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Lexicon :: Strong's H2416 - ḥay

Aa
חַי
Transliteration
ḥay
Pronunciation
khah'-ee
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Part of Speech
adjective, feminine noun, masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 644a

Strong’s Definitions

חַי chay, khah'-ee; from H2421; 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:— age, alive, appetite, (wild) beast, company, congregation, life(-time), live(-ly), living (creature, thing), maintenance, merry, multitude, (be) old, quick, raw, running, springing, troop.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 501x

The KJV translates Strong's H2416 in the following manner: live (197x), life (144x), beast (76x), alive (31x), creature (15x), running (7x), living thing (6x), raw (6x), miscellaneous (19x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 501x
The KJV translates Strong's H2416 in the following manner: live (197x), life (144x), beast (76x), alive (31x), creature (15x), running (7x), living thing (6x), raw (6x), miscellaneous (19x).
adjective
  1. living, alive

    1. green (of vegetation)

    2. flowing, fresh (of water)

    3. lively, active (of man)

    4. reviving (of the springtime)

      masculine noun
  2. relatives

  3. life (abstract emphatic)

    1. life

    2. sustenance, maintenance

      feminine noun
  4. living thing, animal

    1. animal

    2. life

    3. appetite

    4. revival, renewal

  5. community

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חַי chay, khah'-ee; from H2421; 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:— age, alive, appetite, (wild) beast, company, congregation, life(-time), live(-ly), living (creature, thing), maintenance, merry, multitude, (be) old, quick, raw, running, springing, troop.
STRONGS H2416: Abbreviations
† I. חַי adjective alive, living; — ח׳ Genesis 25:6 +; חָ֑י Genesis 3:20 +, חֵי Amos 8:14 + 15 times (Ew§ 329 explains as construct, but Ges§ 93, R 7 n and others as contracted absolute); feminine חַיָּה Genesis 1:20 +; plural חַיִּים Psalm 116:9 +; —
1. a. of God, as the living one, the fountain of life אֵל חַי Joshua 3:10 (J), Hosea 2:1; Psalm 42:3; Psalm 84:3; אלהים חי 2 Kings 19:4, 16 = Isaiah 37:4, 17; אלהים חיים Deuteronomy 5:23 [Deuteronomy 5:26]1; 1 Samuel 17:26, 36; Jeremiah 10:10; Jeremiah 23:36; חי יהוה Yahweh is living Psalm 18:47 = 2 Samuel 22:47; גאלי חי my avenger is living Job 19:25; the formula of the oath is חַי י׳ Judges 8:19; Ruth 3:13; 1 Samuel 14:39, 45; 1 Samuel 19:6; 1 Samuel 20:21; 1 Samuel 25:34; 1 Samuel 26:10, 16; 1 Samuel 28:10; 1 Samuel 29:6; 2 Samuel 4:9; 2 Samuel 12:5; 2 Samuel 14:11; 2 Samuel 15:21; 1 Kings 1:29; 1 Kings 2:24; 1 Kings 17:1, 12; 1 Kings 18:10; 1 Kings 22:14 2 Chronicles 18:13; 2 Kings 5:16, 20; Hosea 4:15; Jeremiah 4:2; Jeremiah 5:2; Jeremiah 12:16; Jeremiah 16:14, 15; Jeremiah 23:7, 8; Jeremiah 38:16; חי אל Job 27:2; האלהים ח׳ 2 Samuel 2:27; חי אדני י׳ Jeremiah 44:26; צבאות תי י׳ 1 Kings 18:15; 2 Kings 3:14; as used by God Himself it is חי אנכי Deuteronomy 32:40, elsewhere חי אני Numbers 14:21, 28 (P) Isaiah 49:18; Jeremiah 22:24; Jeremiah 46:18; Ezekiel 5:11; Ezekiel 14:16, 18, 20; Ezekiel 16:48; Ezekiel 17:16, 19; Ezekiel 18:3; Ezekiel 20:3, 31, 33; Ezekiel 33:11, 27; Ezekiel 34:8; Ezekiel 35:6, 11; Zephaniah 2:9, compare also חֵי דרך באר שׁבע, חֵי אלהיך דן Amos 8:14; with the exception of בְּחֵי הָעֹולָם by him who liveth for ever Daniel 12:7, חֵי is always (as an artificial distinction of scribes) used of non-sacred oaths, see...
