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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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  1. 2 Kings 7:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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.’”

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  2. 2 Kings 10:14 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    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.

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  3. 2 Kings 14:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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.

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  4. 2 Kings 19:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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.”

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  5. 2 Kings 19:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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.

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  6. 2 Kings 25:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So Jehoiachin changed out of his prison clothes, and he dined regularly at the king’s table for the rest of his life.

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  7. 2 Kings 25:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And the king provided Jehoiachin a daily portion for the rest of his life.

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  8. 2 Chronicles 6:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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.

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  9. 2 Chronicles 10:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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.

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  10. 2 Chronicles 18:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But Micaiah said, “As surely as the LORD lives, I will speak whatever my God tells me.”

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  11. 2 Chronicles 25:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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.

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  12. 2 Chronicles 25:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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.

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  13. Job 3:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Why is light given to the miserable, and life to the bitter of soul,

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  14. Job 5:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    You will laugh at destruction and famine, and need not fear the beasts of the earth.

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  15. Job 5:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For you will have a covenant with the stones of the field, and the wild animals will be at peace with you.

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  16. Job 7:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Remember that my life is but a breath. My eyes will never again see happiness.

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  17. Job 9:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Though I am blameless, I have no concern for myself; I despise my own life.

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  18. Job 10:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “I loathe my own life; I will express my complaint and speak in the bitterness of my soul.

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  19. Job 10:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    You have granted me life and loving devotion, and Your care has preserved my spirit.

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  20. Job 12:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The life of every living thing is in His hand, as well as the breath of all mankind.

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  21. Job 19:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But I know that my Redeemer lives, and in the end He will stand upon the earth.

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  22. Job 24:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Yet by His power, God drags away the mighty; though rising up, they have no assurance of life.

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  23. Job 27:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “As surely as God lives, who has deprived me of justice—the Almighty, who has embittered my soul—

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  24. Job 28:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    No man can know its value, nor is it found in the land of the living.

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  25. Job 28:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    It is hidden from the eyes of every living thing and concealed from the birds of the air.

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  26. Job 30:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Yes, I know that You will bring me down to death, to the place appointed for all the living.

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  27. Job 33:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    to preserve his soul from the Pit and his life from perishing by the sword.

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  28. Job 33:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    so that he detests his bread, and his soul loathes his favorite food.

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  29. Job 33:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    He draws near to the Pit, and his life to the messengers of death.

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  30. Job 33:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    He redeemed my soul from going down to the Pit, and I will live to see the light.’

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  31. Job 33:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    to bring back his soul from the Pit, that he may be enlightened with the light of life.

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  32. Job 36:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    They die in their youth, among the male shrine prostitutes.

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  33. Job 37:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The wild animals enter their lairs; they settle down in their dens.

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  34. Job 38:39 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Can you hunt the prey for a lioness or satisfy the hunger of young lions

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  35. Job 39:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    She forgets that a foot may crush them, or a wild animal may trample them.

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  36. Job 40:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The hills yield him their produce, while all the beasts of the field play nearby.

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  37. Psalms 7:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    then may my enemy pursue me and overtake me; may he trample me to the ground and leave my honor in the dust. Selah

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    Source alternate reference: 7.6

  38. Psalms 16:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    You have made known to me the path of life; You will fill me with joy in Your presence, with eternal pleasures at Your right hand.

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  39. Psalms 17:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    from such men, O LORD, by Your hand—from men of the world whose portion is in this life. May You fill the bellies of Your treasured ones and satisfy their sons, so they leave their abundance to their children.

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  40. Psalms 18:46 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The LORD lives, and blessed be my Rock! And may the God of my salvation be exalted—

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    Source alternate reference: 18.47

  41. Psalms 21:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    He asked You for life, and You granted it—length of days, forever and ever.

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    Source alternate reference: 21.5

  42. Psalms 23:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Surely goodness and mercy will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever.

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  43. Psalms 26:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Do not take my soul away with sinners, or my life with men of bloodshed,

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  44. Psalms 27:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Of David. The LORD is my light and my salvation—whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life—whom shall I dread?

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  45. Psalms 27:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    One thing I have asked of the LORD; this is what I desire: to dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the LORD and seek Him in His temple.

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  46. Psalms 27:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Still I am certain to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.

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  47. Psalms 30:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For His anger is fleeting, but His favor lasts a lifetime. Weeping may stay the night, but joy comes in the morning.

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    Source alternate reference: 30.6

  48. Psalms 31:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For my life is consumed with grief and my years with groaning; my iniquity has drained my strength, and my bones are wasting away.

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    Source alternate reference: 31.11

  49. Psalms 34:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Who is the man who delights in life, who desires to see good days?

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    Source alternate reference: 34.13

  50. Psalms 36:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For with You is the fountain of life; in Your light we see light.

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    Source alternate reference: 36.10

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