Strong H4241מִחְיָה

recovery

Transliteration: michyâh
Pronunciation: mikh-yaw'
Morphology: Hebrew Noun (Feminine)

Definition

From H2421; preservation of life; hence sustenance; also the live {flesh} that {is} the quick: - preserve {life} {quick} recover {selves} {reviving} {sustenance} victuals.

Detailed definition

STEP sense: recovery

Exact lexical definition: preservation of life

Part of speech: noun

BDB context: מִחְיָה n.f . preservation of life , sustenance preservation of life sustenance reviving the quick

In the Bible

Strong H4241 appears in 8 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

quick2
preserve1
recover1
revive1
reviving1
sustenance1
victual1

First verses

Genesis 45:5
Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life.
Leviticus 13:10
And the priest shall see him: and, behold, if the rising be white in the skin, and it have turned the hair white, and there be quick raw flesh in the rising;
Leviticus 13:24
Or if there be any flesh, in the skin whereof there is a hot burning, and the quick flesh that burneth have a white bright spot, somewhat reddish, or white;
Judges 6:4
And they encamped against them, and destroyed the increase of the earth, till thou come unto Gaza, and left no sustenance for Israel, neither sheep, nor ox, nor ass.
Judges 17:10
And Micah said unto him, Dwell with me, and be unto me a father and a priest, and I will give thee ten shekels of silver by the year, and a suit of apparel, and thy victuals. So the Levite went in.
2 Chronicles 14:13
And Asa and the people that were with him pursued them unto Gerar: and the Ethiopians were overthrown, that they could not recover themselves; for they were destroyed before the Lord, and before his host; and they carried away very much spoil.
Ezra 9:8
And now for a little space grace hath been shewed from the Lord our God, to leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us a nail in his holy place, that our God may lighten our eyes, and give us a little reviving in our bondage.
Ezra 9:9
For we were bondmen; yet our God hath not forsaken us in our bondage, but hath extended mercy unto us in the sight of the kings of Persia, to give us a reviving, to set up the house of our God, and to repair the desolations thereof, and to give us a wall in Judah and in Jerusalem.