b. of man: אָדָם חַי a living man Lamentations 3:39, in antith חי חי ׃מֵת Isaiah 38:19; הַחַי collective Ecclesiastes 7:2; Absalom 2 Samuel 19:7; Naboth 1 Kings 21:15; a son or lad 2 Samuel 12:21; 1 Kings 3:22 (twice in verse); 1 Kings 3:23 (twice in verse); 1 Kings 3:25, 26 (twice in verse); 1 Kings 3:27; 1 Kings 17:23; usually plural חיים alive, living Numbers 16:30, 33 (J), Numbers 17:13 (P), Deuteronomy 4:4; Deuteronomy 5:3; Isaiah 8:19; Psalm 55:16; Psalm 124:3; Proverbs 1:12; Ecclesiastes 4:2 (twice in verse); Ecclesiastes 4:15; Ecclesiastes 6:8; Ecclesiastes 9:4, 5; Ruth 2:20; taking prisoners alive Joshua 8:23 (J) 1 Samuel 15:8; 1 Kings 20:18 (twice in verse); 2 Kings 7:12; 2 Kings 10:14 (twice in verse); 2 Chronicles 25:12; living (prosperously) 1 Samuel 25:6 (We reads לָחִי = לְאָחִי (see Klo Dr) to my brother, after Vulgate fratribus meis); elsewhere in phrase (פני) האדמה כלהֿימים אשׁר הֵם (אַתֶּם) חיים על all the days that they (ye) live upon (the face of) of the land Deuteronomy 4:10; Deuteronomy 12:1; Deuteronomy 31:13; 1 Kings 8:40 2 Chronicles 6:31. Note phrases: עוֺד חַי (יםׅ yet alive Genesis 25:6; Genesis 43:7, 27, 28; Genesis 45:28; Genesis 46:30 (J), Genesis 45:3, 26; Exodus 4:18 (E), Deuteronomy 31:27; 1 Samuel 20:14; 2 Samuel 12:22; 2 Samuel 18:14; 1 Kings 20:32; בהיות חי 2 Samuel 12:18; 1 Kings 12:6; 2 Chronicles 10:6; אֶרֶץ (ה)חַיִים land of the living Isaiah 38:11; Isaiah 53:8; Jeremiah 11:19; Ezekiel 26:20; Ezekiel 32:23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 32; Psalm 27:13; Psalm 52:7; Psalm 142:6; Job 28:13; ארצות הח׳ Psalm 116:9; ספר ח׳ Psalm 69:29; צרור הח׳ bundle of the living 1 Samuel 25:29; אור הח׳ light of the living Job 33:30; Psalm 56:14. In the oath by life of men חי is pointed always חֵי אדני ׃חֵי המלך as my lord the king liveth 2 Samuel 15:21; חֵי פרעה Genesis 42:15, 16 (E); חֵי נַפְשְׁךָ 1 Samuel 1:26; 1 Samuel 17:55; 2 Samuel 14:19; חַ׳ וְחֵי נַפְשְׁךָ י׳ as Yahweh liveth and as thy soul (or thyself) liveth 1 Samuel 20:3; 1 Samuel 25:26; 2 Kings 2:2, 4, 6; 2 Kings 4:30 חַיֶּךָ וְחֵי נ׳ 2 Samuel 11:11 (but on text see We Dr).
c. of animals, alive, living: ox Exodus 21:35; Exodus 22:3 (E); goat Leviticus 16:10, 20, 21 (P); bird Leviticus 14:4, 6 (twice in verse); Leviticus 14:7, 51, 53; dog, לְכֶלֶב חַי הוּא טוֺב מִןהָֿאַרְיֵה הַמֵּת Ecclesiastes 9:4 (compare Arabic proverb Kelb ḥei wa-lâ meijit, a living dog and no dead lion WetzstVerhand. Berl. Anthrop. Ges. 1878, 388); reptiles Genesis 1:28 (P); animals in general Genesis 9:3 (P); בשׂר חי living, raw flesh Leviticus 13:10, 14, 15 (twice in verse); Leviticus 13:16 (P) 1 Samuel 2:15.
d. animals and man, phrases for either or both: כל ח׳ Genesis 3:20; Genesis 8:21 (J) Job 12:10; Job 28:21; Job 30:23; Psalm 143:2; Psalm 145:16; כל החי Genesis 6:19 (P); נֶפֶשׁ חַיָּה Genesis 1:20, 24, 30 (P) Genesis 2:7, 19 (J); כל נֶפֶשׁ חַיָּה Genesis 9:12, 15, 16 (P) Ezekiel 47:9; כל נפשׁ החיה Genesis 1:21; Genesis 9:10; Leviticus 11:10, 46 (P).
e. (dubious) of vegetation, as thorns, green, Psalm 58:10 (Ges Ew Ol Pe, but De Ri Che Bae raw flesh, see c. above near the end) feminine of water, flowing, fresh מים חיים Genesis 26:19 (J), Leviticus 14:5, 6, 50, 51, 52; Leviticus 15:13; Numbers 19:17 (P), Jeremiah 2:13; Jeremiah 17:13; Zechariah 14:8; Songs 4:15.
2. (dubious) lively, active: אישׁ חַי an active man 2 Samuel 23:20 (but Qr אישׁ חַיִל is to be preferred); איבי חיים mine enemies are lively Psalm 38:20 (RV, but Houb Ol Ew Hu Che and others read חִנָּם, || שׁקר).
3. reviving: כָּעֵת חַיָּה at the time (when it is) reviving, the spring Genesis 18:10, 14 (J), 2 Kings 4:16, 17.

