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

   And Elijah said unto Elisha, Tarry here, I pray thee; for Jehovah hath sent me as far as Beth-el. And Elisha said, As Jehovah liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. So they went down to Beth-el.

2. 2 Kings 2:2 וְחֵֽי־ ve.chei- · Describes something

   And Elijah said unto Elisha, Tarry here, I pray thee; for Jehovah hath sent me as far as Beth-el. And Elisha said, As Jehovah liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. So they went down to Beth-el.

3. 2 Kings 2:4 חַי־ chai- · Describes something

   And Elijah said unto him, Elisha, tarry here, I pray thee; for Jehovah hath sent me to Jericho. And he said, As Jehovah liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. So they came to Jericho.

4. 2 Kings 2:4 וְחֵֽי־ ve.chei- · Describes something

   And Elijah said unto him, Elisha, tarry here, I pray thee; for Jehovah hath sent me to Jericho. And he said, As Jehovah liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. So they came to Jericho.

5. 2 Kings 2:6 חַי־ chai- · Describes something

   And Elijah said unto him, Tarry here, I pray thee; for Jehovah hath sent me to the Jordan. And he said, As Jehovah liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. And they two went on.

6. 2 Kings 2:6 וְחֵֽי־ ve.chei- · Describes something

   And Elijah said unto him, Tarry here, I pray thee; for Jehovah hath sent me to the Jordan. And he said, As Jehovah liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. And they two went on.

7. 2 Kings 3:14 חַי־ chai- · Describes something

   And Elisha said, As Jehovah of hosts liveth, before whom I stand, surely, were it not that I regard the presence of Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, I would not look toward thee, nor see thee.

8. 2 Kings 4:16 חַיָּ֔ה chai.Yah · Describes something

   And he said, At this season, when the time cometh round, thou shalt embrace a son. And she said, Nay, my lord, thou man of God, do not lie unto thy handmaid.

9. 2 Kings 4:17 חַיָּ֔ה chai.Yah · Describes something

   And the woman conceived, and bare a son at that season, when the time came round, as Elisha had said unto her.

10. 2 Kings 4:30 חַי־ chai- · Describes something

    And the mother of the child said, As Jehovah liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. And he arose, and followed her.

11. 2 Kings 4:30 וְחֵֽי־ ve.chei- · Describes something

    And the mother of the child said, As Jehovah liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. And he arose, and followed her.

12. 2 Kings 5:16 חַי־ chai- · Describes something

    But he said, As Jehovah liveth, before whom I stand, I will receive none. And he urged him to take it; but he refused.

13. 2 Kings 5:20 חַי־ chai- · Describes something

    But Gehazi the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, Behold, my master hath spared this Naaman the Syrian, in not receiving at his hands that which he brought: as Jehovah liveth, I will run after him, and take somewhat of him.

14. 2 Kings 7:12 חַיִּ֔ים chai.Yim · Describes something

    And the king arose in the night, and said unto his servants, I will now show you what the Syrians have done to us. They know that we are hungry; therefore are they gone out of the camp to hide themselves in the field, saying, When they come out of the city, we shall take them alive, and get into the city.

15. 2 Kings 10:14 חַיִּ֔ים chai.Yim · Describes something

    And he said, Take them alive. And they took them alive, and slew them at the pit of the shearing-house, even two and forty men; neither left he any of them.

16. 2 Kings 10:14 חַיִּ֑ים chai.Yim · Describes something

    And he said, Take them alive. And they took them alive, and slew them at the pit of the shearing-house, even two and forty men; neither left he any of them.

17. 2 Kings 14:9 חַיַּ֤ת chai.Yat · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    And Jehoash the king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son to wife: and there passed by a wild beast that was in Lebanon, and trod down the thistle.

18. 2 Kings 19:4 חַ֔י Chai · Describes something

    It may be Jehovah thy God will hear all the words of Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to defy the living God, and will rebuke the words which Jehovah thy God hath heard: wherefore lift up thy prayer for the remnant that is left.

19. 2 Kings 19:16 חָֽי׃ Chai · Describes something

    Incline thine ear, O Jehovah, and hear; open thine eyes, O Jehovah, and see; and hear the words of Sennacherib, wherewith he hath sent him to defy the living God.

20. 2 Kings 25:29 חַיָּֽיו׃ chai.Yav · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    and changed his prison garments. And Jehoiachin did eat bread before him continually all the days of his life:

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