KJV dictionary & concordance
Sense 1: As a verb, to have or continue in life; to remain alive, be restored to life, or not die. Sense 2: To dwell, abide, or continue in a place, state, relation, or manner of life. Sense 3: To subsist or be sustained by or upon what is named. Sense 4: As an adjective, alive rather than dead; or containing fire and not extinguished.
Definition sources
Some verses contain the word more than once.
First occurrence: Genesis 3:22
Complete exact-word concordance
Then Bath-sheba bowed with her face to the earth, and did reverence to the king, and said, Let my lord king David live for ever.
Then Bathsheba bowed with her face to the earth, and did reuerence to the king, and said, Let my lord king Dauid liue for euer.
That they may fear thee all the days that they live in the land which thou gavest unto our fathers.
That they may feare thee all the dayes that they liue, in the land which thou gauest vnto our fathers.
So they girded sackcloth on their loins, and put ropes on their heads, and came to the king of Israel, and said, Thy servant Ben-hadad saith, I pray thee, let me live. And he said, Is he yet alive? he is my brother.
So they girded sackcloth on their loynes, and put ropes on their heads, and came to the king of Israel, and said, Thy seruant Benhadad saith, I pray thee, let me liue. And he said, Is he yet aliue? he is my brother.
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Source order
1 · Direct Scripture definition
Thus saith the Lord God unto these bones; Behold, I will cause breath to enter into you, and ye shall live:
And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the Lord doth man live.
2 · KJV context and cross-references
Historical English dictionary sources
To abide; to dwell; to have settled residence in any place. To continue; to be permanent; not to perish. To pass life or time in a particular manner, with regard to habits or condition. To continue in life. To feed; to subsist; to be nourished and supported in life. To exist; to have being. To recover from sickness; to have life prolonged.
To continue in constantly or habitually. To act habitually in conformity to.
Having life; not dead. Containing fire; ignited; not extinct; as a live coal.
