H2416: חַי
chay · pronounced khah'-ee · “alive”
Definition
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
KJV translates it as: [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.
Word origin: from H2421 (חָיָה);
Extended definition
1) living, alive
1a) green (of vegetation)
1b) flowing, fresh (of water)
1c) lively, active (of man)
1d) reviving (of the springtime)
Aramaic equivalent: chay (חַי "living" H2417)
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H2416 is translated
- living ×77
- life ×68
- by the life ×61
- my ×26
- his ×25
- alive ×23
- the animals of ×22
- by the life of ×20
- the animal of ×19
- your ×16
- the life of ×14
- animals ×12
Bible verses with H2416 (chay)
Chay appears in 449 verses; the first 25 are shown below.
- Genesis 1:20
And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.
- Genesis 1:21
And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
- Genesis 1:24
And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.
- Genesis 1:25
And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
- Genesis 1:28
And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
- Genesis 1:30
And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so.
- Genesis 2:7
And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
- Genesis 2:9
And out of the ground made the Lord God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.
- Genesis 2:19
And out of the ground the Lord God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof.
- Genesis 2:20
And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him.
- Genesis 3:1
Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
- Genesis 3:14
And the Lord God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:
- Genesis 3:17
And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;
- Genesis 3:20
And Adam called his wife’s name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.
- Genesis 3:22
And the Lord God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:
- Genesis 3:24
So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.
- Genesis 6:17
And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; and every thing that is in the earth shall die.
- Genesis 6:19
And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep them alive with thee; they shall be male and female.
- Genesis 7:11
In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
- Genesis 7:14
They, and every beast after his kind, and all the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind, and every fowl after his kind, every bird of every sort.
- Genesis 7:15
And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh, wherein is the breath of life.
- Genesis 7:21
And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of beast, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, and every man:
- Genesis 7:22
All in whose nostrils was the breath of life, of all that was in the dry land, died.
- Genesis 8:1
And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that was with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters asswaged;
- Genesis 8:17
Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee, of all flesh, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth; that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth.
All 449 references (first 400)
- Genesis 8:19
- Genesis 8:21
- Genesis 9:2
- Genesis 9:3
- Genesis 9:5
- Genesis 9:10
- Genesis 9:12
- Genesis 9:15
- Genesis 9:16
- Genesis 18:10
- Genesis 18:14
- Genesis 23:1
- Genesis 25:6
- Genesis 25:7
- Genesis 25:17
- Genesis 26:19
- Genesis 27:46
- Genesis 37:20
- Genesis 37:33
- Genesis 42:15
- Genesis 42:16
- Genesis 43:7
- Genesis 43:27
- Genesis 43:28
- Genesis 45:3
- Genesis 45:26
- Genesis 45:28
- Genesis 46:30
- Genesis 47:8
- Genesis 47:9
- Genesis 47:28
- Exodus 1:14
- Exodus 4:18
- Exodus 6:16
- Exodus 6:18
- Exodus 6:20
- Exodus 21:35
- Exodus 22:4
- Exodus 23:11
- Exodus 23:29
- Leviticus 5:2
- Leviticus 11:2
- Leviticus 11:10
- Leviticus 11:27
- Leviticus 11:46
- Leviticus 11:47
- Leviticus 13:10
- Leviticus 13:14
- Leviticus 13:15
- Leviticus 13:16
- Leviticus 14:4
- Leviticus 14:5
- Leviticus 14:6
- Leviticus 14:7
- Leviticus 14:50
- Leviticus 14:51
- Leviticus 14:52
- Leviticus 14:53
- Leviticus 15:13
- Leviticus 16:10
- Leviticus 16:20
- Leviticus 16:21
- Leviticus 17:13
- Leviticus 18:18
- Leviticus 25:7
- Leviticus 26:6
- Leviticus 26:22
- Numbers 14:21
- Numbers 14:28
- Numbers 16:30
- Numbers 16:33
- Numbers 16:48
- Numbers 19:17
- Numbers 35:3
- Deuteronomy 4:4
- Deuteronomy 4:9
- Deuteronomy 4:10
- Deuteronomy 5:3
- Deuteronomy 5:26
- Deuteronomy 6:2
- Deuteronomy 7:22
- Deuteronomy 12:1
- Deuteronomy 16:3
- Deuteronomy 17:19
- Deuteronomy 28:66
- Deuteronomy 30:6
- Deuteronomy 30:15
- Deuteronomy 30:19
- Deuteronomy 30:20
- Deuteronomy 31:13
- Deuteronomy 31:27
- Deuteronomy 32:40
- Deuteronomy 32:47
- Joshua 1:5
- Joshua 3:10
- Joshua 4:14
- Joshua 8:23
- Judges 8:19
- Judges 16:30
- Ruth 2:20
- Ruth 3:13
- 1 Samuel 1:11
- 1 Samuel 1:26
- 1 Samuel 2:15
- 1 Samuel 7:15
- 1 Samuel 14:39
- 1 Samuel 14:45
- 1 Samuel 15:8
- 1 Samuel 17:26
- 1 Samuel 17:36
- 1 Samuel 17:46
- 1 Samuel 17:55
- 1 Samuel 18:18
- 1 Samuel 19:6
- 1 Samuel 20:3
- 1 Samuel 20:14
- 1 Samuel 20:21
- 1 Samuel 25:6
- 1 Samuel 25:26
- 1 Samuel 25:29
- 1 Samuel 25:34
- 1 Samuel 26:10
- 1 Samuel 26:16
- 1 Samuel 28:10
- 1 Samuel 29:6
- 2 Samuel 1:23
- 2 Samuel 2:27
- 2 Samuel 4:9
- 2 Samuel 11:11
- 2 Samuel 12:5
- 2 Samuel 12:18
- 2 Samuel 12:21
- 2 Samuel 12:22
- 2 Samuel 14:11
- 2 Samuel 14:19
- 2 Samuel 15:21
- 2 Samuel 18:14
- 2 Samuel 18:18
- 2 Samuel 19:6
- 2 Samuel 19:34
- 2 Samuel 21:10
- 2 Samuel 22:47
- 2 Samuel 23:11
- 2 Samuel 23:13
- 1 Kings 1:29
- 1 Kings 2:24
- 1 Kings 3:22
- 1 Kings 3:23
- 1 Kings 3:25
- 1 Kings 3:26
- 1 Kings 3:27
- 1 Kings 4:21
- 1 Kings 8:40
- 1 Kings 11:34
- 1 Kings 12:6
- 1 Kings 15:5
- 1 Kings 15:6
- 1 Kings 17:1
- 1 Kings 17:12
- 1 Kings 17:23
- 1 Kings 18:10
- 1 Kings 18:15
- 1 Kings 20:18
- 1 Kings 20:32
- 1 Kings 21:15
- 1 Kings 22:14
- 2 Kings 2:2
- 2 Kings 2:4
- 2 Kings 2:6
- 2 Kings 3:14
- 2 Kings 4:16
- 2 Kings 4:17
- 2 Kings 4:30
- 2 Kings 5:16
- 2 Kings 5:20
- 2 Kings 7:12
- 2 Kings 10:14
