חַי
living
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Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Adjective
- A word that describes or qualifies a noun.
- Noun
- A naming word — a person, place, thing, or idea.
Noun type
- Common
- A common noun — a general class of person, place, or thing (“king,” “city,” “water”), not a specific name.
Stem
- Qal
- The basic, simple active stem — the plain form of the verb (“he wrote”).
Form
- Sequential Perfect
- A perfect with prefixed waw continuing a preceding imperfect or command (waw-consecutive perfect).
State
- Absolute
- The independent form of a noun, not bound to a following word.
- Construct
- A noun bound to a following noun in a possessive / “of” relationship (the construct chain).
Person
- 3rd Person
- The one spoken about (“he / she / it / they”).
Gender
- Masculine
- Grammatically masculine.
- Feminine
- Grammatically feminine.
- Both
- Attested as both masculine and feminine.
Number
- Singular
- One.
- Plural
- More than one (in Hebrew, generally three or more).
141 distinct verses where H2416 appears in the Construct state, across 24 books. Filtered view — show all forms. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Hebrew form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Hebrew Bible; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences are not indexed here.
Genesis 18 verses
- Genesis 1:24 חַיָּה֙ וְ/חַֽיְתוֹ adj Adjective fs conj + n c fs cs God said, "Let the earth bring forth living creatures after their kind, cattle, creeping things, and animals of the earth after their kind," and it was so.
- Genesis 1:25 חַיַּ֨ת n c fs cs God made the animals of the earth after their kind, and the cattle after their kind, and everything that creeps on the ground after its kind. God saw that it was good.
- Genesis 1:30 חַיַּ֣ת חַיָּ֔ה n c fs cs adj Adjective fs To every animal of the earth, and to every bird of the sky, and to everything that creeps on the earth, in which there is life, I have given every green herb for food." And it was so.
- Genesis 2:19 חַיַּ֤ת חַיָּ֖ה n c fs cs adj Adjective fs Out of the ground Yahweh God formed every animal of the field, and every bird of the sky, and brought them to the man to see what he would call them. Whatever the man called every living creature, that was its name.
- Genesis 2:20 חַיַּ֣ת n c fs cs The man gave names to all cattle, and to the birds of the sky, and to every animal of the field; but for man there was not found a helper suitable for him.
- Genesis 3:1 חַיַּ֣ת n c fs cs Now the serpent was more subtle than any animal of the field which Yahweh God had made. He said to the woman, "Yes, has God said, 'You shall not eat of any tree of the garden?'"
- Genesis 3:14 חַיַּ֣ת חַיֶּֽי/ךָ n c fs cs n c mp cs + sfx pers 2ms Yahweh God said to the serpent, "Because you have done this, cursed are you above all cattle, and above every animal of the field. On your belly shall you go, and you shall eat dust all the days of your life.
- Genesis 3:17 חַיֶּֽי/ךָ n c mp cs + sfx pers 2ms To Adam he said, "Because you have listened to your wife's voice, and have eaten of the tree, of which I commanded you, saying, 'You shall not eat of it,' cursed is the ground for your sake. In toil you will eat of it all the days of your life.
- Genesis 7:11 לְ/חַיֵּי prep + n c mp cs In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on the same day all the fountains of the great deep were burst open, and the sky's windows were opened.
- Genesis 9:2 חַיַּ֣ת n c fs cs The fear of you and the dread of you will be on every animal of the earth, and on every bird of the sky. Everything that the ground teems with, and all the fish of the sea are delivered into your hand.
- Genesis 9:10 הַֽ/חַיָּה֙ חַיַּ֥ת חַיַּ֥ת ptcl def.art + Adjective Adjective fs n c fs cs n c fs cs and with every living creature that is with you: the birds, the cattle, and every animal of the earth with you. Of all that go out of the ark, even every animal of the earth.
- Genesis 23:1 חַיֵּ֣י חַיֵּ֥י n c mp cs n c mp cs Sarah lived one hundred twenty-seven years. These were the years of Sarah's life.
- Genesis 25:7 חַיֵּ֥י n c mp cs These are the days of the years of Abraham's life which he lived: one hundred seventy-five years.
- Genesis 25:17 חַיֵּ֣י n c mp cs These are the years of the life of Ishmael: one hundred thirty-seven years. He gave up the spirit and died, and was gathered to his people.
- Genesis 27:46 בְ/חַיַּ֔/י חַיִּֽים prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs n c mp Rebekah said to Isaac, "I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth. If Jacob takes a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these, of the daughters of the land, what good will my life do me?"
- Genesis 47:8 חַיֶּֽי/ךָ n c mp cs + sfx pers 2ms Pharaoh said to Jacob, "How many are the days of the years of your life?"
- Genesis 47:9 חַיַּ֔/י חַיֵּ֣י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs n c mp cs Jacob said to Pharaoh, "The days of the years of my pilgrimage are one hundred thirty years. Few and evil have been the days of the years of my life, and they have not attained to the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage."
- Genesis 47:28 חַיָּ֔י/ו n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years. So the days of Jacob, the years of his life, were one hundred forty-seven years.
Exodus 6 verses
- Exodus 1:14 חַיֵּי/הֶ֜ם n c mp cs + sfx pers 3mp and they made their lives bitter with hard service, in mortar and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field, all their service, in which they ruthlessly made them serve.
- Exodus 6:16 חַיֵּ֣י n c mp cs These are the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations: Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari; and the years of the life of Levi were one hundred thirty-seven years.
- Exodus 6:18 חַיֵּ֣י n c mp cs The sons of Kohath: Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel; and the years of the life of Kohath were one hundred thirty-three years.
- Exodus 6:20 חַיֵּ֣י n c mp cs Amram took Jochebed his father's sister to himself as wife; and she bore him Aaron and Moses: and the years of the life of Amram were a hundred and thirty-seven years.
- Exodus 23:11 חַיַּ֣ת n c fs cs but the seventh year you shall let it rest and lie fallow, that the poor of your people may eat; and what they leave the animal of the field shall eat. In like manner you shall deal with your vineyard and with your olive grove.
