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chay H2416

חַי (chay) means “alive” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

חַי Hebrew · H2416 498 tagged occurrences in 449 verses

Pronunciation guide: khah'-ee Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H2416A

חַי · chay · alive

adj 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)

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TBESH · H2416B

חַי · chay · kinsfolk

kinsfolk

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TBESH · H2416C

חַיָּה · chay.yah · living thing

1) living thing, animal 1a) animal 1b) life 1c) appetite 1d) revival, renewal Aramaic equivalent: che.va (חֵיוָא "beast" H2423)

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TBESH · H2416D

חַיָּה · chay.yah · community

community

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TBESH · H2416E

חַיִּים · chay.yim · life

1) life (abstract emphatic) 1a) life 1b) sustenance, maintenance

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

from H2421 (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

KJV glosses: [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.

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How translators render H2416

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering	Count
lives	55
alive	31
of life	28
live	27
of the living	21
life	20
the living	19
beast	15
of his life	13
the beasts	13
animals	9
living	9
my life	7
i live	6
of the living creatures	6
of your life	6
the live	6
lived	5
of my life	5
animal	4
beasts	4
living thing	4
was alive	4
as i live	3
is alive	3
leads to life	3
the raw	3
yourself live	3
all my life	2
and his life	2
and life	2
and the beasts	2
and the wild animals	2
creatures	2
fresh	2
his lifetime	2
in life	2
living creature	2
living creatures	2
of fresh	2
of living	2
of the beasts	2
raw	2
than to live	2
the fresh	2
the living creatures	2
there is life	2
to life	2
to the beasts	2
to your life	2
were the living creatures	2
wild animal	2
you beasts	2
your life	2
a live	1
a living	1
a wild	1
among the living	1
and beasts	1
and i will live	1
and made their lives	1
and my life	1
and nourishment	1
and pour fresh	1
and the creatures	1
and the fresh	1
and the live	1
and the living	1
and the living one is	1
and there is raw	1
and those	1
and when the creatures	1
are alive	1
are life	1
are your life	1
as long as i live	1
as surely as you live	1
at the living creatures	1
both remain alive	1
by him who lives	1
by wild animals	1
creature	1
during his lifetime	1
each creature	1
each living	1
finds life	1
for beasts	1
have you lived	1
his life	1
in fresh	1
in his life	1
in his lifetime	1
is in this life	1
is life	1
is my family	1
is the living	1
is your life	1
it means life	1
lasts a lifetime	1
life-giving	1
lived to be	1
living things	1
long as you live	1
long life to you	1
makes life	1
me	1
my own life	1
nor its animals	1
of abijams life	1
of her life	1
of my life remain	1
of our lives	1
of survival	1
of the live	1
of their lives	1
of us who are alive	1
of valor	1
of your lives	1
one of life	1
only the living	1
or beast	1
or my life	1
others	1
renewal	1
should any mortal	1
so as the living creatures	1
so that he	1
so your life	1
springs of life	1
than life	1
that lives	1
the animals	1
the beast	1
the creatures	1
the hunger	1
the lives	1
the living one is	1
the wild animals	1
their lives	1
their other livestock	1
these ones	1
to beasts	1
weigh down beasts	1
were alive	1
whether green	1
while a company	1
while they are alive	1
while they live	1
while your wife is still alive	1
who lived	1
wild animals	1
with the beasts	1
without cause	1
you life	1
you may live	1
your flock	1

