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. Psalms 7:5 חַיָּ֑י chai.Yai · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    Let the enemy pursue my soul, and overtake it; Yea, let him tread my life down to the earth, And lay my glory in the dust. Selah

  2. Psalms 16:11 חַ֫יִּ֥ים chai.Yim · A person, place or thing

    Thou wilt show me the path of life: In thy presence is fulness of joy; In thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.

  3. Psalms 17:14 בַּֽחַיִּים֮ ba.chai.Yim · A person, place or thing

    From men by thy hand, O Jehovah, From men of the world, whose portion is in this life, And whose belly thou fillest with thy treasure: They are satisfied with children, And leave the rest of their substance to their babes.

  4. Psalms 18:46 חַי־ chai- · Describes something

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

  5. Psalms 21:4 חַיִּ֤ים׀ chai.Yim · A person, place or thing

    He asked life of thee, thou gavest it him, Even length of days for ever and ever.

  6. Psalms 23:6 חַיָּ֑י chai.Yai · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    Surely goodness and lovingkindness shall follow me all the days of my life; And I shall dwell in the house of Jehovah for ever.

  7. Psalms 26:9 חַיָּֽי׃ chai.Yai · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    Gather not my soul with sinners, Nor my life with men of blood;

  8. Psalms 27:1 חַ֝יַּ֗י chai.Yai · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    A Psalm of David. Jehovah is my light and my salvation; Whom shall I fear? Jehovah is the strength of my life; Of whom shall I be afraid?

  9. Psalms 27:4 חַיַּ֑י chai.Yai · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    One thing have I asked of Jehovah, that will I seek after; That I may dwell in the house of Jehovah all the days of my life, To behold the beauty of Jehovah, And to inquire in his temple.

  10. Psalms 27:13 חַיִּֽים׃ chai.Yim · Describes something

    I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of Jehovah In the land of the living.

  11. Psalms 30:5 חַיִּ֪ים chai.Yim · A person, place or thing

    For his anger is but for a moment; His favor is for a life-time: Weeping may tarry for the night, But joy cometh in the morning.

  12. Psalms 31:10 חַיַּי֮ chai.Yai · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    For my life is spent with sorrow, And my years with sighing: My strength faileth because of mine iniquity, And my bones are wasted away.

  13. Psalms 34:12 חַיִּ֑ים chai.Yim · A person, place or thing

    What man is he that desireth life, And loveth many days, that he may see good?

  14. Psalms 36:9 חַיִּ֑ים chai.Yim · A person, place or thing

    For with thee is the fountain of life: In thy light shall we see light.

  15. Psalms 38:19 חַיִּ֣ים chai.Yim · Describes something

    But mine enemies are lively, and are strong; And they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied.

  16. Psalms 42:2 חָ֥י chai · Describes something

    My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: When shall I come and appear before God?

  17. Psalms 42:8 חַיָּֽי׃ chai.Yai · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    Yet Jehovah will command his lovingkindness in the day-time; And in the night his song shall be with me, Even a prayer unto the God of my life.

  18. Psalms 49:18 בְּחַיָּ֣יו be.chai.Yav · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    Though while he lived he blessed his soul (And men praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself,)

  19. Psalms 50:10 חַיְתוֹ־ chay.tov- · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    For every beast of the forest is mine, And the cattle upon a thousand hills.

  20. Psalms 52:5 חַיִּ֣ים chai.Yim · Describes something

    God will likewise destroy thee for ever; He will take thee up, and pluck thee out of thy tent, And root thee out of the land of the living. Selah

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