- Exodus 23:29 חַיַּ֥ת n c fs cs I will not drive them out from before you in one year, lest the land become desolate, and the animals of the field multiply against you.
Leviticus 2 verses
- Leviticus 18:18 בְּ/חַיֶּֽי/הָ prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3fs "'You shall not take a wife to her sister, to be a rival, to uncover her nakedness, while her sister is yet alive.
- Leviticus 26:22 חַיַּ֤ת n c fs cs I will send the wild animals among you, which will rob you of your children, destroy your cattle, and make you few in number; and your roads will become desolate.
Numbers 1 verse
Deuteronomy 9 verses
- Deuteronomy 4:9 חַיֶּ֑י/ךָ n c mp cs + sfx pers 2ms Only take heed to yourself, and keep your soul diligently, lest you forget the things which your eyes saw, and lest they depart from your heart all the days of your life; but make them known to your children and your children's children;
- Deuteronomy 6:2 חַיֶּ֑י/ךָ n c mp cs + sfx pers 2ms that you might fear Yahweh your God, to keep all his statutes and his commandments, which I command you, you, and your son, and your son's son, all the days of your life; and that your days may be prolonged.
- Deuteronomy 7:22 חַיַּ֥ת n c fs cs Yahweh your God will cast out those nations before you by little and little: you may not consume them at once, lest the animals of the field increase on you.
- Deuteronomy 16:3 חַיֶּֽי/ךָ n c mp cs + sfx pers 2ms You shall eat no leavened bread with it; seven days shall you eat unleavened bread therewith, even the bread of affliction; for you came forth out of the land of Egypt in haste: that you may remember the day when you came forth out of the land of Egypt all the days of your life.
- Deuteronomy 17:19 חַיָּ֑י/ו n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms and it shall be with him, and he shall read therein all the days of his life; that he may learn to fear Yahweh his God, to keep all the words of this law and these statutes, to do them;
- Deuteronomy 28:66 חַיֶּ֔י/ךָ בְּ/חַיֶּֽי/ךָ n c mp cs + sfx pers 2ms prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 2ms and your life shall hang in doubt before you; and you shall fear night and day, and shall have no assurance of your life.
- Deuteronomy 30:6 חַיֶּֽי/ךָ n c mp cs + sfx pers 2ms Yahweh your God will circumcise your heart, and the heart of your seed, to love Yahweh your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, that you may live.
- Deuteronomy 30:20 חַיֶּ֨י/ךָ֙ n c mp cs + sfx pers 2ms to love Yahweh your God, to obey his voice, and to cleave to him; for he is your life, and the length of your days; that you may dwell in the land which Yahweh swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.
- Deuteronomy 32:47 חַיֵּי/כֶ֑ם n c mp cs + sfx pers 2mp For it is no vain thing for you; because it is your life, and through this thing you shall prolong your days in the land, where you go over the Jordan to possess it.
Joshua 2 verses
- Joshua 1:5 חַיֶּ֑י/ךָ n c mp cs + sfx pers 2ms There shall not any man be able to stand before you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so I will be with you; I will not fail you, nor forsake you.
- Joshua 4:14 חַיָּֽי/ו n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms On that day Yahweh magnified Joshua in the sight of all Israel; and they feared him, as they feared Moses, all the days of his life.
Judges 1 verse
1 Samuel 4 verses
- 1 Samuel 1:11 חַיָּ֔י/ו n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms She vowed a vow, and said, Yahweh of hosts, if you will indeed look on the affliction of your handmaid, and remember me, and not forget your handmaid, but will give to your handmaid a man-child, then I will give him to Yahweh all the days of his life, and there shall no razor come on his head.
- 1 Samuel 7:15 חַיָּֽי/ו n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life.
- 1 Samuel 17:46 וּ/לְ/חַיַּ֣ת conj + prep + n c fs cs This day will Yahweh deliver you into my hand; and I will strike you, and take your head from off you; and I will give the dead bodies of the host of the Philistines this day to the birds of the sky, and to the wild animals of the earth; that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel,
- 1 Samuel 18:18 חַיַּ֔/י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs David said to Saul, Who am I, and what is my life, [or] my father's family in Israel, that I should be son-in-law to the king?
2 Samuel 7 verses
- 2 Samuel 1:23 בְּ/חַיֵּי/הֶ֔ם prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3mp Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives, In their death they were not divided: They were swifter than eagles, They were stronger than lions.
- 2 Samuel 11:11 חַיֶּ֨/ךָ֙ וְ/חֵ֣י n c bp cs + sfx pers 2ms conj + n c bs cs Uriah said to David, The ark, and Israel, and Judah, abide in booths; and my lord Joab, and the servants of my lord, are encamped in the open field; shall I then go into my house, to eat and to drink, and to lie with my wife? as you live, and as your soul lives, I will not do this thing.
- 2 Samuel 15:21 חַי וְ/חֵי֙ לְ/חַיִּ֔ים adj Adjective ms conj + n c bs cs prep + n c mp Ittai answered the king, and said, As Yahweh lives, and as my lord the king lives, surely in what place my lord the king shall be, whether for death or for life, even there also will your servant be.
- 2 Samuel 18:18 ב/חי/ו בְ/חַיָּי/ו֙ prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and reared up for himself the pillar, which is in the king's dale; for he said, I have no son to keep my name in memory: and he called the pillar after his own name; and it is called Absalom's monument, to this day.
- 2 Samuel 19:34 חַיַּ֔/י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs Barzillai said to the king, How many are the days of the years of my life, that I should go up with the king to Jerusalem?
- 2 Samuel 21:10 חַיַּ֥ת n c fs cs Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth, and spread it for her on the rock, from the beginning of harvest until water was poured on them from the sky; and she allowed neither the birds of the sky to rest on them by day, nor the animals of the field by night.
- 2 Samuel 23:13 וְ/חַיַּ֣ת conj + n c fs cs Three of the thirty chief men went down, and came to David in the harvest time to the cave of Adullam; and the troop of the Philistines was encamped in the valley of Rephaim.