See related Aramaic BDB entry H2417.

† II. [חַי] noun [masculine] kinsfolk (Arabic حَئً a group of families united by vital ties RSK 36-40 Dr Sm 119), plural suffix חַיַּי 1 Samuel 18:18, incorrectly pointed with the interpretation my life RV, but read חַיִּי my kins-folk, We Ki Dr RS SS RVm VB. It is explained by the gloss משׁפחת אבי We (Klo reads אַחַי וּ).

† I. חַיָּה noun feminine living thing, animal (Zinjirli wild beast DHMSendsch. 34) — ח׳ Genesis 8:17 +; construct חַיַּת Isaiah 57:10 +; old case ending (poetic) חַיְתוֺ Genesis 1:24; Psalm 50:10; Psalm 79:2; Psalm 104:11; Psalm 104:20; Isaiah 56:9 (twice in verse); Zephaniah 2:14; suffix חַיָּתִי Psalm 143:3, etc.; plural חַיּוֺת Leviticus 14:4 + 12 times
1. animal, as living, active being:
a. in general, Genesis 8:17; Leviticus 11:2, 27, 47 (twice in verse); Numbers 35:3 (P) Psalm 104:25; Isaiah 46:1; Daniel 8:4.
b. wild animals, on account of their vital energy and activity Genesis 7:14, 21; Genesis 8:1, 19; Genesis 9:5 (P) Leviticus 17:13; Leviticus 25:7 (H) Job 37:8; Psalm 148:10; Isaiah 40:16; Ezekiel 14:15; Ezekiel 33:27; Zephaniah 2:14, 15; ח׳ קנה Psalm 68:31 wild animal of the reeds; רעה ח׳ evil beast Genesis 37:20, 33 (JE) Leviticus 26:6 (H) Ezekiel 5:17; Ezekiel 14:15, 21; Ezekiel 34:25; טמאה ח׳ Leviticus 5:2 (P) unclean beast; הארץ ח׳ Genesis 1:25, 30; Genesis 9:2, 10 (twice in verse) (P) 1 Samuel 17:46; Ezekiel 29:5; Ezekiel 32:4; Ezekiel 34:28; Job 5:22; חיתו ארץ Genesis 1:24 (P) Psalm 79:2; השׂדה ח׳ Exodus 23:11, 29 (covt. code.) Leviticus 26:22 (H) Deuteronomy 7:22; 2 Samuel 21:10; 2 Kings 14:9 2 Chronicles 25:18; Hosea 2:14; Hosea 2:20; Hosea 4:3; Hosea 13:8; Isaiah 43:20; Jeremiah 27:6; Jeremiah 28:14; Ezekiel 38:20; Ezekiel 39:4; Job 5:23; Job 39:15; השׂדה כל ח׳ Genesis 2:19, 20; Genesis 3:1, 14 (J) Job 40:20; Jeremiah 12:9; Ezekiel 31:6, 13; Ezekiel 34:5, 8; Ezekiel 39:17; חיתו שׂדי Isaiah 56:9; Psalm 104:11; חיתו (ב)יער Isaiah 56:9; Psalm 50:10; Psalm 104:20; חיות פְּרִיץ Isaiah 35:9 destroyer among beasts.
c. living beings, of the cherubic chariot Ezekiel 1:5, 13 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 1:14, 15 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 1:19 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 1:20, 21, 22; Ezekiel 3:13; Ezekiel 10:15, 17, 20.
2. life, only in late poetry, Psalm 143:3; Job 33:18, 20, 22, 28; Job 36:14; Ezekiel 7:13 (twice in verse), and (dubious) Psalm 74:19; Psalm 78:50.
3. appetite, activity of hunger: חית כפרים appetite of young lions Job 38:39.
4. revival, renewal: חַיַּת יָדֵךְ מָצָאתְ thou didst find renewal of thy strength (re-invigoration) Isaiah 57:10; see חָיָה 2.

See related Aramaic BDB entry H2423.

