268 occurrences in 12 translations

'Alive' in the Bible

And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep them alive with thee; they shall be male and female.

Verse ConceptsFlesh, Description OfNoah's ArkKept Alive By MenTwo AnimalsMale And Female Animals

Of fowls after their kind, and of cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the earth after his kind, two of every sort shall come unto thee, to keep them alive.

Verse ConceptsAccording To Its KindKept Alive By MenKinds Of Living Things

Of fowls also of the air by sevens, the male and the female; to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth.

Verse ConceptsSeven AnimalsAnimal OffspringKept Alive By MenMale And Female Animals

And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowl of the heaven; and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah only remained alive, and they that were with him in the ark.

Verse ConceptsFlood, TheCovenant, God's with NoahRemnantDeath Of CreaturesGod KillingSole SurvivorsDeath Of Other GroupsGod Killing All People

Haran died in the land of his birth, in Ur of the Chaldeans, while his father Terah was still alive.

Verse Conceptsnatural DeathDeath Of A Father

Therefore it shall come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see thee, that they shall say, This is his wife: and they will kill me, but they will save thee alive.

Verse ConceptsKept Alive By MenTransferring Wives

Then she called the name of the Lord who spoke to her, “You are a God who sees”; for she said, “Have I even remained alive here after seeing Him?”

Verse ConceptsVeilsNames Of GodGod, All knowingGod Seeing All The EarthThose Who Saw GodVisibilityOther References To God's Name

"Your servant has found favor in your sight, and you have shown me your gracious love in how you have dealt with me by keeping me alive. I cannot escape to the hills, because I'm afraid the disaster will overtake me, and I'll die.

Verse ConceptsKindnessPeople's Inability To SaveEscaping To MountainsPossibility Of DeathGod Showed His LovingkindnessUnable To Save

Look, there is a town nearby where I can flee, and it's a small one. Let me escape there! It's a small one, isn't it? That way I'll stay alive!"

Verse ConceptsSmallnessSmall ThingsKeeping Oneself AliveOthers Who Fled

come, let us give our father wine to drink, and let us lie with him, that we may preserve seed alive of our father.

Verse ConceptsCourteousnessgrandfathers

And it came to pass on the next day that the first-born said to the younger, Lo, I lay last night with my father: let us give him wine to drink to-night also, and go thou in, lie with him, that we may preserve seed alive of our father.

Verse ConceptsFirstborn Daughters

And Abraham gave gifts to the sons of his concubines, but while he was still alive he sent them eastward, away from his son Isaac, to the land of the East.

Verse ConceptsGroups Sent Away

"But your majesty," they pleaded, "your servants include twelve brothers, the sons of a common father back in the land of Canaan. Please! Our youngest brother remains with our father, and the other one is no longer alive."

Verse ConceptsThe Youngest ChildIndividuals Passing AwayTwelve BeingsPassing Awayvulnerability

Our father has twelve sons, but one of us isn't alive anymore, and our youngest brother is with our father today back home in Canaan.'

Verse ConceptsThe Number TwelveThe Youngest ChildIndividuals Passing AwayTwelve Beings

And they said, The man asked us straitly of our state, and of our kindred, saying, Is your father yet alive? have ye another brother? and we told him according to the tenor of these words: could we certainly know that he would say, Bring your brother down?

Verse ConceptsAsking Particular QuestionsAnswering PeopleNot Knowing The FutureLiving On

And he asked them of their welfare, and said, Is your father well, the old man of whom ye spake? Is he yet alive?

Verse ConceptsLiving On

And they answered, Thy servant our father is in good health, he is yet alive. And they bowed down their heads, and made obeisance.

Verse ConceptsBowing Before JosephLiving On

Joseph blurted out, "I'm Joseph! Is my father really alive?" But his brothers could not answer him, because they had become terrified to be in his presence.

Verse ConceptsSuffering, Emotional Aspects OfGuilty FearThis Is MeLiving OnOthers Not AnsweringFear Of IndividualsIdentity

God sent me ahead of you to establish you as a remnant within the land and to keep you alive by a great deliverance.