1 Kings 4 verses
- 1 Kings 4:21 חַיָּֽי/ו n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms Solomon ruled over all the kingdoms from the River to the land of the Philistines, and to the border of Egypt: they brought tribute, and served Solomon all the days of his life.
- 1 Kings 11:34 חַיָּ֔י/ו n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms However I will not take the whole kingdom out of his hand; but I will make him prince all the days of his life, for David my servant's sake whom I chose, who kept my commandments and my statutes;
- 1 Kings 15:5 חַיָּ֔י/ו n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms because David did that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh, and didn't turn aside from anything that he commanded him all the days of his life, except only in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.
- 1 Kings 15:6 חַיָּֽי/ו n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms Now there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days of his life.
2 Kings 3 verses
- 2 Kings 14:9 חַיַּ֤ת n c fs cs Jehoash the king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon, saying, Give your daughter to my son as wife: and there passed by a wild animal that was in Lebanon, and trod down the thistle.
- 2 Kings 25:29 חַיָּֽי/ו n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms and changed his prison garments. [Jehoiachin] ate bread before him continually all the days of his life:
- 2 Kings 25:30 חַיָּֽ/ו n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms and for his allowance, there was a continual allowance given him of the king, every day a portion, all the days of his life.
2 Chronicles 1 verse
Job 13 verses
- Job 5:22 וּֽ/מֵ/חַיַּ֥ת conj + prep + n c fs cs At destruction and famine you shall laugh, Neither shall you be afraid of the animals of the earth.
- Job 5:23 וְ/חַיַּ֥ת conj + n c fs cs For you shall be in league with the stones of the field. The animals of the field shall be at peace with you.
- Job 7:7 חַיָּ֑/י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs Oh remember that my life is a breath. My eye shall no more see good.
- Job 9:21 חַיָּֽ/י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs I am blameless. I don't regard myself. I despise my life.
- Job 10:1 בְּ/חַ֫יָּ֥/י prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs "My soul is weary of my life; I will give free course to my complaint. I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
- Job 33:18 וְ֝/חַיָּת֗/וֹ conj + n c fs cs + sfx pers 3ms He keeps back his soul from the pit, And his life from perishing by the sword.
- Job 33:20 חַיָּת֣/וֹ n c fs cs + sfx pers 3ms So that his life abhors bread, And his soul dainty food.
- Job 33:22 וְ֝/חַיָּת֗/וֹ conj + n c fs cs + sfx pers 3ms Yes, his soul draws near to the pit, And his life to the destroyers.
- Job 33:28 ו/חית/י וְ֝/חַיָּת/וֹ conj + n c fs cs + sfx pers 1cs conj + n c fs cs + sfx pers 3ms He has redeemed my soul from going into the pit, My life shall see the light.'
- Job 36:14 וְ֝/חַיָּתָ֗/ם conj + n c fs cs + sfx pers 3mp They die in youth. Their life perishes among the unclean.
- Job 38:39 וְ/חַיַּ֖ת conj + n c fs cs "Can you hunt the prey for the lioness, Or satisfy the appetite of the young lions,
- Job 39:15 וְ/חַיַּ֖ת conj + n c fs cs And forgets that the foot may crush them, Or that the wild animal may trample them.
- Job 40:20 חַיַּ֥ת n c fs cs Surely the mountains bring him forth food, Where all the animals of the field do play.
Psalms 24 verses
- Psalms 7:5 חַיָּ֑/י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs Let the enemy pursue my soul, and overtake it; Yes, let him tread my life down to the earth, And lay my glory in the dust. Selah.
- Psalms 23:6 חַיָּ֑/י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs Surely goodness and loving kindness shall follow me all the days of my life, And I shall dwell in Yahweh's house forever.
- Psalms 26:9 חַיָּֽ/י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs Don't gather my soul with sinners, Nor my life with bloodthirsty men;
- Psalms 27:1 חַ֝יַּ֗/י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs Yahweh is my light and my salvation. Whom shall I fear? Yahweh is the strength of my life. Of whom shall I be afraid?
- Psalms 27:4 חַיַּ֑/י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs One thing I have asked of Yahweh, that I will seek after, That I may dwell in the house of Yahweh all the days of my life, To see Yahweh's beauty, And to inquire in his temple.
- Psalms 31:10 חַיַּ/י֮ n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs For my life is spent with sorrow, My years with sighing. My strength fails because of my iniquity. My bones are wasted away.
- Psalms 42:8 חַיָּֽ/י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs Yahweh will command his loving kindness in the daytime. In the night his song shall be with me: A prayer to the God of my life.
- Psalms 49:18 בְּ/חַיָּ֣י/ו prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms Though while he lived he blessed his soul-- And men praise you when you do well for yourself--
- Psalms 50:10 חַיְת/וֹ n c fs cs + sfx pers 3ms For every animal of the forest is mine, And the cattle on a thousand hills.
- Psalms 63:4 בְ/חַיָּ֑/י prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs So I will bless you while I live. I will lift up my hands in your name.
- Psalms 64:1 חַיָּֽ/י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs Hear my voice, God, in my complaint. Preserve my life from fear of the enemy.
- Psalms 68:10 חַיָּתְ/ךָ֥ n c fs cs + sfx pers 2ms Your congregation lived therein. You, God, prepared your goodness for the poor.
- Psalms 68:30 חַיַּ֪ת n c fs cs Rebuke the wild animal of the reeds, The multitude of the bulls, with the calves of the peoples. Being humbled, may it bring bars of silver. Scatter the nations that delight in war.
- Psalms 74:19 לְ֭/חַיַּת חַיַּ֥ת prep + n c fs cs n c fs cs Don't deliver the soul of your dove to wild beasts. Don't forget the life of your poor forever.
