters of the land, what good shall my life do me?
H2416
And Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth: if Jacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these which are of the daughters of the land, what good shall my life do me?
H5315
And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.
H2416
Hereby ye shall be proved: By the life of Pharaoh ye shall not go forth hence, except your youngest brother come hither.
English meaning and historical usage.
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life
LIFE, noun plu lives. [See Live.]
1. In a general sense, that state of animals and plants, or of an organized being, in which its natural functions and motions are performed, or in which its organs are capable of performing their functions. A tree is not destitute of life in winter, when the functions of its organs are suspended; nor man during a swoon or syncope; nor strictly birds, quadrupeds or serpents during their torpitude in winter. They are not strictly dead, till the functions of their organs are incapable of being renewed.
2. In animals, animation; vitality; and in man, that state of being in which the soul and body are united.
He entreated me not to take his life
3. In plants, the state in which they grow or are capable of growth, by means of the circulation of the sap. The life of an oak may be two, three, or four hundred years.
4. The present state of existence; the time from birth to death. The life of man seldom exceeds seventy years.
If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable. 1 Corinthians 15:19.
5. Manner of living; conduct; deportment, in regard to morals.
I will teach my family to lead good lives.
6. Condition; course of living, in regard to happiness and misery. We say, a man's life has been a series of prosperity, or misfortune.
7. Blood, the supposed vehicle of animation.
And the warm life came issuing through the wound.
8. Animals in general; animal being.
Full nature swarms with life
9. System of animal nature.
Lives through all life
10. Spirit; animation; briskness; vivacity; resolution.
They have no notion of life and fire in fancy and words.
11. The living form; real person or state; in opposition to a copy; as, a picture is taken from the life; a description from the life
12. Exact resemblance; with to, before life
His portrait is draw to the life
13. General state of man, or of social manners; as the studies and arts that polish life
14. Condition; rank in society; as high life and low life
15.Common occurrences; course of things; human affairs.
But to know that which before us lies in daily life is the prime wisdom.
16. A person; a living being; usually or always, a human being. How many lives were sacrificed during the revolution?
17. Narrative of a past life; history of the events of life; biographical narration. Johnson wrote the life of Milton, and the lives of other poets.
18. In Scripture, nourishment; support of life
For the tree of the field is man's life Deuteronomy 20:19.
19. The stomach or appetite.
His life abhorreth bread. Job 33:4.
20. The enjoyments or blessings of the present life
Having the promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come. 1 Timothy 4:8.
21. Supreme felicity.
To be spiritually minded is life and peace. Romans 8:2.
22. Eternal happiness in heaven. Romans 5:10.
23. Restoration to life Romans 5:10.
24. The author and giver of supreme felicity.
I am the way, the truth, and the life John 14:6.
25. A quickening, animating and strengthening principle, in a moral sense. John 6:27.
26. The state of being in force, or the term for which an instrument has legal operation; as the life of an execution.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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