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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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Ezekiel 16:48 · BSB · 1 occurrence
As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, your sister Sodom and her daughters never did as you and your daughters have done.
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Ezekiel 17:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
‘As surely as I live,’ declares the Lord GOD, ‘he will die in Babylon, in the land of the king who enthroned him, whose oath he despised and whose covenant he broke.
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Ezekiel 17:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘As surely as I live, I will bring down upon his head My oath that he despised and My covenant that he broke.
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Ezekiel 18:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, you will no longer quote this proverb in Israel.
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Ezekiel 20:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Son of man, speak to the elders of Israel and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: Have you come to inquire of Me? As surely as I live, I will not be consulted by you, declares the Lord GOD.
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Ezekiel 20:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When you offer your gifts, sacrificing your sons in the fire, you continue to defile yourselves with all your idols to this day. So should I be consulted by you, O house of Israel? As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, I will not be consulted by you!
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Ezekiel 20:33 · BSB · 1 occurrence
As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, with a strong hand, an outstretched arm, and outpoured wrath I will rule over you.
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Ezekiel 26:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
then I will bring you down with those who descend to the Pit, to the people of antiquity. I will make you dwell in the earth below like the ancient ruins, with those who descend to the Pit, so that you will no longer be inhabited or set in splendor in the land of the living.
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Ezekiel 29:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I will leave you in the desert, you and all the fish of your streams. You will fall on the open field and will not be taken away or gathered for burial. I have given you as food to the beasts of the earth and the birds of the air.
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Ezekiel 31:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
All the birds of the air nested in its branches, and all the beasts of the field gave birth beneath its boughs; all the great nations lived in its shade.
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Ezekiel 31:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
All the birds of the air nested on its fallen trunk, and all the beasts of the field lived among its boughs.
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Ezekiel 32:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I will abandon you on the land and hurl you into the open field. I will cause all the birds of the air to settle upon you, and all the beasts of the earth to eat their fill of you.
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Ezekiel 32:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Her graves are set in the depths of the Pit, and her company is all around her grave. All of them are slain, fallen by the sword—those who once spread terror in the land of the living.
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Ezekiel 32:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Elam is there with all her multitudes around her grave. All of them are slain, fallen by the sword—those who went down uncircumcised to the earth below, who once spread their terror in the land of the living. They bear their disgrace with those who descend to the Pit.
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Ezekiel 32:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Among the slain they prepare a resting place for Elam with all her hordes, with her graves all around her. All of them are uncircumcised, slain by the sword, although their terror was once spread in the land of the living. They bear their disgrace with those who descend to the Pit. They are placed among the slain.
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Ezekiel 32:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Meshech and Tubal are there with all their multitudes, with their graves all around them. All of them are uncircumcised, slain by the sword, because they spread their terror in the land of the living.
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Ezekiel 32:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence
They do not lie down with the fallen warriors of old, who went down to Sheol with their weapons of war, whose swords were placed under their heads, whose shields rested on their bones, although the terror of the mighty was once in the land of the living.
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Ezekiel 32:32 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For I will spread My terror in the land of the living, so that Pharaoh and all his multitude will be laid to rest among the uncircumcised, with those slain by the sword, declares the Lord GOD.”
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Ezekiel 33:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Say to them: ‘As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that the wicked should turn from their ways and live. Turn! Turn from your evil ways! For why should you die, O house of Israel?’
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Ezekiel 33:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
if he restores a pledge, makes restitution for what he has stolen, and walks in the statutes of life without practicing iniquity—then he will surely live; he will not die.
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Ezekiel 33:27 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘As surely as I live, those in the ruins will fall by the sword, those in the open field I will give to be devoured by wild animals, and those in the strongholds and caves will die by plague.
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Ezekiel 34:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
They were scattered for lack of a shepherd, and when they were scattered they became food for all the wild beasts.
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Ezekiel 34:8 · BSB · 2 occurrences
‘As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, because My flock lacks a shepherd and has become prey and food for every wild beast, and because My shepherds did not search for My flock but fed themselves instead,
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Ezekiel 34:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I will make with them a covenant of peace and rid the land of wild animals, so that they may dwell securely in the wilderness and sleep in the forest.
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Ezekiel 34:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence
They will no longer be prey for the nations, and the beasts of the earth will not consume them. They will dwell securely, and no one will frighten them.