- Psalms 78:50 וְ֝/חַיָּתָ֗/ם conj + n c fs cs + sfx pers 3mp He made a path for his anger. He didn't spare their soul from death, But gave their life over to the pestilence,
- Psalms 79:2 לְ/חַיְת/וֹ prep + n c fs cs + sfx pers 3ms They have given the dead bodies of your servants to be food for the birds of the sky, The flesh of your saints to the animals of the earth.
- Psalms 88:3 וְ/חַיַּ֗/י conj + n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs For my soul is full of troubles. My life draws near to Sheol.
- Psalms 103:4 חַיָּ֑יְ/כִי n c mp cs + sfx pers 2fs Who redeems your life from destruction; Who crowns you with loving kindness and tender mercies;
- Psalms 104:11 חַיְת֣/וֹ n c fs cs + sfx pers 3ms They give drink to every animal of the field. The wild donkeys quench their thirst.
- Psalms 104:20 חַיְת/וֹ n c fs cs + sfx pers 3ms You make darkness, and it is night, In which all the animals of the forest prowl.
- Psalms 104:33 בְּ/חַיָּ֑/י prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs I will sing to Yahweh as long as I live. I will sing praise to my God while I have any being.
- Psalms 128:5 חַיֶּֽי/ךָ n c mp cs + sfx pers 2ms May Yahweh bless you out of Zion, And may you see the good of Jerusalem all the days of your life.
- Psalms 143:3 חַיָּתִ֑/י n c fs cs + sfx pers 1cs For the enemy pursues my soul. He has struck my life down to the ground. He has made me live in dark places, as those who have been long dead.
- Psalms 146:2 בְּ/חַיָּ֑/י prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs While I live, I will praise Yahweh. I will sing praises to my God as long as I exist.
Proverbs 3 verses
- Proverbs 4:13 חַיֶּֽי/ךָ n c mp cs + sfx pers 2ms Take firm hold of instruction. Don't let her go. Keep her, for she is your life.
- Proverbs 14:30 חַיֵּ֣י n c mp cs The life of the body is a heart at peace, But envy rots the bones.
- Proverbs 31:12 חַיֶּֽי/ה n c mp cs + sfx pers 3fs She does him good, and not harm, All the days of her life.
Ecclesiastes 8 verses
- Ecclesiastes 2:3 חַיֵּי/הֶֽם n c mp cs + sfx pers 3mp I searched in my heart how to cheer my flesh with wine, my heart yet guiding me with wisdom, and how to lay hold of folly, until I might see what it was good for the sons of men that they should do under heaven all the days of their lives.
- Ecclesiastes 3:12 בְּ/חַיָּֽי/ו prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice, and to do good as long as they live.
- Ecclesiastes 5:18 חי/ו חַיָּ֛י/ו n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms Behold, that which I have seen to be good and proper is for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy good in all his labor, in which he labors under the sun, all the days of his life which God has given him; for this is his portion.
- Ecclesiastes 5:20 חַיָּ֑י/ו n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms For he shall not often reflect on the days of his life; because God occupies him with the joy of his heart.
- Ecclesiastes 6:12 בַּֽ/חַיִּ֗ים חַיֵּ֥י prep det + n c mp n c mp cs For who knows what is good for man in life, all the days of his vain life which he spends like a shadow? For who can tell a man what will be after him under the sun?
- Ecclesiastes 8:15 חַיָּ֛י/ו n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms Then I commended mirth, because a man has no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be joyful: for that will accompany him in his labor all the days of his life which God has given him under the sun.
- Ecclesiastes 9:3 בְּ/חַיֵּי/הֶ֔ם prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3mp This is an evil in all that is done under the sun, that there is one event to all: yes also, the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that they go to the dead.
- Ecclesiastes 9:9 חַיִּ֜ים חַיֵּ֣י בַּֽ/חַיִּ֔ים n c mp n c mp cs prep det + n c mp Live joyfully with the wife whom you love all the days of your life of vanity, which he has given you under the sun, all your days of vanity: for that is your portion in life, and in your labor in which you labor under the sun.
Isaiah 7 verses
- Isaiah 38:12 חַיַּ/י֙ n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs My dwelling is removed, and is carried away from me as a shepherd's tent: I have rolled up, like a weaver, my life; he will cut me off from the loom: From day even to night will you make an end of me.
- Isaiah 38:16 חַיֵּ֣י n c mp cs Lord, by these things men live; Wholly therein is the life of my spirit: You restore me, and cause me to live.
- Isaiah 38:20 חַיֵּ֖י/נוּ n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cp Yahweh is [ready] to save me: Therefore we will sing my songs with stringed instruments All the days of our life in the house of Yahweh.
- Isaiah 40:16 וְ/חַיָּת֔/וֹ conj + n c fs cs + sfx pers 3ms Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor the animals of it sufficient for a burnt offering.
- Isaiah 43:20 חַיַּ֣ת n c fs cs The animals of the field shall honor me, the jackals and the ostriches; because I give waters in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert, to give drink to my people, my chosen,
- Isaiah 56:9 חַיְת֣וֹ חַיְת֖וֹ n c fs cs n c fs cs All you animals of the field, come to devour, [yes], all you animals in the forest.
- Isaiah 57:10 חַיַּ֤ת n c fs cs You were wearied with the length of your way; yet you didn't say, It is in vain: you found a reviving of your strength; therefore you weren't faint.
Jeremiah 5 verses
- Jeremiah 12:9 חַיַּ֥ת n c fs cs Is my heritage to me as a speckled bird of prey? are the birds of prey against her round about? go you, assemble all the animals of the field, bring them to devour.
- Jeremiah 27:6 חַיַּ֣ת n c fs cs Now have I given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant; and the animals of the field also have I given him to serve him.
- Jeremiah 28:14 חַיַּ֥ת n c fs cs For thus says Yahweh of Hosts, the God of Israel: I have put a yoke of iron on the neck of all these nations, that they may serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; and they shall serve him: and I have given him the animals of the field also.
