חַי

chay · alive

Hebrew · Strong's H2416 · Adjective · Sounds like: khah'-ee · 498 occurrences

Word meanings

Senses and individuals

  • alive H2416A 242
  • life H2416E 145
  • living thing H2416C 106
  • community H2416D 4
  • kinsfolk H2416B 1

Strong's dictionary

from חָיָה; alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively; [phrase] age, alive, appetite, (wild) beast, company, congregation, life(-time), live(-ly), living (creature, thing), maintenance, [phrase] merry, multitude, [phrase] (be) old, quick, raw, running, springing, troop.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (public domain)

Full lexicon entry (Brown-Driver-Briggs)
חַי adj. alive, living
1.
a. of God, as the living one, the fountain of life
b. of man
c. of animals, alive, living
d. animals and man
e. (dub.) of vegetation, as thorns, green
f. of water, fresh
2. (dub.) lively, active
3. reviving
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[חַי] n.[m.] kinsfolk, pl. sf. 1 S 18:18
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חַיָּה n.f. living thing, animal
1. animal
a. in general
b. wild animals, on account of their vital energy and activity
c. living beings, of the cherubic chariot
2. life, only in late poetry
3. appetite, activity of hunger
4. revival, renewal
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חַיָּה n.f. community
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חַיִּים n.m. pl. abstr. emph. life
1. life: physical
2. life: as welfare and happiness in king's presence
3. sustenance, maintenance

Every occurrence

  1. 1 Kings 1:29 חַי־ chai- · Describes something

    And the king sware, and said, As Jehovah liveth, who hath redeemed my soul out of all adversity,

  2. 1 Kings 2:24 חַי־ chai- · Describes something

    Now therefore as Jehovah liveth, who hath established me, and set me on the throne of David my father, and who hath made me a house, as he promised, surely Adonijah shall be put to death this day.

  3. 1 Kings 3:22 הַחַי֙ ha.Chai · Describes something

    And the other woman said, Nay; but the living is my son, and the dead is thy son. And this said, No; but the dead is thy son, and the living is my son. Thus they spake before the king.

  4. 1 Kings 3:22 הֶחָ֑י he.Chai · Describes something

    And the other woman said, Nay; but the living is my son, and the dead is thy son. And this said, No; but the dead is thy son, and the living is my son. Thus they spake before the king.

  5. 1 Kings 3:23 הַחַ֖י ha.Chai · Describes something

    Then said the king, The one saith, This is my son that liveth, and thy son is the dead: and the other saith, Nay; but thy son is the dead, and my son is the living.

  6. 1 Kings 3:23 הֶחָֽי׃ פ he.Chai · Describes something

    Then said the king, The one saith, This is my son that liveth, and thy son is the dead: and the other saith, Nay; but thy son is the dead, and my son is the living.

  7. 1 Kings 3:25 הַחַ֖י ha.Chai · Describes something

    And the king said, Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one, and half to the other.

  8. 1 Kings 3:26 הַחַ֜י ha.Chai · Describes something

    Then spake the woman whose the living child was unto the king, for her heart yearned over her son, and she said, Oh, my lord, give her the living child, and in no wise slay it. But the other said, It shall be neither mine nor thine; divide it.

  9. 1 Kings 3:26 הַחַ֔י ha.Chai · Describes something

    Then spake the woman whose the living child was unto the king, for her heart yearned over her son, and she said, Oh, my lord, give her the living child, and in no wise slay it. But the other said, It shall be neither mine nor thine; divide it.

  10. 1 Kings 3:27 הַחַ֔י ha.Chai · Describes something

    Then the king answered and said, Give her the living child, and in no wise slay it: she is the mother thereof.

  11. 1 Kings 4:21 חַיָּֽיו׃ פ chai.Yav · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    And Solomon ruled over all the kingdoms from the River unto the land of the Philistines, and unto the border of Egypt: they brought tribute, and served Solomon all the days of his life.

  12. 1 Kings 8:40 חַיִּ֖ים chai.Yim · Describes something

    that they may fear thee all the days that they live in the land which thou gavest unto our fathers.

  13. 1 Kings 11:34 חַיָּ֔יו chai.Yav · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    Howbeit I will not take the whole kingdom out of his hand; but I will make him prince all the days of his life, for David my servant's sake whom I chose, who kept my commandments and my statutes;

  14. 1 Kings 12:6 חַ֖י chai · Describes something

    And king Rehoboam took counsel with the old men, that had stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, saying, What counsel give ye me to return answer to this people?

  15. 1 Kings 15:5 חַיָּ֔יו chai.Yav · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    because David did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah, and turned not aside from anything that he commanded him all the days of his life, save only in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.

  16. 1 Kings 15:6 חַיָּֽיו׃ chai.Yav · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    Now there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days of his life.

  17. 1 Kings 17:1 חַי־ chai- · Describes something

    And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the sojourners of Gilead, said unto Ahab, As Jehovah, the God of Israel, liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.

  18. 1 Kings 17:12 חַי־ chai- · Describes something

    And she said, As Jehovah thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but a handful of meal in the jar, and a little oil in the cruse: and, behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die.

  19. 1 Kings 17:23 חַ֥י chai · Describes something

    And Elijah took the child, and brought him down out of the chamber into the house, and delivered him unto his mother; and Elijah said, See, thy son liveth.

  20. 1 Kings 18:10 חַ֣י׀ chai · Describes something

    As Jehovah thy God liveth, there is no nation or kingdom, whither my lord hath not sent to seek thee: and when they said, He is not here, he took an oath of the kingdom and nation, that they found thee not.

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