KJV rendering counts
Rendering	Count
liveth	61
of life	32
i live	24
of the living	23
life	22
of his life	16
alive	13
the living	11
of thy life	10
beast	9
my life	9
beasts	7
of my life	7
of the life	7
them alive	5
yet alive	5
and the beasts	4
and the living	4
for the living	4
of the living creature	4
the beasts	4
and his life	3
and life	3
and to every beast	3
of living	3
quick	3
that liveth	3
the life	3
thy life	3
to every beast	3
to life	3
while he yet lived	3
all ye beasts	2
and the beast	2
and when the living creatures	2
between me and you and every living	2
by the life	2
every beast	2
every living	2
he yet alive	2
her the living	2
in his life	2
may live	2
nor the beasts	2
of all living	2
of every living thing	2
of the beasts	2
of the living creatures	2
old	2
over running	2
raw	2
than to live	2
the beast	2
the live	2
the living creature	2
the living creatures	2
the raw	2
to the beasts	2
was yet alive	2
a place for beasts	1
all the beasts	1
all the living	1
although they were yet alive	1
among all manner of beasts	1
among the living	1
among the living creatures	1
and above every beast	1
and all the beasts	1
and beast	1
and between the beast	1
and every beast	1
and every living	1
and every living thing	1
and for all their beasts	1
and for the beast	1
and in the running	1
and my life	1
and of any living	1
and of beast	1
and of every beast	1
and of every living	1
and of every living thing	1
and over every living thing	1
and running	1
and shall let the living	1
and the living creatures	1
and the troop	1
and their life	1
and thy life	1
and to the wild beasts	1
and with every living	1
and with the living	1
and with the running	1
any beast	1
any more every thing living	1
as for the living	1
as long as i live	1
became a living	1
beerlahairoi	1
before the living	1
behold while i am yet alive	1
beside the other in her life	1
both living	1
by him that liveth	1
did all the beasts	1
for a living	1
for all living	1
for every beast	1
for my life	1
for them with the beasts	1
had lived	1
have i to live	1
here alive	1
him the beasts	1
in his lifetime	1
in life	1
in running	1
in their lives	1
into a troop	1
is not alive	1
lest the beasts	1
live	1
lively	1
living	1
living creatures	1
maketh merry	1
me life	1
more than the living	1
nay but the living	1
neither shall the beast	1
nor my life	1
not the congregation	1
of every beast	1
of her all the beasts	1
of her life	1
of our life	1
of springing	1
of the live	1
of thee but raw	1
of their life	1
or if the raw	1
or life	1
over the running	1
rather than life	1
shall be upon every beast	1
shall my life	1
shall no man living	1
so shall they be life	1
so that his life	1
so that no beasts	1
so the whole age	1
than any beast	1
than life	1
that he may live	1
that my life	1
that the living	1
that they live	1
that they shall live	1
that thou mayest live	1
that ye live	1
the appetite	1
the company	1
the maintenance	1
thee while i live	1
their life	1
their lives	1
them and the living	1
then the beasts	1
they live	1
thou livest	1
though while he lived	1
thy congregation	1
to all the beasts	1
to all the living	1
to him that liveth	1
to the living	1
unto the beasts	1
unto the multitude	1
was with him of life	1
were upon the beasts	1
where all the beasts	1
wherefore doth a living	1
wherein all the beasts	1
while i live	1
while they live	1
whose the living	1
with the beasts	1
with thee every living thing	1
ye live	1
yet live	1
you life	1
your life	1

