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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. Proverbs 21:21חַ֝יִּ֗ים · life
    He who pursues righteousness and loving devotion finds life, righteousness, and honor.
  2. Proverbs 22:4וְחַיִּֽים׃ · and life
    The rewards of humility and the fear of the LORD are wealth and honor and life.
  3. Proverbs 27:27וְ֝חַיִּ֗ים · and nourishment
    You will have plenty of goats’ milk to feed you—food for your household and nourishment for your maidservants.
  4. Proverbs 31:12חַיֶּֽיה׃ · of her life
    She brings him good and not harm all the days of her life.
  5. Ecclesiastes 2:3חַיֵּיהֶֽם׃ · of their lives
    I sought to cheer my body with wine and to embrace folly—my mind still guiding me with wisdom—until I could see what was worthwhile for men to do under heaven during the few days of their lives.
  6. Ecclesiastes 2:17הַ֣חַיִּ֔ים · life
    So I hated life, because the work that is done under the sun was grievous to me. For everything is futile and a pursuit of the wind.
  7. Ecclesiastes 3:12בְּחַיָּֽיו׃ · while they live
    I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice and do good while they live,
  8. Ecclesiastes 4:2הַ֣חַיִּ֔ים · the living; חַיִּ֖ים · alive
    So I admired the dead, who had already died, above the living, who are still alive.
  9. Ecclesiastes 4:15הַ֣חַיִּ֔ים · who lived
    I saw that all who lived and walked under the sun followed this second one, the youth who succeeded the king.
  10. Ecclesiastes 5:18חַיָּו · of life
    Here is what I have seen to be good and fitting: to eat and drink, and to find satisfaction in all the labor one does under the sun during the few days of life that God has given him—for this is his lot.
  11. Ecclesiastes 5:20חַיָּ֑יו · of his life
    For a man seldom considers the days of his life, because God keeps him occupied with the joy of his heart.
  12. Ecclesiastes 6:8הַחַיִּֽים׃ · others
    What advantage, then, has the wise man over the fool? What gain comes to the poor man who knows how to conduct himself before others?
  13. Ecclesiastes 6:12בַּֽחַיִּ֗ים; חַיֵּ֥י · life
    For who knows what is good for a man during the few days in which he passes through his fleeting life like a shadow? Who can tell a man what will come after him under the sun?
  14. Ecclesiastes 7:2וְהַחַ֖י · and the living
    It is better to enter a house of mourning than a house of feasting, since death is the end of every man, and the living should take this to heart.
  15. Ecclesiastes 8:15חַיָּ֛יו · of his life
    So I commended the enjoyment of life, because there is nothing better for a man under the sun than to eat and drink and be merry. For this joy will accompany him in his labor during the days of his life that God gives him under the sun.
  16. Ecclesiastes 9:3בְּחַיֵּיהֶ֔ם · while they are alive
    This is an evil in everything that is done under the sun: There is one fate for everyone. Furthermore, the hearts of men are full of evil and madness while they are alive, and afterward they join the dead.
  17. Ecclesiastes 9:4הַחַיִּ֖ים · the living; חַי֙ · a live
    There is hope, however, for anyone who is among the living; for even a live dog is better than a dead lion.
  18. Ecclesiastes 9:5הַֽחַיִּ֛ים · the living
    For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing. They have no further reward, because the memory of them is forgotten.
  19. Ecclesiastes 9:9חַיִּ֜ים · life; חַיֵּ֣י · life; בַּֽחַיִּ֔ים · in life
    Enjoy life with your beloved wife all the days of the fleeting life that God has given you under the sun—all your fleeting days. For this is your portion in life and in your labor under the sun.
  20. Ecclesiastes 10:19חַיִּ֑ים · makes life
    A feast is prepared for laughter, and wine makes life merry, but money is the answer for everything.
  21. Song of Solomon 4:15חַיִּ֑ים · of fresh
    You are a garden spring, a well of fresh water flowing down from Lebanon.
