Vigorous
חָיֶהStrong’s H2422chayeh (cha-yeh)
Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament
In short
Chayeh is the Hebrew word usually translated “vigorous”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.
“And the midwives said unto Pharaoh, Because the Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian women; for they are lively, and are delivered ere the midwives come in unto them.”
Meaning
- Vigorous, lively, having the vigour of life
How it's translated
- vigorous 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Exodus 1
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
Hebrew dictionary
חָיֶה chayeh · vigorous
vigorous, lively, having the vigour of life
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “vigorous” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
VIG'OROUS, adjective
- Full of physical strength or active force; strong; lusty; as a vigorous youth; a vigorous body.
- Powerful; strong; made by strength, either of body or mind; as a vigorous attack; vigorous exertions.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.