II. חַיָּה noun feminine (si vera lectio) community (=feminine of II. חַי according to Nö ZMG, 1886, 176) — חֹנָה פְּלִשְׁתִּים וְחַיַּת and a community of Philistines (i.e. a group of allied families, making a raid together) was encamping 2 Samuel 23:13 (=מַחֲנֵה 1 Chronicles 11:15); perhaps also Psalm 68:11 (compare below)
Note. — Several other passages are dubious: וַיֵּאָסְפוּ פְלִשְׁתִּים לַחַיָּה 2 Samuel 23:11 assembled into a troop, or by bands (RV, but neither rendering justified: Bö Ew We Klo Dr rightly read לֶ֫חְיָה to Leḥi, compare Judges 15:9 word omitted by accident in || 1 Chronicles 11:13 Dr); יָֽשְׁבוּ־בָהּ חַיָּֽֽֽתְךָ Psalm 68:11 thy troop dwelt in it (Thes SS RVm Hi Ri Che, but Greek Version of the LXX Syriac Version Jerome Pe thy (living) creatures, of the people; Hup id., reference to quails; improbable); אַלתִּֿתֵּן לְחַיַּת נֶפֶשׁ תּוֺרֶךָ חַיַּת עֲנִיֶּיךָ אַלתִּֿשְׁכַּח לָנֶ֫צַח Psalm 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 different meanings in the two clauses, the former being archaic feminine absolute Ges§ 80, 2. R. 2; text doubtless corrupt, read possibly למות Schr Ri, for לחית, or לשׁחת Kroch; Gr either of these; Che either, or better לחרב.

חַיִּים noun masculineDeuteronomy 28:66 plural abstract emphatic life, ח׳ Genesis 2:7 +; חַיִּין Job 24:22 (Aramaism Ges§ 87 (1) a); חַיֵּי Genesis 23:1 +; suffix חַיַּי Genesis 47:9 +; חַיָּ֑יְכִי Psalm 103:4; (Ges§ 91 (2) R. 2), etc.; —
1. life: physical Genesis 27:46; Exodus 1:14 (P), Deuteronomy 28:66 (twice in verse); 2 Samuel 11:11; 2 Samuel 15:21; Isaiah 38:12; Jeremiah 8:23; Lamentations 3:53, 58; Ezekiel 7:13; Job 3:20; Job 7:7; Job 9:21; Job 10:12; Job 24:22; Psalm 7:6; Psalm 17:14; Psalm 21:5; Psalm 26:9; Psalm 31:11; Psalm 34:13; Psalm 63:4; Psalm 64:2; Psalm 66:9; Psalm 88:4; Psalm 103:4; Proverbs 18:21; Ecclesiastes 2:17; Ecclesiastes 6:12; Ecclesiastes 7:13; Ecclesiastes 9:9 (twice in verse); Ecclesiastes 10:19; Jonah 2:7; Jonah 4:3, 8; חַיֵּי שׂרה life of Sarah Genesis 23:1(P) שְׁנֵי ח׳ years of the life of 2 Samuel 19:35; Genesis 23:1; Genesis 25:7, 17; Genesis 47:8, 9 (twice in verse); Genesis 47:28; Exodus 6:16, 18, 20 (P); שָׁנָה לח׳ Genesis 7:11 (P); שְׁנוֺת חַיִּים Proverbs 3:2; Proverbs 4:10; Proverbs 9:11; יְמֵי ח׳ days of the life of Ecclesiastes 2:3; Ecclesiastes 5:17; Ecclesiastes 5:19; Ecclesiastes 6:12; Ecclesiastes 8:15; Ecclesiastes 9:9; כֹּל יְמֵי ח׳ Genesis 3:14, 17 (J) Deuteronomy 4:9; Deuteronomy 6:2; Deuteronomy 16:3; Deuteronomy 17:19; Joshua 1:5; Joshua 4:14 (D) 1 Samuel 1:11; 1 Samuel 7:15; 1 Kings 5:1; 1 Kings 11:34; 1 Kings 15:5, 6; 2 Kings 25:29, 30 = Jeremiah 52:33, 34; Isaiah 38:20 (poem of Hez.) Psalm 23:6; Psalm 27:4; Psalm 128:5; Proverbs 31:12; בּח׳ in or during one's life Genesis 27:46 (P) Leviticus 18:18 (H) Judges 16:30; 2 Samuel 1:23; 2 Samuel 18:18; Psalm 49:19; Psalm 63:5; Psalm 104:33; Psalm 146:2; Job 10:1; Ecclesiastes 3:12; Ecclesiastes 9:3; רוּחַ ח׳ Genesis 6:17; Genesis 7:15 (P); רוּחִי ח׳ Isaiah 38:16 (poem of Hez.); בשׂרים ח׳ Proverbs 14:30; נִשְׁמַת (רוּחַ) ח׳ Genesis 2:7; Genesis 7:22 (J).
2. life: as welfare and happiness in king's presence Proverbs 16:15; as consisting of earthly felicity combined (often) with spiritual blessedness Deuteronomy 30:6, 15, 19 (twice in verse); Deuteronomy 30:20; Deuteronomy 32:47; Psalm 30:6; Psalm 133:3; Proverbs 3:22; Proverbs 4:13, 22; Proverbs 8:35; Proverbs 10:16; Proverbs 11:19; Proverbs 12:28; Proverbs 19:23; Proverbs 21:21; Proverbs 22:4; Malachi 2:5; used only once distinctly of eternal life (late) עולם ח׳ Daniel 12:2; אֵל חַיָּ֑י Psalm 42:9 God of my life; מעוז ח׳ Psalm 27:1; מקור ח׳ Psalm 36:10; Proverbs 10:11; Proverbs 13:14; Proverbs 14:27; Proverbs 16:22; עֵץ (ה)חַיִּים Genesis 2:9; Genesis 3:22, 24 (J) Proverbs 3:18; Proverbs 11:30; Proverbs 13:12; Proverbs 15:4; ארח ח׳ Psalm 16:11; Proverbs 5:6; Proverbs 15:24; ארח לח׳ Proverbs 10:17; ארחות ח׳ Proverbs 2:19; דֶּרֶךְ (ה)חַיִּים Proverbs 6:23; Jeremiah 21:8; חקּות ח׳ Ezekiel 33:15; תּוצאות ח׳ Proverbs 4:23 sources (origin and direction) of life; תוכחת ח׳ Proverbs 15:31; כָּתוּב לַחַיִּים Isaiah 4:3 written unto life.
3. sustenance, maintenance: חַיִּים לְנַעֲרוֺתֶיךָ Proverbs 27:27 maintenance for thy maidens, see H4241 מִחְיָה