Verses containing H2416

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Genesis 1:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And God said, “Let the waters teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of the sky.”
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Genesis 1:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So God created the great sea creatures and every living thing that moves, with which the waters teemed according to their kinds, and every winged bird after its kind. And God saw that it was good.
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Genesis 1:24 · BSB · 2 occurrences
And God said, “Let the earth bring forth living creatures according to their kinds: livestock, land crawlers, and beasts of the earth according to their kinds.” And it was so.
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Genesis 1:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
God made the beasts of the earth according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and everything that crawls upon the earth according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.
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Genesis 1:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence
God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and every creature that crawls upon the earth.”
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Genesis 1:30 · BSB · 2 occurrences
And to every beast of the earth and every bird of the air and every creature that crawls upon the earth—everything that has the breath of life in it—I have given every green plant for food.” And it was so.
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Genesis 2:7 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Then the LORD God formed man from the dust of the ground and breathed the breath of life into his nostrils, and the man became a living being.
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Genesis 2:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Out of the ground the LORD God gave growth to every tree that is pleasing to the eye and good for food. And in the middle of the garden were the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
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Genesis 2:19 · BSB · 2 occurrences
And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the air, and He brought them to the man to see what he would name each one. And whatever the man called each living creature, that was its name.
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Genesis 2:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The man gave names to all the livestock, to the birds of the air, and to every beast of the field. But for Adam no suitable helper was found.
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Genesis 3:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now the serpent was more crafty than any beast of the field that the LORD God had made. And he said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden?’”
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Genesis 3:14 · BSB · 2 occurrences
So the LORD God said to the serpent: “Because you have done this, cursed are you above all livestock and every beast of the field! On your belly will you go, and dust you will eat, all the days of your life.
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Genesis 3:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And to Adam He said: “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten from the tree of which I commanded you not to eat, cursed is the ground because of you; through toil you will eat of it all the days of your life.
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Genesis 3:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And Adam named his wife Eve, because she would be the mother of all the living.
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Genesis 3:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the LORD God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of Us, knowing good and evil. And now, lest he reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life, and eat, and live forever...”
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Genesis 3:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So He drove out the man and stationed cherubim on the east side of the Garden of Eden, along with a whirling sword of flame to guard the way to the tree of life.
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Genesis 6:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And behold, I will bring floodwaters upon the earth to destroy every creature under the heavens that has the breath of life. Everything on the earth will perish.
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Genesis 6:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And you are to bring two of every living creature into the ark—male and female—to keep them alive with you.
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Genesis 7:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, on the seventeenth day of the second month, all the fountains of the great deep burst forth, and the floodgates of the heavens were opened.
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Genesis 7:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
they and every kind of wild animal, livestock, crawling creature, bird, and winged creature.
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Genesis 7:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
They came to Noah to enter the ark, two by two of every creature with the breath of life.
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Genesis 7:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And every living thing that moved upon the earth perished—birds, livestock, animals, every creature that swarms upon the earth, and all mankind.
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Genesis 7:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Of all that was on dry land, everything that had the breath of life in its nostrils died.
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Genesis 8:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But God remembered Noah and all the animals and livestock that were with him in the ark. And God sent a wind over the earth, and the waters began to subside.
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Genesis 8:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Bring out all the living creatures that are with you—birds, livestock, and everything that crawls upon the ground—so that they can spread out over the earth and be fruitful and multiply upon it.”
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Genesis 8:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Every living creature, every creeping thing, and every bird—everything that moves upon the earth—came out of the ark, kind by kind.
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Genesis 8:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When the LORD smelled the pleasing aroma, He said in His heart, “Never again will I curse the ground because of man, even though every inclination of his heart is evil from his youth. And never again will I destroy all living creatures as I have done.
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Genesis 9:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The fear and dread of you will fall on every living creature on the earth, every bird of the air, every creature that crawls on the ground, and all the fish of the sea. They are delivered into your hand.
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Genesis 9:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Everything that lives and moves will be food for you; just as I gave you the green plants, I now give you all things.
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Genesis 9:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And surely I will require the life of any man or beast by whose hand your lifeblood is shed. I will demand an accounting from anyone who takes the life of his fellow man:
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Genesis 9:10 · BSB · 3 occurrences
and with every living creature that was with you—the birds, the livestock, and every beast of the earth—every living thing that came out of the ark.
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Genesis 9:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And God said, “This is the sign of the covenant I am making between Me and you and every living creature with you, a covenant for all generations to come:
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Genesis 9:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I will remember My covenant between Me and you and every living creature of every kind. Never again will the waters become a flood to destroy all life.
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Genesis 9:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And whenever the rainbow appears in the clouds, I will see it and remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of every kind that is on the earth.”
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Genesis 18:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the LORD said, “I will surely return to you at this time next year, and your wife Sarah will have a son!” Now Sarah was behind him, listening at the entrance to the tent.
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Genesis 18:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Is anything too difficult for the LORD? At the appointed time I will return to you—in about a year—and Sarah will have a son.”
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Genesis 23:1 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Now Sarah lived to be 127 years old.
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Genesis 25:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But while he was still alive, Abraham gave gifts to the sons of his concubines and sent them away from his son Isaac to the land of the east.
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Genesis 25:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Abraham lived a total of 175 years.
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Genesis 25:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Ishmael lived a total of 137 years. Then he breathed his last and died, and was gathered to his people.
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Genesis 26:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Isaac’s servants dug in the valley and found a well of fresh water there.
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Genesis 27:46 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Then Rebekah said to Isaac, “I am weary of my life because of these Hittite women. If Jacob takes a Hittite wife from among them, what good is my life?”
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Genesis 37:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Come now, let us kill him and throw him into one of the pits. We can say that a vicious animal has devoured him. Then we shall see what becomes of his dreams!”
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Genesis 37:33 · BSB · 1 occurrence
His father recognized it and said, “It is my son’s robe! A vicious animal has devoured him. Joseph has surely been torn to pieces!”
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Genesis 42:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And this is how you will be tested: As surely as Pharaoh lives, you shall not leave this place unless your youngest brother comes here.
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Genesis 42:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Send one of your number to get your brother; the rest of you will be confined so that the truth of your words may be tested. If they are untrue, then as surely as Pharaoh lives, you are spies!”
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Genesis 43:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
They replied, “The man questioned us in detail about ourselves and our family: ‘Is your father still alive? Do you have another brother?’ And we answered him accordingly. How could we possibly know that he would say, ‘Bring your brother here’?”
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Genesis 43:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He asked if they were well, and then he asked, “How is your elderly father you told me about? Is he still alive?”
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Genesis 43:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Your servant our father is well,” they answered. “He is still alive.” And they bowed down to honor him.
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Genesis 45:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Joseph said to his brothers, “I am Joseph! Is my father still alive?” But they were unable to answer him, because they were terrified in his presence.
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