חַי

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)

Every occurrence

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

   And she vowed a vow, and said, O Jehovah of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thy handmaid, and remember me, and not forget thy handmaid, but wilt give unto thy handmaid a man-child, then I will give him unto Jehovah all the days of his life, and there shall no razor come upon his head.

2. 1 Samuel 1:26 חֵ֥י chei · Describes something

   And she said, Oh, my lord, as thy soul liveth, my lord, I am the woman that stood by thee here, praying unto Jehovah.

3. 1 Samuel 2:15 חָֽי׃ Chai · Describes something

   Yea, before they burnt the fat, the priest's servant came, and said to the man that sacrificed, Give flesh to roast for the priest; for he will not have boiled flesh of thee, but raw.

4. 1 Samuel 7:15 חַיָּֽיו׃ chai.Yav · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

   And Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life.

5. 1 Samuel 14:39 חַי־ chai- · Describes something

   For, as Jehovah liveth, who saveth Israel, though it be in Jonathan my son, he shall surely die. But there was not a man among all the people that answered him.

6. 1 Samuel 14:45 חַי־ chai- · Describes something

   And the people said unto Saul, Shall Jonathan die, who hath wrought this great salvation in Israel? Far from it: as Jehovah liveth, there shall not one hair of his head fall to the ground; for he hath wrought with God this day. So the people rescued Jonathan, that he died not.

7. 1 Samuel 15:8 חָ֑י Chai · Describes something

   And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.

8. 1 Samuel 17:26 חַיִּֽים׃ chai.Yim · Describes something

   And David spake to the men that stood by him, saying, What shall be done to the man that killeth this Philistine, and taketh away the reproach from Israel? for who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?

9. 1 Samuel 17:36 חַיִּֽים׃ ס chai.Yim · Describes something

   Thy servant smote both the lion and the bear: and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he hath defied the armies of the living God.

10. 1 Samuel 17:46 וּלְחַיַּ֣ת u.le.chai.Yat · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    This day will Jehovah deliver thee into my hand; and I will smite thee, and take thy head from off thee; and I will give the dead bodies of the host of the Philistines this day unto the birds of the heavens, and to the wild beasts of the earth; that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel,

11. 1 Samuel 17:55 חֵֽי־ chei- · Describes something

    And when Saul saw David go forth against the Philistine, he said unto Abner, the captain of the host, Abner, whose son is this youth? And Abner said, As thy soul liveth, O king, I cannot tell.

12. 1 Samuel 18:18 חַיַּ֔י chai.Yai · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    And David said unto Saul, Who am I, and what is my life, or my father's family in Israel, that I should be son-in-law to the king?

13. 1 Samuel 19:6 חַי־ chai- · Describes something

    And Saul hearkened unto the voice of Jonathan: and Saul sware, As Jehovah liveth, he shall not be put to death.

14. 1 Samuel 20:3 חַי־ chai- · Describes something

    And David sware moreover, and said, Thy father knoweth well that I have found favor in thine eyes; and he saith, Let not Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved: but truly as Jehovah liveth, and as thy soul liveth, there is but a step between me and death.

15. 1 Samuel 20:3 וְחֵ֣י ve.Chei · Describes something

    And David sware moreover, and said, Thy father knoweth well that I have found favor in thine eyes; and he saith, Let not Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved: but truly as Jehovah liveth, and as thy soul liveth, there is but a step between me and death.

16. 1 Samuel 20:14 חָ֑י Chai · Describes something

    And thou shalt not only while yet I live show me the lovingkindness of Jehovah, that I die not;

17. 1 Samuel 20:21 חַי־ chai- · Describes something

    And, behold, I will send the lad, saying, Go, find the arrows. If I say unto the lad, Behold, the arrows are on this side of thee; take them, and come; for there is peace to thee and no hurt, as Jehovah liveth.

18. 1 Samuel 25:6 לֶחָ֑י le.Chai · Describes something

    and thus shall ye say to him that liveth in prosperity, Peace be unto thee, and peace be to thy house, and peace be unto all that thou hast.

19. 1 Samuel 25:26 חַי־ chai- · Describes something

    Now therefore, my lord, as Jehovah liveth, and as thy soul liveth, seeing Jehovah hath withholden thee from bloodguiltiness, and from avenging thyself with thine own hand, now therefore let thine enemies, and them that seek evil to my lord, be as Nabal.

20. 1 Samuel 25:26 וְחֵֽי־ ve.chei- · Describes something

    Now therefore, my lord, as Jehovah liveth, and as thy soul liveth, seeing Jehovah hath withholden thee from bloodguiltiness, and from avenging thyself with thine own hand, now therefore let thine enemies, and them that seek evil to my lord, be as Nabal.

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