Verse ConceptsRemnantRescueEscaping EvilSurvivors Of IsraelIndividuals Saving OthersIdentityTaking Care Of The Earthdeliverance

And told him, saying, Joseph is yet alive, and he is governor over all the land of Egypt. And Jacob's heart fainted, for he believed them not.

Verse ConceptsFaintingNot Believing PeopleLiving On

And Israel said, It is enough; Joseph my son is yet alive: I will go and see him before I die.

Verse ConceptsBefore DeathLiving On

And Israel said unto Joseph, Now let me die, since I have seen thy face, because thou art yet alive.

Verse ConceptsReadinessParental LoveResigned To DeathLiving OnSeeing People

And they said, Thou hast saved us alive. Let us find favour in the eyes of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh's bondmen.

Verse ConceptsSubjectionKept Alive By MenGroups Of SlavesIndividuals Saving Others

And the king of Egypt called for the midwives, and said unto them, Why have ye done this thing, and have saved the men children alive?

Verse ConceptsKept Alive By MenKings SummoningWhy Do You Do This?

And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river, and every daughter ye shall save alive.

Verse ConceptsCruelty, examples ofCommands, in OTKept Alive By MenDeath Of All MalesKilling IsraelitesThe King's Orders

And Moses went and returned to Jethro his father in law, and said unto him, Let me go, I pray thee, and return unto my brethren which are in Egypt, and see whether they be yet alive. And Jethro said to Moses, Go in peace.

Verse ConceptsFathers In LawsReturning to their landLiving OnBrothers in lawgirlfriends

If the theft be certainly found in his hand alive, whether it be ox, or ass, or sheep; he shall restore double.

Verse ConceptsRestitutionDouble PenaltyLiving ThingsRules About Booty

And Moses diligently sought the goat of the sin offering, and, behold, it was burnt: and he was angry with Eleazar and Ithamar, the sons of Aaron which were left alive, saying,

Verse ConceptsAnger, HumanAnger, Justified ExamplesBurning SacrificesSeeking For Concrete ThingsNamed People Angry With Others

Then shall the priest command to take for him that is to be cleansed two birds alive and clean, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop:

Verse ConceptsColors, ScarletRed CordsCedar WoodTwo AnimalsWhilst Alive

But the goat, on which the lot fell to be the scapegoat, shall be presented alive before the LORD, to make an atonement with him, and to let him go for a scapegoat into the wilderness.

Verse ConceptsAtonementLiving In The WildernessDriving Out AnimalsTaking Away EvilWhilst Alive

And upon them that are left alive of you I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies; and the sound of a shaken leaf shall chase them; and they shall flee, as fleeing from a sword; and they shall fall when none pursueth.

Verse ConceptsFugitivesHuman EmotionHeart, HumanWeakness, PhysicalFaint HeartednessSurvivors Threatened

Only Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh remained alive of those men who went to scout out the land.

Verse ConceptsLiving Onexploring

But if the Lord brings about something unprecedented, and the ground opens its mouth and swallows them along with all that belongs to them so that they go down alive into Sheol, then you will know that these men have despised the Lord.”

Verse ConceptsGrave, TheMoses, Significance OfRetributionRebellion Against God, Nature OfSwallowingWhilst AliveDeath Of The Wicked

They, and all that appertained to them, went down alive into the pit, and the earth closed upon them: and they perished from among the congregation.

Verse ConceptsSheolWhilst Alive

So they smote him, and his sons, and all his people, until there was none left him alive: and they possessed his land.

Verse ConceptsExtermination

And the ass saw me, and turned from me these three times: unless she had turned from me, surely now also I had slain thee, and saved her alive.

Verse ConceptsBalaams DonkeyGod KillingSeeing AngelsActing Three TimesGod Killing Individuals

If she hadn't turned away from me, I would have killed you by now and left her alive!" At this, Balaam replied to the angel of the LORD, "I've sinned! I didn't know that you were standing to meet me on the road. So now, since it displeases you, let me go back."

Verse ConceptsAcknowledge, SinIndividuals going homeIgnorant Of FactsWe Have Sinned

And Moses said unto them, Have ye saved all the women alive?

Verse ConceptsKept Alive By Men

But all the women children, that have not known a man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves.

