Strong's Definition
from 2421; preservation of life; hence, sustenance; also the live flesh, i.e. the quick
KJV Usage: preserve life, quick, recover selves, reviving, sustenance, victuals
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
מִחְיָה (mich.yah) — recovery. 1) preservation of life, sustenance 1a) preservation of life 1b) sustenance 1c) reviving 1d) the quick of the flesh, live flesh, tender or raw flesh
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun f · חיה
Alive
staying alive = action by which people who were at risk of dying are enabled to stay alive
Food
sustenance = food given to people on a regular basis to enable them to live on
Stage
rawness = state in which objects have recently attained a particular state
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
מִחְיָה n.f. preservation of life, sustenance preservation of life
sustenance
reviving
the quick
base