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חַי

chayaliveHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentAdjective499 occurrences29 books450 verses

Definition

from H2421; 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
Traditional renderings: age, alive, appetite, (wild) beast, company, congregation, life(-time), live(-ly), living (creature, thing), maintenance, merry, multitude, (be) old, quick, raw, running, springing, troop.

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders חַי:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

499 total
  1. 1 Kings 3:26הַחַ֜י · was alive; הַחַ֔י · the living
    Then the woman whose son was alive spoke to the king because she yearned with compassion for her son. “Please, my lord,” she said, “give her the living baby. Do not kill him!” But the other woman said, “He will be neither mine nor yours. Cut him in two!”
  2. 1 Kings 3:27הַחַ֔י · the living
    Then the king gave his ruling: “Give the living baby to the first woman. By no means should you kill him; she is his mother.”
  3. 1 Kings 4:21חַיָּֽיו׃פ · of his life
    And Solomon reigned over all the kingdoms from the Euphrates to the land of the Philistines, as far as the border of Egypt. These kingdoms offered tribute and served Solomon all the days of his life.
  4. 1 Kings 8:40חַיִּ֖ים · live
    …so that they may fear You all the days they live in the land that You gave to our fathers.
  5. 1 Kings 11:34חַיָּ֔יו · of his life
    Nevertheless, I will not take the whole kingdom out of Solomon’s hand, because I have made him ruler all the days of his life for the sake of David My servant, whom I chose because he kept My commandments and statutes.
  6. 1 Kings 12:6חַ֖י · his lifetime
    Then King Rehoboam consulted with the elders who had served his father Solomon during his lifetime. “How do you advise me to respond to these people?” he asked.
  7. 1 Kings 15:5חַיָּ֔יו · of his life
    For David had done what was right in the eyes of the LORD and had not turned aside from anything the LORD commanded all the days of his life, except in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.
  8. 1 Kings 15:6חַיָּֽיו׃ · of [Abijam’s] life
    And there was war between the houses of Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days of Abijam’s life.
  9. 1 Kings 17:1חַי־ · lives
    Now Elijah the Tishbite, who was among the settlers of Gilead, said to Ahab, “As surely as the LORD, the God of Israel, lives, before whom I stand, there will be neither dew nor rain in these years except at my word!”
  10. 1 Kings 17:12חַי־ · lives
    But she replied, “As surely as the LORD your God lives, I have no bread—only a handful of flour in a jar and a little oil in a jug. Look, I am gathering a couple of sticks to take home and prepare a meal for myself and my son, so that we may eat it and die.”
  11. 1 Kings 17:23חַ֥י · is alive
    Then Elijah took the child, brought him down from the upper room into the house, and gave him to his mother. “Look, your son is alive,” Elijah declared.
  12. 1 Kings 18:10חַ֣י׀ · lives
    As surely as the LORD your God lives, there is no nation or kingdom where my lord has not sent someone to search for you. When they said, ‘He is not here,’ he made that kingdom or nation swear that they had not found you.
  13. 1 Kings 18:15חַ֚י · lives
    Then Elijah said, “As surely as the LORD of Hosts lives, before whom I stand, I will present myself to Ahab today.”
  14. 1 Kings 20:18חַיִּ֑ים · alive; חַיִּ֥ים · alive
    “If they have marched out in peace,” he said, “take them alive. Even if they have marched out for war, take them alive.”
  15. 1 Kings 20:32חַ֖י · alive
    So with sackcloth around their waists and ropes around their heads, they went to the king of Israel and said, “Your servant Ben-hadad says, ‘Please spare my life.’” And the king answered, “Is he still alive? He is my brother.”
  16. 1 Kings 21:15חַ֖י · alive
    When Jezebel heard that Naboth had been stoned to death, she said to Ahab, “Get up and take possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, who refused to give it to you for silver. For Naboth is no longer alive, but dead.”
  17. 1 Kings 22:14חַי־ · lives
    But Micaiah said, “As surely as the LORD lives, I will speak whatever the LORD tells me.”
  18. 2 Kings 2:2חַי־ · lives; וְחֵֽי־ · live
    …and Elijah said to Elisha, “Please stay here, for the LORD has sent me on to Bethel.” But Elisha replied, “As surely as the LORD lives and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.” So they went down to Bethel.
  19. 2 Kings 2:4חַי־ · lives; וְחֵֽי־ · live
    And Elijah said to Elisha, “Please stay here, for the LORD has sent me on to Jericho.” But Elisha replied, “As surely as the LORD lives and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.” So they went to Jericho.