Verse Conceptssexteenagergenocide

But ye that did cleave unto the LORD your God are alive every one of you this day.

Verse ConceptsKept Alive By God

The day when thou hast stood before Jehovah thy God in Horeb -- in Jehovah's saying unto me, Assemble to Me the people, and I cause them to hear My words, so that they learn to fear Me all the days that they are alive on the ground, and their sons they teach; --

Verse Conceptsdiscipleship, nature ofLearning From Other PeopleStandingBibleStudentsAssembling IsraelTeaching ChildrenFear God!

Someone could flee there who committed manslaughter, killing his neighbor accidentally without previously hating him. He could flee to one of these cities and stay alive:

Verse ConceptsDeath penaltyManslaughterNot HatingUnintentional

The LORD made not this covenant with our fathers, but with us, even us, who are all of us here alive this day.

Verse ConceptsAncestorscovenant

you said, 'Look, Yahweh our God has shown us his glory and his greatness, and we have heard his voice from the midst of the fire; this day we have seen that God can speak with a human being, {yet he remains alive}.

Verse ConceptsGod, Glory OfGlory Of GodGod Appearing In FireLiving Despite God's Presencegreatness

For who [is there of] all flesh who has heard the voice of the living God speaking from the midst of the fire as we [have heard it] {and remained alive}?

Verse ConceptsGod, Living And Self sustainingeternal life, nature ofGod Appearing In FireLiving Despite God's Presence

And the LORD commanded us to do all these statutes, to fear the LORD our God, for our good always, that he might preserve us alive, as it is at this day.

Verse ConceptsReverence, And BlessingFear Of God, Results OfSustaining ProvidenceReverence To GodBlessings Of ObedienceFear God!Keep The Commandments!Survivalpreservation

But of the cities of these people, which the LORD thy God doth give thee for an inheritance, thou shalt save alive nothing that breatheth:

Verse ConceptsCities Under AttackMassacresbreathingbreathgenocide

For I know thy rebellion, and thy stiff neck: behold, while I am yet alive with you this day, ye have been rebellious against the LORD; and how much more after my death?

Verse ConceptsRebellion, Of IsraelNecksSelf WillObstinate IndividualsKnowing FactsRebellion against Godrebellion

"I solemnly swear to heaven I say "As certainly as I'm alive and living forever,

Verse ConceptsGod, The EternalHand Of GodLifting HandsSwearing

And that ye will save alive my father, and my mother, and my brethren, and my sisters, and all that they have, and deliver our lives from death.

Verse ConceptsKept Alive By MenDeath Of A Family MemberDeath Of A MotherDeath Of A FatherFamily DeathProtecting Your Family

And Joshua saved Rahab the harlot alive, and her father's household, and all that she had; and she dwelleth in Israel even unto this day; because she hid the messengers, which Joshua sent to spy out Jericho.

Verse ConceptsFaithfulness, In Human RelationshipsSpyingPeople Hiding PeopleWhere People Live To This Daywhores

And the king of Ai they took alive, and brought him to Joshua.

Verse ConceptsWhilst Alive

and Joshua maketh with them peace, and maketh with them a covenant, to keep them alive; and swear to them do the princes of the company.

Verse ConceptsCovenant RelationshipsSealing A CovenantAgreements, LegalKept Alive By Men

this we do to them, and have kept them alive, and wrath is not upon us, because of the oath which we have sworn to them.'

Verse ConceptsCovenant ObligationsUnfaithfulness, To PeopleKept Alive By Men

They struck down everyone in it with the sword, completely destroying them; he left no one alive. Then he burned down Hazor.

Verse ConceptsNo SurvivorsExterminationBurning Cities

The Israelites plundered all the spoils and cattle of these cities for themselves. But they struck down every person with the sword until they had annihilated them, leaving no one alive.

Verse ConceptsNo SurvivorsExtermination

And now, behold, the LORD hath kept me alive, as he said, these forty and five years, even since the LORD spake this word unto Moses, while the children of Israel wandered in the wilderness: and now, lo, I am this day fourscore and five years old.

Verse ConceptsAgingMiddle Age40 To 50 Yearswandering

Israel worshiped the Lord throughout Joshua's lifetime and as long as the elderly men who outlived him remained alive. These men had experienced firsthand everything the Lord had done for Israel.

