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. Proverbs 13:14 חַיִּ֑ים chai.Yim · A person, place or thing

    The law of the wise is a fountain of life, That one may depart from the snares of death.

  2. Proverbs 14:27 חַיִּ֑ים chai.Yim · A person, place or thing

    The fear of Jehovah is a fountain of life, That one may depart from the snares of death.

  3. Proverbs 14:30 חַיֵּ֣י chai.Yei · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    A tranquil heart is the life of the flesh; But envy is the rottenness of the bones.

  4. Proverbs 15:4 חַיִּ֑ים chai.Yim · A person, place or thing

    A gentle tongue is a tree of life; But perverseness therein is a breaking of the spirit.

  5. Proverbs 15:24 חַ֭יִּים Chai.yim · A person, place or thing

    To the wise the way of life goeth upward, That he may depart from Sheol beneath.

  6. Proverbs 15:31 חַיִּ֑ים chai.Yim · A person, place or thing

    The ear that hearkeneth to the reproof of life Shall abide among the wise.

  7. Proverbs 16:15 חַיִּ֑ים chai.Yim · A person, place or thing

    In the light of the king's countenance is life; And his favor is as a cloud of the latter rain.

  8. Proverbs 16:22 חַ֭יִּים Chai.yim · A person, place or thing

    Understanding is a well-spring of life unto him that hath it; But the correction of fools is their folly.

  9. Proverbs 18:21 וְ֭חַיִּים Ve.chai.yim · A person, place or thing

    Death and life are in the power of the tongue; And they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.

  10. Proverbs 19:23 לְחַיִּ֑ים le.chai.Yim · A person, place or thing

    The fear of Jehovah tendeth to life; And he that hath it shall abide satisfied; He shall not be visited with evil.

  11. Proverbs 21:21 חַ֝יִּ֗ים chai.Yim · A person, place or thing

    He that followeth after righteousness and kindness Findeth life, righteousness, and honor.

  12. Proverbs 22:4 וְחַיִּֽים׃ ve.chai.Yim · A person, place or thing

    The reward of humility and the fear of Jehovah Is riches, and honor, and life.

  13. Proverbs 27:27 וְ֝חַיִּ֗ים ve.chai.Yim · A person, place or thing

    And there will be goats' milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, And maintenance for thy maidens.

  14. Proverbs 31:12 חַיֶּֽיה׃ chai.Yeih · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    She doeth him good and not evil All the days of her life.

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