  20. 2 Kings 2:6חַי־ · lives; וְחֵֽי־ · yourself live
    And Elijah said to Elisha, “Please stay here, for the LORD has sent me on to the Jordan.” But Elisha replied, “As surely as the LORD lives and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.” So the two of them went on.
  21. 2 Kings 3:14חַי־ · lives
    Then Elisha said, “As surely as the LORD of Hosts lives, before whom I stand, were it not for my regard for the presence of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, I would not look at you or acknowledge you.
  22. 2 Kings 4:16חַיָּ֔ה
    And Elisha declared, “At this time next year, you will hold a son in your arms.” “No, my lord,” she said. “Do not lie to your maidservant, O man of God.”
  23. 2 Kings 4:17חַיָּ֔ה
    But the woman did conceive, and at that time the next year she gave birth to a son, just as Elisha had told her.
  24. 2 Kings 4:30חַי־ · lives; וְחֵֽי־ · live
    And the mother of the boy said, “As surely as the LORD lives and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.” So he got up and followed her.
  25. 2 Kings 5:16חַי־ · lives
    But Elisha replied, “As surely as the LORD lives, before whom I stand, I will not accept it.” And although Naaman urged him to accept it, he refused.
  26. 2 Kings 5:20חַי־ · lives
    Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, “Look, my master has spared this Aramean, Naaman, by not accepting what he brought. As surely as the LORD lives, I will run after him and get something from him.”
  27. 2 Kings 7:12חַיִּ֔ים · alive
    So the king got up in the night and said to his servants, “Let me tell you what the Arameans have done to us. They know we are starving, so they have left the camp to hide in the field, thinking, ‘When they come out of the city, we will take them alive and enter the city.’”
  28. 2 Kings 10:14חַיִּ֔ים · alive; חַיִּ֑ים · alive
    Then Jehu ordered, “Take them alive.” So his men took them alive, then slaughtered them at the well of Beth-eked—forty-two men. He spared none of them.
  29. 2 Kings 14:9חַיַּ֤ת · beast
    But Jehoash king of Israel replied to Amaziah king of Judah: “A thistle in Lebanon sent a message to a cedar in Lebanon, saying, ‘Give your daughter to my son in marriage.’ Then a wild beast in Lebanon came along and trampled the thistle.
  30. 2 Kings 19:4חַ֔י · the living
    Perhaps the LORD your God will hear all the words of the Rabshakeh, whom his master the king of Assyria has sent to defy the living God, and He will rebuke him for the words that the LORD your God has heard. Therefore lift up a prayer for the remnant that still survives.”
  31. 2 Kings 19:16חָֽי׃ · the living
    Incline Your ear, O LORD, and hear; open Your eyes, O LORD, and see. Listen to the words that Sennacherib has sent to defy the living God.
  32. 2 Kings 25:29חַיָּֽיו׃ · of his life
    So Jehoiachin changed out of his prison clothes, and he dined regularly at the king’s table for the rest of his life.
  33. 2 Kings 25:30חַיָּֽו׃ · of his life
    And the king provided Jehoiachin a daily portion for the rest of his life.
  34. 2 Chronicles 6:31חַיִּ֖ים · live
    …so that they may fear You and walk in Your ways all the days they live in the land that You gave to our fathers.
  35. 2 Chronicles 10:6חַ֖י · his lifetime
    Then King Rehoboam consulted with the elders who had served his father Solomon during his lifetime. “How do you advise me to respond to these people?” he asked.
  36. 2 Chronicles 18:13חַי־ · lives
    But Micaiah said, “As surely as the LORD lives, I will speak whatever my God tells me.”
  37. 2 Chronicles 25:12חַיִּ֗ים · alive
    …and the army of Judah also captured 10,000 men alive. They took them to the top of a cliff and threw them down so that all were dashed to pieces.
  38. 2 Chronicles 25:18חַיַּ֤ת · beast
    But Jehoash king of Israel replied to Amaziah king of Judah: “A thistle in Lebanon sent a message to a cedar in Lebanon, saying, ‘Give your daughter to my son in marriage.’ Then a wild beast in Lebanon came along and trampled the thistle.
  39. Job 3:20וְ֝חַיִּ֗ים · and life
    Why is light given to the miserable, and life to the bitter of soul,
  40. Job 5:22וּֽמֵחַיַּ֥ת · the beasts
    You will laugh at destruction and famine, and need not fear the beasts of the earth.
  41. Job 5:23וְחַיַּ֥ת · animals
    For you will have a covenant with the stones of the field, and the wild animals will be at peace with you.
  42. Job 7:7חַיָּ֑י · my life
    Remember that my life is but a breath. My eyes will never again see happiness.
  43. Job 9:21חַיָּֽי׃ · my own life
    Though I am blameless, I have no concern for myself; I despise my own life.