- Jeremiah 52:33 חַיָּֽ/ו n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms and changed his prison garments. [Jehoiachin] ate bread before him continually all the days of his life:
- Jeremiah 52:34 חַיָּֽי/ו n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms and for his allowance, there was a continual allowance given him by the king of Babylon, every day a portion until the day of his death, all the days of his life.
Lamentations 2 verses
Ezekiel 11 verses
- Ezekiel 7:13 בַּ/חַיִּ֖ים חַיָּתָ֑/ם חַיָּת֖/וֹ prep det + n c mp n c fs cs + sfx pers 3mp n c fs cs + sfx pers 3ms For the seller shall not return to that which is sold, although they be yet alive: for the vision is touching the whole multitude of it, none shall return; neither shall any strengthen himself in the iniquity of his life.
- Ezekiel 29:5 לְ/חַיַּ֥ת prep + n c fs cs I will cast you forth into the wilderness, you and all the fish of your rivers: you shall fall on the open field; you shall not be brought together, nor gathered; I have given you for food to the animals of the earth and to the birds of the sky.
- Ezekiel 31:6 חַיַּ֣ת n c fs cs All the birds of the sky made their nests in its boughs; and under its branches did all the animals of the field bring forth their young; and under its shadow lived all great nations.
- Ezekiel 31:13 חַיַּ֥ת n c fs cs On his ruin all the birds of the sky shall dwell, and all the animals of the field shall be on his branches;
- Ezekiel 32:4 חַיַּ֥ת n c fs cs I will leave you on the land, I will cast you forth on the open field, and will cause all the birds of the sky to settle on you, and I will satisfy the animals of the whole earth with you.
- Ezekiel 34:5 חַיַּ֥ת n c fs cs They were scattered, because there was no shepherd; and they became food to all the animals of the field, and were scattered.
- Ezekiel 34:8 חַי חַיַּ֤ת adj Adjective ms n c fs cs As I live, says the Lord Yahweh, surely because my sheep became a prey, and my sheep became food to all the animals of the field, because there was no shepherd, neither did my shepherds search for my sheep, but the shepherds fed themselves, and didn't feed my sheep;
- Ezekiel 34:28 וְ/חַיַּ֥ת conj + n c fs cs They shall no more be a prey to the nations, neither shall the animals of the earth devour them; but they shall dwell securely, and none shall make them afraid.
- Ezekiel 38:20 וְ/חַיַּ֣ת conj + n c fs cs so that the fish of the sea, and the birds of the sky, and the animals of the field, and all creeping things who creep on the earth, and all the men who are on the surface of the earth, shall shake at my presence, and the mountains shall be thrown down, and the steep places shall fall, and every wall shall fall to the ground.
- Ezekiel 39:4 וְ/חַיַּ֥ת conj + n c fs cs You shall fall on the mountains of Israel, you, and all your hordes, and the peoples who are with you: I will give you to the ravenous birds of every sort, and to the animals of the field to be devoured.
- Ezekiel 39:17 חַיַּ֣ת n c fs cs You, son of man, thus says the Lord Yahweh: Speak to the birds of every sort, and to every animal of the field, Assemble yourselves, and come; gather yourselves on every side to my sacrifice that I do sacrifice for you, even a great sacrifice on the mountains of Israel, that you may eat flesh and drink blood.
Daniel 2 verses
- Daniel 12:2 לְ/חַיֵּ֣י prep + n c mp cs Many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.
- Daniel 12:7 בְּ/חֵ֣י prep + n c bs cs I heard the man clothed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, when he held up his right hand and his left hand to heaven, and swore by him who lives forever that it shall be for a time, times, and a half; and when they have made an end of breaking in pieces the power of the holy people, all these things shall be finished.
Hosea 4 verses
- Hosea 2:12 חַיַּ֥ת n c fs cs I will lay waste her vines and her fig trees, About which she has said, 'These are my wages that my lovers have given me; And I will make them a forest,' And the animals of the field shall eat them.
- Hosea 2:18 חַיַּ֤ת n c fs cs In that day I will make a covenant for them with the animals of the field, And with the birds of the sky, And with the creeping things of the ground. I will break the bow, the sword, and the battle out of the land, And will make them lie down safely.
- Hosea 4:3 בְּ/חַיַּ֥ת prep + n c fs cs Therefore the land will mourn, And everyone who dwells therein will waste away. All living things in her, Even the animals of the field and the birds of the sky; Yes, the fish of the sea also die.
- Hosea 13:8 חַיַּ֥ת n c fs cs I will meet them like a bear that is bereaved of her cubs, And will tear the covering of their heart. And there I will devour them like a lioness. The wild animal will tear them.
Jonah 3 verses
- Jonah 2:6 חַיַּ֖/י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs I went down to the bottoms of the mountains. The earth barred me in forever: Yet have you brought up my life from the pit, Yahweh my God.
- Jonah 4:3 מֵ/חַיָּֽ/י prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs Therefore now, Yahweh, take, I beg you, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live."
- Jonah 4:8 מֵ/חַיָּֽ/י prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs It happened, when the sun arose, that God prepared a sultry east wind; and the sun beat on Jonah's head, so that he fainted, and requested for himself that he might die, and said, "It is better for me to die than to live."
Zephaniah 1 verse
About this entry
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חי — transliterated chay — is a Hebrew word carrying the sense “living.” The King James Version’s older “liveth” has given way to “life” in modern versions, as the renderings breakdown shows. The Hebrew Bible uses it across 450 verses — common. It first appears in Genesis 1:20. It is not a single-sense word — see its full sense range. See the sense tree, 450-verse concordance, and the renderings breakdown below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's H2416 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 450
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 450 distinct verses.
- 29 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 29 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #99
- by frequency
- Top 100 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 99 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
View all 450 occurrences in the concordance →
By section of the Old Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 450 distinct verses.
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 194 verses · 43%
- Writings (Ketuvim) 138 verses · 31%
- Torah (Pentateuch) 118 verses · 26%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
BDB lists this Strong’s number as 5 distinct words (homographs). Each count above pools all of them and is not split by sense — see the Senses section below. A low-frequency rendering may belong to a different one of those words, not the primary meaning.
