Words the Bible translates as living
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 5 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- zaōζάωto live, to be alive; and, by extension, the true life that God has and gives.
- ḥayחַיalive, living: having life rather than being dead.
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- as surely as someone lives: the fixed opening of a sworn oath.
- a living thing: an animal, most often a wild one.
- life: being alive, and the full, flourishing life that God gives.
- biosβίοςthe means of living: the property and resources a person has to live on
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- the earthly life a person actually lives: its stretch of years, its course, and the way it is spent
- ḥayחַיalive: living rather than dead. It describes God as the one who is genuinely alive, names people as "the living," and in the plural stands on its own for life itself.
- ḥayyutחַיּוּתlivingnot studied yet
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