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Genesis

1:20; 1:20; 1:21; 1:24; 1:24; 1:24; 1:25; 1:28; 1:30; 1:30; 2:7; 2:7; 2:7; 2:9; 2:19; 2:19; 2:20; 3:1; 3:14; 3:14; 3:17; 3:20; 3:20; 3:22; 3:24; 6:17; 6:19; 7:11; 7:14; 7:15; 7:21; 7:22; 8:1; 8:17; 8:17; 8:19; 8:21; 9:2; 9:3; 9:5; 9:10; 9:10; 9:12; 9:15; 9:16; 18:10; 18:14; 23:1; 23:1; 23:1; 25:6; 25:6; 25:7; 25:17; 26:19; 27:46; 27:46; 37:20; 37:33; 42:15; 42:16; 43:7; 43:27; 43:28; 45:3; 45:26; 45:28; 46:30; 47:8; 47:9; 47:9; 47:28

Exodus

1:14; 4:18; 6:16; 6:18; 6:20; 21:35; 22:3; 23:11; 23:29

Leviticus

5:2; 11:2; 11:10; 11:27; 11:46; 11:47; 13:10; 13:14; 13:15; 13:16; 14:4; 14:4; 14:5; 14:6; 14:6; 14:7; 14:50; 14:51; 14:51; 14:52; 14:53; 15:13; 16:10; 16:20; 16:21; 17:13; 18:18; 25:7; 26:6; 26:22

Numbers

14:21; 14:28; 16:30; 16:33; 17:13; 19:17; 35:3

Deuteronomy

4:4; 4:9; 4:10; 5:3; 5:23; 5:26; 6:2; 7:22; 12:1; 16:3; 17:19; 28:66; 28:66; 30:6; 30:15; 30:19; 30:20; 31:13; 31:27; 32:40; 32:47

Joshua

1:5; 3:10; 4:14; 8:23

Judges

8:19; 15:9; 16:30

Ruth

2:20; 3:13

1 Samuel

1:11; 1:26; 2:15; 7:15; 14:39; 14:45; 15:8; 17:26; 17:36; 17:46; 17:55; 18:18; 19:6; 20:3; 20:14; 20:21; 25:6; 25:26; 25:29; 25:34; 26:10; 26:16; 28:10; 29:6

2 Samuel

1:23; 2:27; 4:9; 11:11; 11:11; 12:5; 12:18; 12:21; 12:22; 14:11; 14:19; 15:21; 15:21; 15:21; 18:14; 18:18; 19:7; 19:35; 21:10; 22:47; 23:11; 23:13; 23:20

1 Kings

1:29; 2:24; 3:22; 3:23; 3:25; 3:26; 3:27; 5:1; 8:40; 11:34; 12:6; 15:5; 15:6; 17:1; 17:12; 17:23; 18:10; 18:15; 20:18; 20:32; 21:15; 22:14

2 Kings

2:2; 2:4; 2:6; 3:14; 4:16; 4:17; 4:30; 5:16; 5:20; 7:12; 10:14; 14:9; 19:4; 19:16; 25:29; 25:30

1 Chronicles

11:13; 11:15

2 Chronicles

6:31; 10:6; 18:13; 25:12; 25:18

Job

3:20; 5:22; 5:23; 7:7; 9:21; 10:1; 10:12; 12:10; 19:25; 24:22; 24:22; 27:2; 28:13; 28:21; 30:23; 33:18; 33:20; 33:22; 33:28; 33:30; 36:14; 37:8; 38:39; 39:15; 40:20

