'Alive' in the Bible
Hannah said, "Sir, as surely as you are alive, I'm the woman who stood before you here praying to the LORD.
Saul said, "Let's go down after the Philistines tonight and plunder them until dawn, and let's not leave a single one of them alive." They said, "Do whatever seems good to you!" But the priest said, "Let's draw near to God here."
He captured alive Agag king of Amalek, but he completely destroyed all the people, executing them with swords.
David again took an oath: "Your father certainly knows that I've found favor with you, and so he told himself, "Jonathan must not know this so he won't be upset.' But as certainly as the LORD is alive and living, and as certainly as I'm alive and living, too, there is only a step between me and death."
If I remain alive, don't fail to show me the LORD's gracious love so that I don't die.
May the LORD do this to the enemies of David and more also if by the morning I've left alive a single male of all those who belong to him."
David struck the land and did not leave a man or woman alive. He took sheep, cattle, donkeys, camels, and clothing, and then came back and went to Achish.
David answered, "Against the Negev of Judah, against the Negev of the Jerahmeelites, and against the Negev of the Kenites." David did not leave a man or woman alive to bring to Gath. He told himself, "Otherwise, they'll say, "This is what David is doing, and this has been his practice all the time he has lived in Philistine territory.'"