  22. Isaiah 4:3לַחַיִּ֖ים · among the living
    Whoever remains in Zion and whoever is left in Jerusalem will be called holy—all in Jerusalem who are recorded among the living—
  23. Isaiah 8:19הַחַיִּ֖ים · the living
    When men tell you to consult mediums and spiritists who whisper and mutter, shouldn’t a people consult their God instead? Why consult the dead on behalf of the living?
  24. Isaiah 35:9חַיּוֹת֙ · beast
    No lion will be there, and no vicious beast will go up on it. Such will not be found there, but the redeemed will walk upon it.
  25. Isaiah 37:4חַ֔י · the living
    Perhaps the LORD your God will hear 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.”
  26. Isaiah 37:17חָֽי׃ · the living
    Incline Your ear, O LORD, and hear; open Your eyes, O LORD, and see. Listen to all the words that Sennacherib has sent to defy the living God.
  27. Isaiah 38:11הַחַיִּ֑ים · of the living
    I said, “I will never again see the LORD, even the LORD, in the land of the living; I will no longer look on mankind with those who dwell in this world.
  28. Isaiah 38:12חַיַּי֙ · my life
    My dwelling has been picked up and removed from me like a shepherd’s tent. I have rolled up my life like a weaver; He cuts me off from the loom; from day until night You make an end of me.
  29. Isaiah 38:16חַיֵּ֣י · [finds] life
    O Lord, by such things men live, and in all of them my spirit finds life. You have restored me to health and have let me live.
  30. Isaiah 38:19חַ֥י · The living; חַ֛י · only the living
    The living, only the living, can thank You, as I do today; fathers will tell their children about Your faithfulness.
  31. Isaiah 38:20חַיֵּ֖ינוּ · of our lives
    The LORD will save me; we will play songs on stringed instruments all the days of our lives in the house of the LORD.
  32. Isaiah 40:16וְחַיָּת֔וֹ · nor its animals
    Lebanon is not sufficient for fuel, nor its animals enough for a burnt offering.
  33. Isaiah 43:20חַיַּ֣ת · The beasts
    The beasts of the field will honor Me, the jackals and the ostriches, because I provide water in the wilderness and rivers in the desert, to give drink to My chosen people.
  34. Isaiah 46:1לַחַיָּ֖ה · [weigh down] beasts
    Bel crouches; Nebo cowers. Their idols weigh down beasts and cattle. The images you carry are burdensome, a load to the weary animal.
  35. Isaiah 49:18חַי־ · live
    Lift up your eyes and look around. They all gather together; they come to you. As surely as I live,” declares the LORD, “you will wear them all as jewelry and put them on like a bride.
  36. Isaiah 53:8חַיִּ֔ים · of the living
    By oppression and judgment He was taken away, and who can recount His descendants? For He was cut off from the land of the living; He was stricken for the transgression of My people.
  37. Isaiah 56:9חַיְת֣וֹ · you beasts; חַיְת֖וֹ · you beasts
    Come, all you beasts of the field; eat greedily, all you beasts of the forest.
  38. Isaiah 57:10חַיַּ֤ת · renewal
    You are wearied by your many journeys, but you did not say, “There is no hope!” You found renewal of your strength; therefore you did not grow weak.
  39. Jeremiah 2:13חַיִּ֗ים · of living
    “For My people have committed two evils: They have forsaken Me, the fountain of living water, and they have dug their own cisterns—broken cisterns that cannot hold water.
  40. Jeremiah 4:2חַי־ · lives
    …and if you can swear, ‘As surely as the LORD lives,’ in truth, in justice, and in righteousness, then the nations will be blessed by Him, and in Him they will glory.”
  41. Jeremiah 5:2חַי־ · lives
    Although they say, ‘As surely as the LORD lives,’ they are swearing falsely.”
  42. Jeremiah 8:3מֵֽחַיִּ֔ים · life
    And wherever I have banished them, the remnant of this evil family will choose death over life,” declares the LORD of Hosts.
  43. Jeremiah 10:10חַיִּ֖ים · is the living
    But the LORD is the true God; He is the living God and eternal King. The earth quakes at His wrath, and the nations cannot endure His indignation.