Verse ConceptsExperience, of GodThe Elderlymovement

The people worshiped the Lord throughout Joshua's lifetime and as long as the elderly men who outlived him remained alive. These men had witnessed all the great things the Lord had done for Israel.

Verse ConceptsGod, Greatness Of

Whenever the Lord raised up a judge for the Israelites, the Lord was with him and saved the people from the power of their enemies while the judge was still alive. The Lord was moved to pity whenever they groaned because of those who were oppressing and afflicting them.

Verse ConceptsGod, As SaviorCruelty, God's attitude toGrace, In OtSensitivitySympathyGod Saving From EnemiesGod With Specific PeopleGod Showed Mercy

And he said, They were my brethren, even the sons of my mother: as the LORD liveth, if ye had saved them alive, I would not slay you.

Verse ConceptsKept Alive By MenRestraints From Killinggideon

And Benjamin came again at that time; and they gave them wives which they had saved alive of the women of Jabeshgilead: and yet so they sufficed them not.

Verse ConceptsShortage Other Than Food

Hannah said, "Sir, as surely as you are alive, I'm the woman who stood before you here praying to the LORD.

Verse ConceptsPrayer, Practicalities OfStandingThis Is Me

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."

Verse ConceptsDawnPlunderingNearness To God

And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.

Verse ConceptsAnnihilationExterminationWhilst Alive

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."

Verse ConceptsLife, Brevity OfThe Frailty Of ManThose Who Did Not TellDeath Of A Father

If I remain alive, don't fail to show me the LORD's gracious love so that I don't die.

Verse ConceptsSeeking Life

For as long as this son of Jesse is alive on the earth, you and your kingdom will not be established. Now, send some men and bring him to me. For he is as good as dead!"

Verse ConceptsRivalrySaul And David

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."

Verse ConceptsUrinatingDeath Of All Males

Otherwise, as surely as the Lord, the God of Israel, lives -- he who has prevented me from harming you -- if you had not come so quickly to meet me, by morning's light not even one male belonging to Nabal would have remained alive!"

Verse ConceptsUrinatingDeath Of All Males

And David smote the land, and left neither man nor woman alive, and took away the sheep, and the oxen, and the asses, and the camels, and the apparel, and returned, and came to Achish.

Verse ConceptsPlunderingExtermination

And David saved neither man nor woman alive, to bring tidings to Gath, saying, Lest they should tell on us, saying, So did David, and so will be his manner all the while he dwelleth in the country of the Philistines.

Verse ConceptsCustomExterminationDo Not Tell

He begged me, "Please come stand here next to me and kill me, because I'm still alive.'

Verse ConceptsSuicideAnguish, CauseDesire For DeathAs Long As Life LastsApproval To Kill Oneself

And he smote Moab, and measured them with a line, casting them down to the ground; even with two lines measured he to put to death, and with one full line to keep alive. And so the Moabites became David's servants, and brought gifts.

Verse ConceptsGiving To OthersLengthTaxationTributesDividing Into Three GroupsThose Subjected To People

Later on, David asked, "Is there anyone left alive from Saul's household to whom I can show gracious love in memory of Jonathan?"

Verse ConceptsDavid, Character OfGesturesHelpfulnessHousesGratitudeFamily And Friendsgrandfatherssaul

Uriah replied to David, "The ark and Israel and Judah reside in temporary shelters, and my lord Joab and my lord's soldiers are camping in the open field. Should I go to my house to eat and drink and have marital relations with my wife? As surely as you are alive, I will not do this thing!"

Verse ConceptsEncampmentsOne FleshTribes Of IsraelAbsence Of SexThe Ark Moved Around

And the poor one hath nothing, Except one little ewe-lamb, Which he hath bought, and keepeth alive, And it groweth up with him, And with his sons together; Of his morsel it eateth, And from his cup it drinketh, And in his bosom it lieth, And it is to him as a daughter;

Verse ConceptsCups, Literal UseNoting What Animals EatPossessing SheepPets

And it came to pass on the seventh day, that the child died. And the servants of David feared to tell him that the child was dead: for they said, Behold, while the child was yet alive, we spake unto him, and he would not hearken unto our voice: how will he then vex himself, if we tell him that the child is dead?