- King James Version†: Life 122×, Liveth 66×, Living 53×
- American Standard Version†: Life 107×, Liveth 58×, Living 52×
- Berean Standard Bible†: Life 100×, Lives 62×, Living 53×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text†: Life 118×, Living 92×, Life of 58×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H2416 across 498† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 80 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 3 further occurrences.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H2416 across 492† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 108 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H2416 across 485† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 56 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 14 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H2416 across 528† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 53 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
16 senses and sub-senses in the full BDB
What do BDB’s symbols mean?
BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 𝔊 | the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX) |
| 𝔙 | the Vulgate (the Latin translation) |
| 𝔖 | the Syriac version (the Peshitta) |
| 𝔗 | the Targum (the Aramaic translation) |
| ψ | the Psalms |
| √ | root (the underlying root or stem) |
| ‖ | parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel) |
| † | the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited |
The 16 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.
חי I alive, living
- 1.
- a. of God, as the living one, the fountain of life אֵל חַי Jos 3:10 (J), Ho 2:1 ψ 42:3; 84:3; אלהים חי 2 K 19:4, 16 = Is 37:4, 17; אלהים חיים Dt 5:23 1 S 17:26, 36 Je 10:10; 23:36; חי יהוה Yahweh is living ψ 18:47 = 2 S 22:47; גאלי חי my avenger is living Jb 19:25; the formula of the oath is חַי י׳ Ju 8:19 Ru 3:13 1 S 14:39, 45; 19:6; 20:3, 21; 25:34; 26:10, 16; 28:10; 29:6 2 S 4:9; 12:5; 14:11; 15:21 1 K 1:29; 2:24; 17:1, 12; 18:10; 22:14 = 2 Ch 18:13, 2 K 5:16, 20 Ho 4:15 Je 4:2; 5:2; 12:16; 16:14, 15; 23:7, 8; 38:16; חי אל Jb 27:2; חי האלהים 2 S 2:27; חי אדני י׳ Je 44:26; חי י׳ צבאות 1 K 18:15 2 K 3:14; as used by God Himself it is חי אנכי Dt 32:40, elsewhere חי אני Nu 14:21, 28 (P) Is 49:18; Je 22:24; 46:18 Ez 5:11; 14:16, 18, 20; 16:48; 17:16, 19; 18:3; 20:3, 31, 33; 33:11, 27; 34:8; 35:6, 11 Zp 2:9, cf. also חֵי דרך באר שׁבע, חֵי אלהיך דן Am 8:14; with the exception of בְּחֵי הָעֹולָם by him who liveth for ever Dn 12:7, חֵי is always (as an artificial distinction of scribes) used of non-sacred oaths, v. b. e.g. Joshua 3:10
- b. of man; אָדָם חַי a living man La 3:39, in antith. מֵת: חי חי Is 38:19; הַחַי collective Ec 7:2; Absalom 2 S 19:7; Naboth 1 K 21:15; a son or lad 2 S 12:21 1 K 3:22(×2), 23(×2), 25, 26(×2), 27; 17:23; usually pl. חיים alive, living Nu 16:30, 33 (J), 17:13 (P), Dt 4:4; 5:3 Is 8:19 ψ 55:16; 124:3 Pr 1:12 Ec 4:2(×2), 15; 6:8; 9:4, 5 Ru 2:20; taking prisoners alive Jos 8:23 (J) 1 S 15:8 1 K 20:18(×2) 2 K 7:12; 10:14(×2) 2 Ch 25:12; living (prosperously) 1 S 25:6 (We reads לָחִי = לְאָחִי (v. Klo Dr) to my brother, after 𝔙 fratribus meis); elsewhere in phrase כל־הימים אשׁר הֵם (אַתֶּם) היים על (פני) האדמה all the days that they (ye) live upon (the face of) the land Dt 4:10; 12:1; 31:13 1 K 8:40 = 2 Ch 6:31. Note phrases: עוֹד חַי (ים) yet alive Gn 25:6; 43:7, 27, 28; 45:28; 46:30 (J), 45:3, 26 Ex 4:18 (E), Dt 31:27 1 Sa 20:14 2 S 12:22; 18:14 1 K 20:32; בהיות חי 2 S 12:18 1 K 12:6 2 Ch 10:6; אֶרֶץ (הַ)חַיִים land of the living Is 38:11; 53:8 Je 11:19 Ez 26:20; 32:23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 32 ψ 27:13; 52:7; 142:6 Jb 28:13; ארצות הח׳ ψ 116:9; ספר ח׳ ψ 69:29; צרור הח׳ bundle of the living 1 S 25:29; אור הח׳ light of the living Jb 33:30 ψ 56:14. In the oath by life of men חי is pointed always חֵי: חֵי אדני המלך as my lord the king liveth 2 S 15:21; חֵי פרעה Gn 42:15, 16 (E); חֵי נַפְשְׁךָ 1 S 1:26; 17:55 2 S 14:19; חַי י׳ וְחֵי נַפְשְׁךָ as Yahweh liveth and as thy soul (or thyself) liveth 1 S 20:3; 25:26 2 K 2:2, 4, 6; 4:30 חַיֶּךָ וְחֵי נ׳ 2 S 11:11 (but on text v. We Dr). e.g. Lamentations 3:39
