חָיֶה

chaye · vigorous

Hebrew word · Strong’s number H2422 · appears 1 time in the Bible

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What it means

chaye (חָיֶה) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “vigorous”.

Full of life. It occurs only in Exodus 1:19.

How to say it

cha·ye

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

  1. Full of life and strength.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

  • Exodus 1:19

    The midwives said to Pharaoh, “Because the Hebrew women are not like the Egyptian women; for they are vigorous, and before the midwife comes to them they have given birth.”