Verse ConceptsRashnessServants, GoodThe Seventh Day Of The WeekHarming OneselfDay 7Death Of Unnamed IndividualsTelling Of People's SituationsFear Of IndividualsThe Death Of Babieslosing a loved oneDeath Of A ChildLosing SomeoneExamples Of Good Servants

Then said his servants unto him, What thing is this that thou hast done? thou didst fast and weep for the child, while it was alive; but when the child was dead, thou didst rise and eat bread.

Verse ConceptsPeople EatingWhat Do You Do?Death Of A Child

And he said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept: for I said, Who can tell whether GOD will be gracious to me, that the child may live?

Verse ConceptsKept Alive By MenThe Death Of Babies

But Ittai replied to the king, "As surely as the Lord lives and as my lord the king lives, wherever my lord the king is, whether dead or alive, there I will be as well!"

Verse ConceptsLoyaltyServants, GoodFriendship, Examples OfCompanionshipLife And Death

We'll go find David wherever he's hiding. We'll fall on him like dew on the ground! We'll kill him and all of his men, and we won't leave even one man alive!

Verse ConceptsdewHoly Spirit, Types OfNo SurvivorsKilling Will Happen

Then said Joab, I may not tarry thus with thee. And he took three darts in his hand, and thrust them through the heart of Absalom, while he was yet alive in the midst of the oak.

Verse ConceptsAssassinations, CompletedHeart, HumanSpearsPiercingsThree Other Things

When he was alive, Absalom had set up a pillar for himself in the King’s Valley, for he had said, “I have no son to preserve the memory of my name.” So he gave the pillar his name. It is still called Absalom’s Monument today.

Verse ConceptsPillarsWorldly Ambition ExamplesMonumentsPeople Naming Things

You love your enemies and hate those who love you! Today you have made it clear that the commanders and soldiers mean nothing to you. In fact, today I know that if Absalom were alive and all of us were dead, it would be fine with you!

Verse ConceptsAmbivalenceDesire For DeathOther Unimportant PeopleHating Individuals

The Lord is alive! My protector is praiseworthy! The God who delivers me is exalted as king!

Verse ConceptsGod, The RockRefugeRocksSpiritual FoundationsBlessed Be God!

But Joab replied, "May the LORD your God increase the population of the people a hundredfold while your majesty the king is still alive to see it happen! But why does your majesty the king want to do this?"

Verse ConceptsOne HundredGod Multipling PeopleAdding People

The other woman said, "No! My son is alive; your son is dead!" But the first woman replied, "No, your son is dead; my son is alive." Each presented her case before the king.

Verse ConceptsContradictingDeath Of A Child

The king replied, “This woman says, ‘This is my son who is alive, and your son is dead,’ but that woman says, ‘No, your son is dead, and my son is alive.’”

Verse ConceptsContradicting

The woman whose son was alive spoke to the king because she felt great compassion for her son. “My lord, give her the living baby,” she said, “but please don’t have him killed!”But the other one said, “He will not be mine or yours. Cut him in two!”

Verse ConceptsAffection, ExpressingMaternal LoveLove, And The WorldMercy, HumanBowelsHalf Of BodiesPeople Showing MercyMothers Love For Her ChildrenHaving A Babybaby

However, for your father David's sake I will not do this while you are alive. I will tear it away from your son's hand instead.

Verse ConceptsDivine DelaysFor The Sake Of God's Peoplegrandfathers

Then King Rehoboam consulted with the elders who had served his father Solomon when he was alive, asking, “How do you advise me to respond to these people?”

Verse ConceptsThe Elders GatheredThe Elderly

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Root Form
Definition
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ζάω 
Zao 
live , be alive , alive , quick , lively , not tr , , vr live
Usage: 115

חי 
Chay 
Usage: 502

חיה חיא 
Chaya' (Aramaic) 
Usage: 6

חיה 
Chayah 
Usage: 264

שׂריד 
Sariyd 
Usage: 27

ἀναζάω 
Anazao 
Usage: 3

ζωοποιέω 
Zoopoieo 
Usage: 9

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