- c. of animals, alive, living: ox Ex 21:35; 22:3 (E); goat Lv 16:10, 20, 21 (P); bird Lv 14:4, 6(×2), 7, 51, 53; dog, לְכֶלֶב חַי הוּא טוֹב מִן־הָאַרְיֵה הַמֵּת Ec 9:4 (comp. Arabic prov. Kalb ḥay wa-lâ maiyit, a living dog and no dead lion Wetzst Verhand. Berl. Anthrop. Ges 1878, 388); reptiles Gn 1:28 (P); animals in general Gn 9:3 (P); בשׂר חי living, raw flesh Lv 13:10, 14, 15(×2), 16 (P) 1 S 2:15. e.g. Exodus 21:35
- d. animals and man, phrases for either or both: כל חי Gn 3:20; 8:21 (J) Jb 12:10; 28:21; 30:23 ψ 143:2; 145:16; כל החי Gn 6:19 (P); נֶפֶשׁ חַיָּה Gn 1:20, 24, 30 (P) 2:7, 19 (J); כל נֶפֶשׁ חַיָּה Gn 9:12, 15, 16 (P) Ez 47:9; כל נפשׁ החיה Gn 1:21; 9:10 Lv 11:10, 46 (P). e.g. Genesis 3:20
- e. (dub.) of vegetation, as thorns, green, ψ 58:10 (Ges Ew Ol Pe, but De Ri Che Bae raw flesh, v. c supr. ad fin.) e.g. Psalms 58:10
- f. of water, flowing, fresh מים חיים Gn 26:19 (J), Lv 14:5, 6, 50, 51, 52; 15:13 Nu 19:17 (P), Je 2:13; 17:13 Zc 14:8 Ct 4:15. e.g. Genesis 26:19
- 2. (dub.) lively, active: אישׁ חַי an active man 2 S 23:20 (but Qr אישׁ חַיִל is to be preferred); איבי חיים mine enemies are lively ψ 38:20 (RV, but Houb Ol Ew Hu. Che al. read חִנָּם, ‖ שׁקר). e.g. 2 Samuel 23:20
- 3. reviving: כָּעֵת חַיָּה at the time (when it is) reviving, the spring Gn 18:10, 14 (J), 2 K 4:16, 17. e.g. Genesis 18:10
חי II [m.] kinsfolk (Arabic حَىٌّ a group of families united by vital ties RSK 36–40 DrSm 119), pl. sf. חַיַּי 1 S 18
חי III living thing, animal (Zinj. wild beast DHMSendsch. 34)
- 1. animal, as a living, active being:
- a. in general, Gn 8:17 Lv 11:2, 27, 47(×2) Nu 35:3 (P) ψ 104:25 Is 46:1 Dn 8:4. e.g. Genesis 8:17
- b. wild animals, on account of their vital energy and activity Gn 7:14, 21; 8:1, 19; 9:5 (P) Lv 17:13; 25:7 (H) Jb 37:8 ψ 148:10 Is 40:16 Ez 14:15; 33:27 Zp 2:14, 15; ח׳ קנה ψ 68:31 wild animal of the reeds; ח׳ רעה evil beast Gn 37:20, 33 (JE) Lv 26:6 (H) Ez 5:17; 14:15, 21; 34:25; ח׳ טמאה Lv 5:2 (P) unclean beast; ח׳ הארץ Gn 1:25, 30; 9:2, 10(×2) (P) 1 S 17:46 Ez 29:5; 32:4; 34:28 Jb 5:22; חיתו ארץ Gn 1:24 (P) ψ 79:2; ח׳ השׂדה Ex 23:11, 29 (covt. code) Lv 26:22 (H) Dt 7:22 2 S 21:10, 2 K 14:9 = 2 Ch 25:18, Ho 2:14, 20; 4:3; 13:8 Is 43:20 Je 27:6; 28:14 Ez 38:20; 39:4 Jb 5:23; 39:15; כל ח׳ השׂדה Gn 2:19, 20; 3:1, 14 (J) Jb 40:20 Je 12:9 Ez 31:6, 13; 34:5, 8; 39:17; חיתו שׂדי Is 56:9 ψ 104:11; חיתו (ב)יער Is 56:9 ψ 50:10; 104:20; פְּרִיץ חיות Is 35:9 destroyer among beasts. e.g. Genesis 7:14
- c. living beings, of the cherubic chariot Ez 1:5, 13(×2), 14, 15(×2), 19(×2), 20, 21, 22; 3:13; 10:15, 17, 20. e.g. Ezekiel 1:5
- 2. life, only in late poetry, ψ 143:3 Jb 33:18, 20, 22, 28; 36:14 Ez 7:13(×2), and (dub.) ψ 74:19; 78:50. e.g. Psalms 143:3
- 3. appetite, activity of hunger: חית כפרים appetite of young lions Jb 38:39. e.g. Job 38:39
- 4. revival, renewal: חַיַּת יָדֵךְ מָצָאתְ thou didst find renewal of thy strength (re-invigoration) Is 57:10; v. חָיָה 2. e.g. Isaiah 57:10
חי IV (si vera l.) community (= fem. of ii. חַי according to NöZMG, 1886, 176)
- —Several other passages are dub.: וַיֵּאָסְפוּ פְלִשְׁתִּים לַחַיָּה 2 S 23:11 assembled into a troop, or by bands (RV, but neither rend. justif.: Bö Ew We Klo Dr rightly read לֶ֫חְיָה to Leḥi, cf. Ju 15:9; wd. om. by accident in ‖ 1 Ch 11:13 Dr); חַיָּֽתְךָ יָֽשְׁבוּ־בָהּ ψ 68:11 thy troop dwelt in it (Thes SS RVm Hi Ri Che, but 𝔊 𝔖 Jer Pe thy (living) creatures, of the people; Hup id., ref. to quails; improb.); אַל־תִּתֵּן לְחַיַּת נֶפֶשׁ תּוֹרֶךָ חַיַּת עֲנִיֶּיךָ אַל־תִּשְׁכַּח לָנֶ֫צַח ψ 74:19 give not the soul of thy turtle-dove to the wild beasts, the life of thine afflicted do not forget for ever: RV Hi Pe Bae Sch render thus, giving חית diff. meanings in the two clauses, the former being archaic fem. abs. Ges§ 80, 2. R. 2; text doubtless corrupt, read poss. למות Schr Ri, for לחית, or לשׁחת Kroch; Gr either of these; Che either, or better לחרב. e.g. 2 Samuel 23:11
Senses from the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon (Brown, Driver, Briggs; Oxford 1906 — public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). Full attribution on Sources.
