חַי

chay · alive

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

English

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 37:8 חַיָּ֣ה chai.Yah · A person, place or thing

    Then the beasts go into coverts, And remain in their dens.

  2. Job 38:39 וְחַיַּ֖ת ve.chai.Yat · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    Canst thou hunt the prey for the lioness, Or satisfy the appetite of the young lions,

  3. Job 39:15 וְחַיַּ֖ת ve.chai.Yat · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, Or that the wild beast may trample them.

  4. Job 40:20 חַיַּ֥ת chai.Yat · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    Surely the mountains bring him forth food, Where all the beasts of the field do play.

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