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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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Proverbs 10:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The labor of the righteous leads to life, but the gain of the wicked brings punishment.
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Proverbs 10:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Whoever heeds instruction is on the path to life, but he who ignores reproof goes astray.
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Proverbs 11:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Genuine righteousness leads to life, but the pursuit of evil brings death.
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Proverbs 11:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, and he who wins souls is wise.
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Proverbs 12:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence
There is life in the path of righteousness, but another path leads to death.
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Proverbs 13:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but desire fulfilled is a tree of life.
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Proverbs 13:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life, turning one from the snares of death.
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Proverbs 14:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, turning a man from the snares of death.
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Proverbs 14:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence
A tranquil heart is life to the body, but envy rots the bones.
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Proverbs 15:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
A soothing tongue is a tree of life, but a perverse tongue crushes the spirit.
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Proverbs 15:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The path of life leads upward for the wise, that he may avoid going down to Sheol.
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Proverbs 15:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He who listens to life-giving reproof will dwell among the wise.
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Proverbs 16:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When a king’s face brightens, there is life; his favor is like a rain cloud in spring.
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Proverbs 16:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Understanding is a fountain of life to its possessor, but the discipline of fools is folly.
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Proverbs 18:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Life and death are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit.
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Proverbs 19:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The fear of the LORD leads to life, that one may rest content, without visitation from harm.
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Proverbs 21:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He who pursues righteousness and loving devotion finds life, righteousness, and honor.
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Proverbs 22:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The rewards of humility and the fear of the LORD are wealth and honor and life.
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Proverbs 27:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You will have plenty of goats’ milk to feed you—food for your household and nourishment for your maidservants.
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Proverbs 31:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
She brings him good and not harm all the days of her life.
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Ecclesiastes 2:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
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Ecclesiastes 2:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
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Ecclesiastes 3:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice and do good while they live,
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Ecclesiastes 4:2 · BSB · 2 occurrences
So I admired the dead, who had already died, above the living, who are still alive.
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Ecclesiastes 4:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I saw that all who lived and walked under the sun followed this second one, the youth who succeeded the king.
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Ecclesiastes 5:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
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Ecclesiastes 5:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For a man seldom considers the days of his life, because God keeps him occupied with the joy of his heart.
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Source alternate reference: 5.19
Ecclesiastes 6:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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?
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Ecclesiastes 6:12 · BSB · 2 occurrences
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?
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Ecclesiastes 7:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
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Ecclesiastes 8:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
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Ecclesiastes 9:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
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Ecclesiastes 9:4 · BSB · 2 occurrences
There is hope, however, for anyone who is among the living; for even a live dog is better than a dead lion.
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Ecclesiastes 9:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
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Ecclesiastes 9:9 · BSB · 3 occurrences
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.
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Ecclesiastes 10:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
A feast is prepared for laughter, and wine makes life merry, but money is the answer for everything.
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Song of Solomon 4:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You are a garden spring, a well of fresh water flowing down from Lebanon.
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Isaiah 4:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Whoever remains in Zion and whoever is left in Jerusalem will be called holy—all in Jerusalem who are recorded among the living—
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Isaiah 8:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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?
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Isaiah 35:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
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Isaiah 37:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.”
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Isaiah 37:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
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Isaiah 38:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
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Isaiah 38:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
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Isaiah 38:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
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Isaiah 38:19 · BSB · 2 occurrences
The living, only the living, can thank You, as I do today; fathers will tell their children about Your faithfulness.
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Isaiah 38:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The LORD will save me; we will play songs on stringed instruments all the days of our lives in the house of the LORD.
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Isaiah 40:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Lebanon is not sufficient for fuel, nor its animals enough for a burnt offering.
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Isaiah 43:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
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Isaiah 46:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Bel crouches; Nebo cowers. Their idols weigh down beasts and cattle. The images you carry are burdensome, a load to the weary animal.
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