Strong's Hebrew: 4241. מִחְיָה (michyah) -- preservation of life, sustenance

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Lexicon

michyah: preservation of life, sustenance

Original Word: מִחְיָה
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Transliteration: michyah
Phonetic Spelling: (mikh-yaw')
Short Definition: reviving

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
from chayah
Definition
preservation of life, sustenance
NASB Translation
maintenance (1), preserve life (1), quick (1), raw (1), recover (1), reviving (2), sustenance (1).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

מִחְיָה noun feminine preservation of life, sustenance, ׳מ Genesis 45:5 4t.; construct מִחְיַת Leviticus 13:10,24; suffix מִחְיָתֶ֑ךָ Judges 17:10; —

1 preservation of life Genesis 45:5 (E), 2 Chron 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).

Strong's

preserve life, quick, recover selves, reviving, sustenance, victuals

From chayah; preservation of life; hence, sustenance; also the live flesh, i.e. The quick -- preserve life, quick, recover selves, reviving, sustenance, victuals.

see HEBREW chayah