Word origin
I. v. sub חיה infr.
II. adj. alive, living;—ח׳ Gn 25:6 +; חָ֑י Gn 3:20 +, חֵי Am 8:14 + 15 times (Ew§ 329 explains as cstr., but Ges§ 93, R 7 n. al. as contracted abs.); f. חַיָּה Gn 1:20 +; pl. חַיִּים ψ 116:9 +;—
III. n.[m.] kinsfolk (Arabic حَىٌّ a group of families united by vital ties RSK 36–40 DrSm 119), pl. sf. חַיַּי 1 S 18:18, incorrectly pointed with the interpretation my life RV, but read חַיִּי my kinsfolk, We Ki Dr RS SS RVm VB. It is explained by the gloss משׁפחת אבי We (Klo reads אַחַי וּ).
I. n.f. living thing, animal (Zinj. wild beast DHMSendsch. 34)—ח׳ Gn 8:17 +; cstr. חַיַּת Is 57:10 +; old case ending (poetic) חַיְתוֹ Gn 1:24 ψ 50:10; 79:2; 104:11, 20 Is 56:9(×2) Zp 2:14; sf. חַיָּתִי ψ 143:3, etc.; pl. חַיּוֹת Lv 14:4 + 12 times—
II. n.f. (si vera l.) community (= fem. of ii. חַי according to NöZMG, 1886, 176)—וְחַיַּת פְּלִשְׁתִּים חֹנָה and a community of Philistines (i.e. a group of allied families, making a raid together) was encamping 2 S 23:13 (= מַחֲנֵה 1 Ch 11:15); perhaps also ψ 68:11 (cf. infr.)
— Brown-Driver-Briggs (Oxford 1906, public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). See Sources.
Derived from חיה (châyâh) (H2421) — to live.
Jastrow Dictionary
A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.
חַי
- 1. living, alive; living creature; healthy. Ber. 27ᵇ אלמלא אני חי והוא מת יכול החי וכ׳ if I were alive and he dead, the living one might give the lie to the dead. Ib. V, 5 זה חי this one is destined to live (recover). Sabb. 94ᵃ, a. e. החי נושא את עצמו a living being carries itself (the carrying of a living being on the Sabbath is not unlawful). Ib. X, 5 את החי במטה (he who carries) a living person on a couch; a. v. fr.—אבר מן החי, v. אֵבֶר.—Pl. חַיִּים, חַיִּין. Ab. IV, 22 והח׳ לידון and the living are destined to be judged. Sabb. 94ᵃ בין ח׳ ובין שחוטין whether alive or slaughtered; a. fr.—Ab. Zar. 5ᵇ (ref. to החי, Gen. VI, 19) שחיין ראשי וכ׳ the ends of whose limbs live (exist). e.g. Genesis 6:19
- 2. in natural condition, raw (opp. בשול); unmixed (opp. מָזוּג). Snh. 70ᵃ בשר חי raw meat, יין חי unmixed wine. Ab. Zar. 38ᵃ, a. fr. הנאכל כמות שהוא חי what is eatable in its natural state; a. fr.—Fem. חַיָּה. Ḥull. 42ᵃ (ref. to Lev. XI, 2) ח׳ אכול וכ׳ what is in a healthy condition (viable), you may eat, v. טְרֵפָה. [V. חַיָּה.] e.g. Leviticus 11:2
חַי ²
- Targ. Gen. IX, 3; a. fr.—Targ. Ex. XII, 9 כד חי (half-)raw; a. fr.—Sabb. 18ᵇ קרא חייא raw cabbage.—Midr. Till. to Ps. XXII, 7 [read:] חשיך חי דבעי למיתא luckless in the living one that is dependent on the dead; Yalk. ib. 686; a. fr.—Pl. חַיִּין, חַיַּיָּא, חַיֵּי. Targ. Ps. XXXVIII, 20. Targ. Num. XVII, 13; a. fr.—Snh. 98ᵇ אי מן ח׳ הוא if he is one of the living (the present age); Y. Ber. II, 5ᵃ top; a. fr.—Fem. חַיָּיא, חַיָּא, חַיְּתָא, חַיְּי׳. Targ. Gen. I, 20. Targ. Y. ib. XXXVII, 2; a. e.—Sabb. 18ᵇ קדרא ח׳ a raw dish.—Pl. חַיָּיתָא, חַיָּין. Targ. Y. Gen. I, 21; a. fr.—Targ. Y. II, Ex. I, 19 (strong).—[B. Kam. 38ᵇ דהוה חַיָּה (h. form.) that she would have lived.
A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature (Marcus Jastrow; London, Luzac, 1903) — Public Domain. Digitized via Sefaria. Digitized via Sefaria. Full attribution on Sources.
Forms in the corpus
The 196 distinct written forms H2416 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that state’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.
The 60 most common forms are shown; 136 rarer forms follow in the full concordance.
Same root — word family
Other BDB entries built from the same root as H2416, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
Derives from
Shares the same root
- חיא chăyâʼ H2418 to live
- חיה châyeh H2422 lively
- חיות chayûwth H2424 living
- חיי châyay H2425 to live
- מחיה michyâh H4241 sustenance
Proper names from this root
People and places named from this root — a name, not an additional meaning of the word.
Compare all same-root words → Showing 4 of 10 — not the complete family. 3 of the same-root words are proper names (people or places). They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 425 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 450 Hebrew verses it occurs in. You can read those verses in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.
Read these verses in the Septuagint
- Genesis 1:20
- Exodus 1:14
- Leviticus 5:2
- Numbers 14:21
- Deuteronomy 4:4
- Joshua 1:5
- Judges 8:19
- Ruth 2:20
- 1 Samuel 1:11
- 2 Samuel 1:23
- 1 Kings 1:29
- 2 Kings 2:2
This is a verse-level parallel only — the same verses exist in both the Hebrew and Greek Old Testaments. No word-level Hebrew↔Greek correspondence is claimed: the data carries no such alignment, so no Greek word is shown as this Hebrew word’s translation. Coverage is not total — the Septuagint omits the deuterocanon and renumbers the Psalms, so some Hebrew verses have no direct Greek parallel.