Psalms

7:6; 16:11; 17:14; 18:47; 21:5; 23:6; 26:9; 27:1; 27:4; 27:13; 30:6; 31:11; 34:13; 36:10; 38:20; 42:3; 42:9; 49:19; 50:10; 50:10; 52:7; 55:16; 58:10; 63:4; 63:5; 64:2; 66:9; 68:11; 68:11; 68:31; 69:29; 74:19; 74:19; 78:50; 79:2; 79:2; 84:3; 88:4; 103:4; 103:4; 104:11; 104:11; 104:20; 104:20; 104:25; 104:33; 116:9; 116:9; 124:3; 128:5; 133:3; 142:6; 143:2; 143:3; 143:3; 145:16; 146:2; 148:10

Proverbs

1:12; 2:19; 3:2; 3:18; 3:22; 4:10; 4:13; 4:22; 4:23; 5:6; 6:23; 8:35; 9:11; 10:11; 10:16; 10:17; 11:19; 11:30; 12:28; 13:12; 13:14; 14:27; 14:30; 15:4; 15:24; 15:31; 16:15; 16:22; 18:21; 19:23; 21:21; 22:4; 27:27; 31:12

Ecclesiastes

2:3; 2:17; 3:12; 4:2; 4:15; 5:17; 5:19; 6:8; 6:12; 6:12; 7:2; 7:13; 8:15; 9:3; 9:4; 9:4; 9:5; 9:9; 9:9; 10:19

Song of Songs

4:15

Isaiah

4:3; 8:19; 35:9; 37:4; 37:17; 38:11; 38:12; 38:16; 38:19; 38:20; 40:16; 43:20; 46:1; 49:18; 53:8; 56:9; 56:9; 56:9; 57:10; 57:10

Jeremiah

2:13; 4:2; 5:2; 10:10; 11:19; 12:9; 12:16; 16:14; 16:15; 17:13; 21:8; 22:24; 23:7; 23:8; 23:36; 27:6; 28:14; 38:16; 44:26; 46:18; 52:33; 52:34

Lamentations

3:39; 3:53; 3:58

Ezekiel

1:5; 1:13; 1:14; 1:15; 1:19; 1:20; 1:21; 1:22; 3:13; 5:11; 5:17; 7:13; 7:13; 10:15; 10:17; 10:20; 14:15; 14:15; 14:16; 14:18; 14:20; 14:21; 16:48; 17:16; 17:19; 18:3; 20:3; 20:31; 20:33; 26:20; 29:5; 31:6; 31:13; 32:4; 32:23; 32:24; 32:25; 32:26; 32:27; 32:32; 33:11; 33:15; 33:27; 33:27; 34:5; 34:8; 34:8; 34:25; 34:28; 35:6; 35:11; 38:20; 39:4; 39:17; 47:9

Daniel

8:4; 12:2; 12:7

Hosea

2:1; 2:14; 2:20; 4:3; 4:15; 13:8

Amos

8:14; 8:14

Jonah

2:7; 4:3; 4:8

Zephaniah

2:9; 2:14; 2:14; 2:15

Zechariah

14:8

Malachi

2:5

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H2416 matches the Hebrew חַי (ḥay),
which occurs 503 times in 450 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 3 / 9 (Deu 4:9–1Sa 29:6)