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Ezekiel 35:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
therefore as surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, I will give you over to bloodshed and it will pursue you. Since you did not hate bloodshed, it will pursue you.
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Ezekiel 35:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
therefore as surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, I will treat you according to the anger and jealousy you showed in your hatred against them, and I will make Myself known among them when I judge you.
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Ezekiel 38:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The fish of the sea, the birds of the air, the beasts of the field, every creature that crawls upon the ground, and all mankind on the face of the earth will tremble at My presence. The mountains will be thrown down, the cliffs will collapse, and every wall will fall to the ground.
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Ezekiel 39:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
On the mountains of Israel you will fall—you and all your troops and the nations with you. I will give you as food to every kind of ravenous bird and wild beast.
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Ezekiel 39:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And as for you, son of man, this is what the Lord GOD says: Call out to every kind of bird and to every beast of the field: ‘Assemble and come together from all around to the sacrificial feast that I am preparing for you, a great feast on the mountains of Israel. There you will eat flesh and drink blood.
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Ezekiel 47:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Wherever the river flows, there will be swarms of living creatures and a great number of fish, because it flows there and makes the waters fresh; so wherever the river flows, everything will flourish.
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Daniel 8:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I saw the ram charging toward the west and the north and the south. No animal could stand against him, and there was no deliverance from his power. He did as he pleased and became great.
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Daniel 12:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And many who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake, some to everlasting life, but others to shame and everlasting contempt.
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Daniel 12:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And the man dressed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, raised his right hand and his left hand toward heaven, and I heard him swear by Him who lives forever, saying, “It will be for a time, and times, and half a time. When the power of the holy people has finally been shattered, all these things will be completed.”
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Hosea 1:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Yet the number of the Israelites will be like the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured or counted. And it will happen that in the very place where it was said to them, ‘You are not My people,’ they will be called ‘sons of the living God.’
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Source alternate reference: 2.1
Hosea 2:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I will destroy her vines and fig trees, which she thinks are the wages paid by her lovers. So I will make them into a thicket, and the beasts of the field will devour them.
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Source alternate reference: 2.14
Hosea 2:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
On that day I will make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field and the birds of the air and the creatures that crawl on the ground. And I will abolish bow and sword and battle in the land, and will make them lie down in safety.
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Source alternate reference: 2.20
Hosea 4:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Therefore the land mourns, and all who dwell in it will waste away with the beasts of the field and the birds of the air; even the fish of the sea disappear.
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Hosea 4:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Though you prostitute yourself, O Israel, may Judah avoid such guilt! Do not journey to Gilgal, do not go up to Beth-aven, and do not swear on oath, ‘As surely as the LORD lives!’
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Hosea 13:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Like a bear robbed of her cubs I will attack them, and I will tear open their chests. There I will devour them like a lion, like a wild beast tearing them apart.
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Amos 8:14 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Those who swear by the guilt of Samaria and say, ‘As surely as your god lives, O Dan,’ or, ‘As surely as the way of Beersheba lives’—they will fall, never to rise again.”
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Jonah 2:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
To the roots of the mountains I descended; the earth beneath me barred me in forever! But You raised my life from the pit, O LORD my God!
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Source alternate reference: 2.7
Jonah 4:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And now, O LORD, please take my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live.”
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Jonah 4:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
As the sun was rising, God appointed a scorching east wind, and the sun beat down on Jonah’s head so that he grew faint and wished to die, saying, “It is better for me to die than to live.”
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Zephaniah 2:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Therefore, as surely as I live,” declares the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, “surely Moab will be like Sodom and the Ammonites like Gomorrah—a place of weeds and salt pits, a perpetual wasteland. The remnant of My people will plunder them; the remainder of My nation will dispossess them.”
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Zephaniah 2:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Herds will lie down in her midst, creatures of every kind. Both the desert owl and screech owl will roost atop her pillars. Their calls will sound from the window, but desolation will lie on the threshold, for He will expose the beams of cedar.
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Zephaniah 2:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
This carefree city that dwells securely, that thinks to herself: “I am it, and there is none besides me,” what a ruin she has become, a resting place for beasts. Everyone who passes by her hisses and shakes his fist.
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Zechariah 14:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And on that day living water will flow out from Jerusalem, half of it toward the Eastern Sea and the other half toward the Western Sea, in summer and winter alike.
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Malachi 2:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“My covenant with him was one of life and peace, which I gave to him; it called for reverence, and he revered Me and stood in awe of My name.
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