'Alive' in the Bible

“The Lord puts to death and makes alive;He brings down to Sheol (the grave) and raises up [from the grave].

He captured Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, though he totally destroyed all [the rest of] the people with the sword.

If I am still alive, will you not show me the lovingkindness and faithfulness of the Lord, so that I will not die?

May God do so to the enemies of David, and more also, if by morning I leave [alive] even one male of any who belong to him.”

David attacked the land and did not leave a man or a woman alive, but he took the sheep, the cattle, the donkeys, the camels, and the clothing, and returned to Achish.

David did not leave a man or a woman alive to bring news to Gath, saying [to himself], “Otherwise they will tell about us, saying, ‘This is what David has done, and this has been his practice all the time that he has lived in the country of the Philistines.’”