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:9 - Only H7535 take heed H8104 to thyself, and keep H8104 thy soul H5315 diligently, H3966 lest H6435 thou forget H7911 the things H1697 which H834 thine eyes H5869 have seen, H7200 and lest H6435 they depart H5493 from thy heart H3824 all H3605 the days H3117 of thy life: H2416 but teach them H3045 thy sons, H1121 and H1121 thy sons' H1121 sons; H1121
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:10 - Specially the day H3117 that H834 thou stoodest H5975 before H6440 the LORD H3068 thy God H430 in Horeb, H2722 when H559 the LORD H3068 said H559 unto me, H413 Gather H6950 me H589 the people H5971 together, H6950 and I will make them hear H8085 my words, H1697 that H834 they may learn H3925 to fear H3372 me H853 all H3605 the days H3117 that H834 they H1992 shall live H2416 upon H5921 the earth, H127 and H853 that they may teach H3925 their children. H1121
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:3 - The LORD H3068 made H3772 not H3808 this H2063 covenant H1285 with H854 our fathers, H1 but H3588 with us, H854 even us, H587 who H428 are all of us H3605 here H6311 alive H2416 this day. H3117
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:26 - For H3588 who H4310 is there of all H3605 flesh, H1320 that H834 hath heard H8085 the voice H6963 of the H430 living H2416 God H430 speaking H1696 out of the midst H8432 of the fire, H784 as we H3644 have, and lived? H2421
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:2 - That H4616 thou mightest fear H3372 the LORD H3068 thy God, H430 to keep H8104 all H3605 his statutes H2708 and his commandments, H4687 which H834 I H595 command thee, H6680 thou, H859 and thy son, H1121 and H1121 thy son's H1121 son, H1121 all H3605 the days H3117 of thy life; H2416 and that H4616 thy days H3117 may be prolonged. H748
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:22 - And H5394 the LORD H3068 thy God H430 will put out H5394 those H411 nations H1471 before thee H6440 by little H4592 and little: H4592 thou mayest H3201 not H3808 consume them H3615 at once, H4118 lest H6435 the beasts H2416 of the field H7704 increase H7235 upon thee. H5921
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:1 - These H428 are the statutes H2706 and judgments, H4941 which H834 ye shall observe H8104 to do H6213 in the land, H776 which H834 the LORD H3068 God H430 of thy fathers H1 giveth H5414 thee to possess it, H3423 all H3605 the days H3117 that H834 ye H859 live H2416 upon H5921 the earth. H127
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:3 - Thou shalt eat H398 no H3808 leavened bread H2557 with it; H5921 seven H7651 days H3117 shalt thou eat H398 unleavened bread H4682 therewith, H5921 even the bread H3899 of affliction; H6040 for H3588 thou camest forth H3318 out of the land H776 of Egypt H4714 in haste: H2649 that H4616 thou mayest remember H2142 the day H3117 when thou camest forth H3318 out of the land H776 of Egypt H4714 all H3605 the days H3117 of thy life. H2416
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:19 - And it shall be H1961 with him, H5973 and he shall read H7121 therein all H3605 the days H3117 of his life: H2416 that H4616 he may learn H3925 to fear H3372 the LORD H3068 his God, H430 to keep H8104 all H3605 the words H1697 of H8451 this H2063 law H8451 and H853 these H428 statutes, H2706 to do them: H6213
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:66 - And H1961 thy life H2416 shall H1961 hang in doubt H8511 before H5048 thee; and thou shalt fear H6342 day and H3119 night, H3915 and H3808 shalt have H539 none H3808 assurance H539 of thy life: H2416
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 30:6 - And H4135 the LORD H3068 thy God H430 will circumcise H4135 thine heart, H3824 and H853 the heart H3824 of thy seed, H2233 to love H157 the LORD H3068 thy God H430 with all H3605 thine heart, H3824 and with all H3605 thy soul, H5315 that H4616 thou mayest live. H2416
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 30:15 - See, H7200 I have set H5414 before thee H6440 this day H3117 life H2416 and H853 good, H2896 and H853 death H4194 and H853 evil; H7451
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 30:19 - I call H5749 heaven H8064 and H853 earth H776 to record H5749 this day H3117 against you, H859 that I have set H5414 before you H6440 life H2416 and death, H4194 blessing H1293 and cursing: H7045 therefore choose H977 life, H2416 that H4616 both thou H859 and thy seed H2233 may live: H2421
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 30:20 - That thou mayest love H157 the LORD H3068 thy God, H430 and that thou mayest obey H8085 his voice, H6963 and that thou mayest cleave H1692 unto him: for H3588 he H1931 is thy life, H2416 and the length H753 of thy days: H3117 that thou mayest dwell H3427 in H5921 the land H127 which H834 the LORD H3068 sware H7650 unto thy fathers, H1 to Abraham, H85 to Isaac, H3327 and to Jacob, H3290 to give H5414 them.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:13 - And that their children, H1121 which H834 have H3045 not H3808 known H3045 any thing, may hear, H8085 and learn H3925 to fear H3372 the LORD H3068 your God, H430 as long as H3605 H3117 ye H859 live H2416 in H5921 the land H127 whither H834 ye H859 go over H5674 Jordan H3383 to possess it. H3423
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:27 - For H3588 I H595 know H3045 thy rebellion, H4805 and H853 thy H6203 stiff H7186 neck: H6203 behold, H2005 while I am yet H5750 alive H2416 with you H5973 this day, H3117 ye have been H1961 rebellious H4784 against H5973 the LORD; H3068 and how much more H637 after H3588 H310 my death? H4194
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:40 - For H3588 I lift up H5375 my hand H3027 to H413 heaven, H8064 and say, H559 I H595 live H2416 for ever. H5769
