חֵיוָא cheva

Hebrew word for “beast” · Strong’s H2423 · used 20 times in 19 verses

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Meaning

beast, animal; Aramaic of chay.yah (חַיָּה "living thing" H2416C)

How it is translated

Glosses given for cheva in context, with how often each is used:

• animals 6
• beast the 4
• animals the 3
• beasts the 3
• beast 2
• animal 1
• beasts 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Daniel 7 (9), Daniel 4 (8), Daniel 2 (1), Daniel 5 (1)

Forms

• חיותא 9
• חיות 6
• חיוה 3
• חיון 1
• לחיותא 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with cheva more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• מִן־ min “from” 13
• דִּי di “that” 12
• בַּר bar “field” 7
• שָׁמַיִן shamayin “heaven” 7
• עַד ad “till” 6
• עַל al “since” 7
• עִדָּן iddan “time” 5
• הֲוָא hava “to be” 6
• כֹּל kol “all” 6
• אֱנָשׁ enash “man” 5
• עִם im “with” 5
• שְׁנָא shena “to change” 5

Key verses

The verses using cheva that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Daniel 2:38 — And wheresoever the children of men dwell, the beasts of the field and the fowls of the heaven hath he given into thine hand, and hath made thee ruler over…
• Daniel 4:12 — The leaves thereof were fair, and the fruit thereof much, and in it was meat for all: the beasts of the field had shadow under it, and the fowls of the heaven…
• Daniel 4:14 — He cried aloud, and said thus, Hew down the tree, and cut off his branches, shake off his leaves, and scatter his fruit: let the beasts get away from under it,…
• Daniel 4:16 — Let his heart be changed from man’s, and let a beast’s heart be given unto him; and let seven times pass over him.
• Daniel 4:25 — That they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field, and they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and they shall wet…
• Daniel 4:32 — And they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field: they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and seven times shall…
• Daniel 5:21 — And he was driven from the sons of men; and his heart was made like the beasts, and his dwelling was with the wild asses: they fed him with grass like oxen,…
• Daniel 7:5 — And behold another beast, a second, like to a bear, and it raised up itself on one side, and it had three ribs in the mouth of it between the teeth of it: and…
• Daniel 7:6 — After this I beheld, and lo another, like a leopard, which had upon the back of it four wings of a fowl; the beast had also four heads; and dominion was given…
• Daniel 7:7 — After this I saw in the night visions, and behold a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, and strong exceedingly; and it had great iron teeth: it devoured and…
• Daniel 7:11 — I beheld then because of the voice of the great words which the horn spake: I beheld even till the beast was slain, and his body destroyed, and given to the…
• Daniel 7:23 — Thus he said, The fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth, which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.