- 2 Kings 14:9
- 2 Kings 19:4
- 2 Kings 19:16
- 2 Kings 25:29
- 2 Kings 25:30
- 2 Chronicles 6:31
- 2 Chronicles 10:6
- 2 Chronicles 18:13
- 2 Chronicles 25:12
- 2 Chronicles 25:18
- Job 3:20
- Job 5:22
- Job 5:23
- Job 7:7
- Job 9:21
- Job 10:1
- Job 10:12
- Job 12:10
- Job 19:25
- Job 24:22
- Job 27:2
- Job 28:13
- Job 28:21
- Job 30:23
- Job 33:18
- Job 33:20
- Job 33:22
- Job 33:28
- Job 33:30
- Job 36:14
- Job 37:8
- Job 38:39
- Job 39:15
- Job 40:20
- Psalms 7:5
- Psalms 16:11
- Psalms 17:14
- Psalms 18:46
- Psalms 21:4
- Psalms 23:6
- Psalms 26:9
- Psalms 27:1
- Psalms 27:4
- Psalms 27:13
- Psalms 30:5
- Psalms 31:10
- Psalms 34:12
- Psalms 36:9
- Psalms 38:19
- Psalms 42:2
- Psalms 42:8
- Psalms 49:18
- Psalms 50:10
- Psalms 52:5
- Psalms 55:15
- Psalms 56:13
- Psalms 58:9
- Psalms 63:3
- Psalms 63:4
- Psalms 64:1
- Psalms 66:9
- Psalms 68:10
- Psalms 68:30
- Psalms 69:28
- Psalms 74:19
- Psalms 78:50
- Psalms 79:2
- Psalms 84:2
- Psalms 88:3
- Psalms 103:4
- Psalms 104:11
- Psalms 104:20
- Psalms 104:25
- Psalms 104:33
- Psalms 116:9
- Psalms 124:3
- Psalms 128:5
- Psalms 133:3
- Psalms 142:5
- Psalms 143:2
- Psalms 143:3
- Psalms 145:16
- Psalms 146:2
- Psalms 148:10
- Proverbs 1:12
- Proverbs 2:19
- Proverbs 3:2
- Proverbs 3:18
- Proverbs 3:22
- Proverbs 4:10
- Proverbs 4:13
- Proverbs 4:22
- Proverbs 4:23
- Proverbs 5:6
- Proverbs 6:23
- Proverbs 8:35
- Proverbs 9:11
- Proverbs 10:11
- Proverbs 10:16
- Proverbs 10:17
- Proverbs 11:19
- Proverbs 11:30
- Proverbs 12:28
- Proverbs 13:12
- Proverbs 13:14
- Proverbs 14:27
- Proverbs 14:30
- Proverbs 15:4
- Proverbs 15:24
- Proverbs 15:31
- Proverbs 16:15
- Proverbs 16:22
- Proverbs 18:21
- Proverbs 19:23
- Proverbs 21:21
- Proverbs 22:4
- Proverbs 27:27
- Proverbs 31:12
- Ecclesiastes 2:3
- Ecclesiastes 2:17
- Ecclesiastes 3:12
- Ecclesiastes 4:2
- Ecclesiastes 4:15
- Ecclesiastes 5:18
- Ecclesiastes 5:20
- Ecclesiastes 6:8
- Ecclesiastes 6:12
- Ecclesiastes 7:2
- Ecclesiastes 8:15
- Ecclesiastes 9:3
- Ecclesiastes 9:4
- Ecclesiastes 9:5
- Ecclesiastes 9:9
- Ecclesiastes 10:19
- Song of Solomon 4:15
- Isaiah 4:3
- Isaiah 8:19
- Isaiah 35:9
- Isaiah 37:4
- Isaiah 37:17
- Isaiah 38:11
- Isaiah 38:12
- Isaiah 38:16
- Isaiah 38:19
- Isaiah 38:20
- Isaiah 40:16
- Isaiah 43:20
- Isaiah 46:1
- Isaiah 49:18
- Isaiah 53:8
- Isaiah 56:9
- Isaiah 57:10
- Jeremiah 2:13
- Jeremiah 4:2
- Jeremiah 5:2
- Jeremiah 8:3
- Jeremiah 10:10
- Jeremiah 11:19
- Jeremiah 12:9
- Jeremiah 12:16
- Jeremiah 16:14
- Jeremiah 16:15
- Jeremiah 17:13
- Jeremiah 21:8
- Jeremiah 22:24
- Jeremiah 23:7
- Jeremiah 23:8
- Jeremiah 23:36
- Jeremiah 27:6
- Jeremiah 28:14
- Jeremiah 38:16
- Jeremiah 44:26
- Jeremiah 46:18
- Jeremiah 52:33
- Jeremiah 52:34
- Lamentations 3:39
- Lamentations 3:53
- Lamentations 3:58
- Ezekiel 1:5
- Ezekiel 1:13
- Ezekiel 1:14
- Ezekiel 1:15
- Ezekiel 1:19
- Ezekiel 1:20
- Ezekiel 1:21
- Ezekiel 1:22
- Ezekiel 3:13
- Ezekiel 5:11
- Ezekiel 5:17
- Ezekiel 7:13
- Ezekiel 10:15
- Ezekiel 10:17
- Ezekiel 10:20
- Ezekiel 14:15
- Ezekiel 14:16
- Ezekiel 14:18
- Ezekiel 14:20
- Ezekiel 14:21