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Strong's #4241 - מִחְיָה
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- preservation of life, sustenance
- preservation of life
- sustenance
- reviving
- the quick of the flesh, live flesh, tender or raw flesh
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1171) ih (ההי HhY) AC: Live CO: Stomach AB: Life: When the stomach is empty one is famished and week and when it is filled one is revived. This organ is seen as the life as an empty stomach is like death but a revived stomach is life.
A) ih (ההי HhY) AC: ? CO: Stomach AB: Life
Nf ) ih (ההי HhY) - Stomach: Literally the organ that holds food (see Job 38:39) but figurative of life. [Hebrew and Aramaic] KJV (508): live, life, beast, alive, creature, running, living thing, raw, springing, appetite, quick - Strongs: H
Nf3) tfih (ההיות HhYWT) - Living: KJV (1): living - Strongs: H2424 (חַיּוּת)
H) eih (ההיה HhYH) AC: ? CO: Sustenance AB: Life
V) eih (ההיה HhYH) - Live: The revival of life from food or other necessity. [Hebrew and Aramaic] KJV (268): (vf: Paal, Hiphil, Piel) live, alive, save, quicken, revive, life, recover - Strongs: H2418 (חֲיָא), H2421 (חָיָה)
Nm) eih (ההיה HhYH) - Lively: Having the vigor of life. KJV (1): lively - Strongs: H2422 (חָיֶה)
hf1) eihm (מההיה MHhYH) - Sustenance: A food that revives life. KJV (8): revive, quick, preserve life, sustenance, victuals, recover - Strongs: H4241 (מִחְיָה)
K) fih (ההיו HhYW) AC: ? CO: Beast AB: ?
Nf1 ) efih (ההיוה HhYWH) - Beast: A living creature. [Aramaic only] KJV (20): beast - Strongs: H2423 (חֵיוָה)
M) iih (ההיי HhYY) AC: ? CO: ? AB: Life
V) iih (ההיי HhYY) - Live: KJV (23): (vf: Paal, Piel) live, life - Strongs: H2425 (חָיַי)
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
1 preservation of life Genesis 45:5 (E), 2 Chronicles 14:12.
2 sustenance Judges 6:4; Judges 17:10.
3 reviving, Ezra 9:8,9.
4 the quick (בָּשָׂר) מִחְיַת the quick (or raw spot) of the flesh Leviticus 13:10,24 (P).