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alive

Meaning of “alive”

Sense 1: Living; having life; not dead. Sense 2: Continuing or active in life, force, or operation.

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KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
88 occurrences86 verses26 booksKJV PCE

Some verses contain the word more than once.

First occurrence: Genesis 6:19

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Psalms 22:29
All they that be fat upon earth shall eat and worship: all they that go down to the dust shall bow before him: and none can keep alive his own soul.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Psalms 22:29 · retained source text

All they that be fat vpon earth shall eate and worship: all they that goe downe to the dust shall bow before him, and none can keepe aliue his owne soule.

Psalms 30:3
O Lord, thou hast brought up my soul from the grave: thou hast kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Psalms 30:3 · retained source text

O LORD, thou hast brought vp my soule from the graue: thou hast kept me aliue, that I should not goe downe to the pit.

Psalms 33:19
To deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Psalms 33:19 · retained source text

To deliuer their soule from death, and to keepe them aliue in famine.

Psalms 41:2
The Lord will preserve him, and keep him alive; and he shall be blessed upon the earth: and thou wilt not deliver him unto the will of his enemies.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Psalms 41:2 · retained source text

The LORD will preserue him, and keepe him aliue, and he shall be blessed vpon the earth; and thou wilt not deliuer him vnto the will of his enemies.

1611 marginal noteOr, doe not thou deliuer.

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Historical definitions

Having life, in opposition to dead; living. In a state of action; unextinguished; undestroyed; unexpired; in force or operation.

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