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 Samuel 1:23 בְּחַיֵּיהֶ֔ם be.chai.yei.Hem · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

   Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives, And in their death they were not divided: They were swifter than eagles, They were stronger than lions.

2. 2 Samuel 2:27 חַ֚י chai · Describes something

   And Joab said, As God liveth, if thou hadst not spoken, surely then in the morning the people had gone away, nor followed every one his brother.

3. 2 Samuel 4:9 חַי־ chai- · Describes something

   And David answered Rechab and Baanah his brother, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, and said unto them, As Jehovah liveth, who hath redeemed my soul out of all adversity,

4. 2 Samuel 11:11 חַיֶּ֙ךָ֙ chai.Ye.kha · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

   And Uriah said unto David, The ark, and Israel, and Judah, abide in booths; and my lord Joab, and the servants of my lord, are encamped in the open field; shall I then go into my house, to eat and to drink, and to lie with my wife? as thou livest, and as thy soul liveth, I will not do this thing.

5. 2 Samuel 11:11 וְחֵ֣י ve.Chei · Describes something

   And Uriah said unto David, The ark, and Israel, and Judah, abide in booths; and my lord Joab, and the servants of my lord, are encamped in the open field; shall I then go into my house, to eat and to drink, and to lie with my wife? as thou livest, and as thy soul liveth, I will not do this thing.

6. 2 Samuel 12:5 חַי־ chai- · Describes something

   And David's anger was greatly kindled against the man; and he said to Nathan, As Jehovah liveth, the man that hath done this is worthy to die:

7. 2 Samuel 12:18 חַ֗י Chai · Describes something

   And it came to pass on the seventh day, that the child died. And the servants of David feared to tell him that the child was dead; for they said, Behold, while the child was yet alive, we spake unto him, and he hearkened not unto our voice: how will he then vex himself, if we tell him that the child is dead!

8. 2 Samuel 12:21 חַי֙ chai · Describes something

   Then said his servants unto him, What thing is this that thou hast done? thou didst fast and weep for the child, while it was alive; but when the child was dead, thou didst rise and eat bread.

9. 2 Samuel 12:22 חַ֔י Chai · Describes something

   And he said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept: for I said, Who knoweth whether Jehovah will not be gracious to me, that the child may live?

10. 2 Samuel 14:11 חַי־ chai- · Describes something

    Then said she, I pray thee, let the king remember Jehovah thy God, that the avenger of blood destroy not any more, lest they destroy my son. And he said, As Jehovah liveth, there shall not one hair of thy son fall to the earth.

11. 2 Samuel 14:19 חֵֽי־ chei- · Describes something

    And the king said, Is the hand of Joab with thee in all this? And the woman answered and said, As thy soul liveth, my lord the king, none can turn to the right hand or to the left from aught that my lord the king hath spoken; for thy servant Joab, he bade me, and he put all these words in the mouth of thy handmaid;

12. 2 Samuel 15:21 חַי־ chai- · Describes something

    And Ittai answered the king, and said, As Jehovah liveth, and as my lord the king liveth, surely in what place my lord the king shall be, whether for death or for life, even there also will thy servant be.

13. 2 Samuel 15:21 וְחֵי֙ ve.Chei · Describes something

    And Ittai answered the king, and said, As Jehovah liveth, and as my lord the king liveth, surely in what place my lord the king shall be, whether for death or for life, even there also will thy servant be.

14. 2 Samuel 15:21 לְחַיִּ֔ים le.chai.Yim · A person, place or thing

    And Ittai answered the king, and said, As Jehovah liveth, and as my lord the king liveth, surely in what place my lord the king shall be, whether for death or for life, even there also will thy servant be.

15. 2 Samuel 18:14 חַ֖י chai · Describes something

    Then said Joab, I may not tarry thus with thee. And he took three darts in his hand, and thrust them through the heart of Absalom, while he was yet alive in the midst of the oak.

16. 2 Samuel 18:18 בְחַיָּיו֙ ve.cha.yav · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and reared up for himself the pillar, which is in the king's dale; for he said, I have no son to keep my name in remembrance: and he called the pillar after his own name; and it is called Absalom's monument, unto this day.

17. 2 Samuel 19:6 חַי֙ chai · Describes something

    in that thou lovest them that hate thee, and hatest them that love thee. For thou hast declared this day, that princes and servants are nought unto thee: for this day I perceive, that if Absalom had lived, and all we had died this day, then it had pleased thee well.

18. 2 Samuel 19:34 חַיַּ֔י chai.Yai · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    And Barzillai said unto the king, How many are the days of the years of my life, that I should go up with the king unto Jerusalem?

19. 2 Samuel 21:10 חַיַּ֥ת chai.Yat · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth, and spread it for her upon the rock, from the beginning of harvest until water was poured upon them from heaven; and she suffered neither the birds of the heavens to rest on them by day, nor the beasts of the field by night.

20. 2 Samuel 22:47 חַי־ chai- · Describes something

    Jehovah liveth; And blessed be my rock; And exalted be God, the rock of my salvation,

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