King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H4241
Transliteration: michyah
Phonetic Spelling: (mikh-yaw')
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: preservation of life, sustenance
Meaning: preservation of life, sustenance, the live flesh, the quick
Word Summary
michyah: preservation of life, sustenance
Original Word: מִחְיָהTransliteration: michyah
Phonetic Spelling: (mikh-yaw')
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: preservation of life, sustenance
Meaning: preservation of life, sustenance, the live flesh, the quick
Strong's Concordance
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
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H4241. michyah
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 Chronicles 14:12.
2 sustenance Judges 6:4; 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).