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. Job 3:20 וְ֝חַיִּ֗ים ve.chai.Yim · A person, place or thing

    Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, And life unto the bitter in soul;

  2. Job 5:22 וּֽמֵחַיַּ֥ת u.me.chai.Yat · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    At destruction and dearth thou shalt laugh; Neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth.

  3. Job 5:23 וְחַיַּ֥ת ve.chai.Yat · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field; And the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.

  4. Job 7:7 חַיָּ֑י chai.Yai · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    Oh remember that my life is a breath: Mine eye shall no more see good.

  5. Job 9:21 חַיָּֽי׃ chai.Yai · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    I am perfect; I regard not myself; I despise my life.

  6. Job 10:1 בְּחַ֫יָּ֥י be.Chai.Yai · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    My soul is weary of my life; I will give free course to my complaint; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.

  7. Job 10:12 חַיִּ֣ים chai.Yim · A person, place or thing

    Thou hast granted me life and lovingkindness; And thy visitation hath preserved my spirit.

  8. Job 12:10 חָ֑י Chai · Describes something

    In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, And the breath of all mankind?

  9. Job 19:25 חָ֑י Chai · Describes something

    But as for me I know that my Redeemer liveth, And at last he will stand up upon the earth:

  10. Job 24:22 בַּֽחַיִּֽין׃ Ba.chai.Yin · A person, place or thing

    Yet God preserveth the mighty by his power: He riseth up that hath no assurance of life.

  11. Job 27:2 חַי־ chai- · Describes something

    As God liveth, who hath taken away my right, And the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul:

  12. Job 28:13 הַֽחַיִּֽים׃ Ha.chai.Yim · Describes something

    Man knoweth not the price thereof; Neither is it found in the land of the living.

  13. Job 28:21 חָ֑י Chai · Describes something

    Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, And kept close from the birds of the heavens.

  14. Job 30:23 חָֽי׃ Chai · Describes something

    For I know that thou wilt bring me to death, And to the house appointed for all living.

  15. Job 33:18 וְ֝חַיָּת֗וֹ ve.chai.ya.To · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    He keepeth back his soul from the pit, And his life from perishing by the sword.

  16. Job 33:20 חַיָּת֣וֹ chai.ya.To · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    So that his life abhorreth bread, And his soul dainty food.

  17. Job 33:22 וְ֝חַיָּת֗וֹ ve.chai.ya.To · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    Yea, his soul draweth near unto the pit, And his life to the destroyers.

  18. Job 33:28 וְ֝חַיָּתוֹ ve.chai.ya.to · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    He hath redeemed my soul from going into the pit, And my life shall behold the light.

  19. Job 33:30 הַֽחַיִּים׃ Ha.chai.yim · A person, place or thing

    To bring back his soul from the pit, That he may be enlightened with the light of the living.

  20. Job 36:14 וְ֝חַיָּתָ֗ם ve.chai.ya.Tam · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    They die in youth, And their life perisheth among the unclean.

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