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:47 - For H3588 it H1931 is not H3808 a H1697 vain H7386 thing H1697 for you; H4480 because H3588 it H1931 is your life: H2416 and through H1697 this H2088 thing H1697 ye shall prolong H748 your days H3117 in H5921 the land, H127 whither H834 ye H859 go over H5674 Jordan H3383 to possess it. H3423
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 1:5 - There shall H3320 not H3808 any man H376 be able to stand H3320 before thee H6440 all H3605 the days H3117 of thy life: H2416 as H834 I was H1961 with H5973 Moses, H4872 so I will be H1961 with thee: H5973 I will H7503 not H3808 fail thee, H7503 nor H3808 forsake thee. H5800
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:10 - And H559 Joshua H3091 said, H559 Hereby H2063 ye shall know H3045 that H3588 the H410 living H2416 God H410 is among you, H7130 and H3423 that he will H3423 without fail H3423 drive out H3423 from before you H6440 the Canaanites, H3669 and H853 the Hittites, H2850 and H853 the Hivites, H2340 and H853 the Perizzites, H6522 and H853 the Girgashites, H1622 and the Amorites, H567 and the Jebusites. H2983
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:14 - On H3117 that H1931 day H3117 the LORD H3068 magnified H1431 Joshua H3091 in the sight H5869 of all H3605 Israel; H3478 and they feared H3372 him, H853 as H834 they feared H3372 Moses, H4872 all H3605 the days H3117 of his life. H2416
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:23 - And H853 the king H4428 of Ai H5857 they took H8610 alive, H2416 and brought H7126 him H853 to H413 Joshua. H3091
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:19 - And he said, H559 They H1992 were my brethren, H251 even the sons H1121 of my mother: H517 as the LORD H3068 liveth, H2416 if H3863 ye had saved H2421 them H853 alive, H2421 I would H2026 not H3808 slay H2026 you. H853
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:30 - And H559 Samson H8123 said, H559 Let H4191 me H5315 die H4191 with H5973 the Philistines. H6430 And he bowed himself H5186 with all his might; H3581 and H5307 the house H1004 fell H5307 upon H5921 the lords, H5633 and upon H5921 all H3605 the people H5971 that H834 were therein. So H1961 the dead H4191 which H834 he slew H4191 at his death H4194 were H1961 more H7227 than they which H834 he slew H4191 in his life. H2416
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:20 - And H559 Naomi H5281 said H559 unto her daughter in law, H3618 Blessed H1288 be he H1931 of the LORD, H3068 who H834 hath H5800 not H3808 left off H5800 his kindness H2617 to H854 the living H2416 and to H854 the dead. H4191 And H559 Naomi H5281 said H559 unto her, The man H376 is near of kin H7138 unto us, one of our next kinsmen. H1350
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 3:13 - Tarry H3885 this night, H3915 and it shall be H1961 in the morning, H1242 that if H518 he will perform unto thee the part of a kinsman, H1350 well; H2896 let him do the kinsman's part: H1350 but if H518 he will H2654 not H3808 do the part of a kinsman to thee, H1350 then will H1350 I H595 do the part of a kinsman to thee, H1350 as the LORD H3068 liveth: H2416 lie down H7901 until H5704 the morning. H1242
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:11 - And she vowed H5087 a vow, H5088 and said, H559 O LORD H3068 of hosts, H6635 if H518 thou wilt H7200 indeed H7200 look H7200 on the affliction H6040 of thine handmaid, H519 and remember me, H2142 and not H3808 forget H7911 thine handmaid, H519 but wilt give H5414 unto thine handmaid H519 a man H376 child, H2233 then I will give him H5414 unto the LORD H3068 all H3605 the days H3117 of his life, H2416 and H4177 there shall H5927 no H3808 razor H4177 come H5927 upon H5921 his head. H7218
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:26 - And she said, H559 Oh H994 my lord, H113 as thy soul H5315 liveth, H2416 my lord, H113 I H589 am the woman H802 that stood H5324 by thee H5973 here, H2088 praying H6419 unto H413 the LORD. H3068
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:15 - Also H1571 before H2962 they burnt H6999 the fat, H2459 the priest's H3548 servant H5288 came, H935 and said H559 to the man H376 that sacrificed, H2076 Give H5414 flesh H1320 to roast H6740 for the priest; H3548 for H3808 he will H3947 not H3808 have H3947 sodden H1310 flesh H1320 of thee, H4480 but H3588 H518 raw. H2416
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 7:15 - And H8199 Samuel H8050 judged H8199 Israel H3478 all H3605 the days H3117 of his life. H2416
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:39 - For, H3588 as the LORD H3068 liveth, H2416 which saveth H3467 Israel, H3478 though H3588 H518 it be H3426 in Jonathan H3129 my son, H1121 he shall H4191 surely H4191 die. H4191 But H369 there was not H369 a man H6030 among all H3605 the people H5971 that answered him. H6030
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:45 - And H559 the people H5971 said H559 unto H413 Saul, H7586 Shall H4191 Jonathan H3129 die, H4191 who H834 hath wrought H6213 this H2063 great H1419 salvation H3444 in Israel? H3478 God forbid: H2486 as the LORD H3068 liveth, H2416 there shall H5307 not H518 one hair H8185 of his head H7218 fall H5307 to the ground; H776 for H3588 he hath wrought H6213 with H5973 God H430 this H2088 day. H3117 So H6299 the people H5971 rescued H6299 Jonathan, H3129 that H3808 he died H4191 not. H3808
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:8 - And he took H8610 Agag H90 the king H4428 of the Amalekites H6002 alive, H2416 and H853 utterly destroyed H2763 all H3605 the people H5971 with the edge H6310 of the sword. H2719
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:26 - And H559 David H1732 spake H559 to H413 the men H376 that stood H5975 by him, H5973 saying, H559 What H4100 shall be done H6213 to the man H376 that H834 killeth H5221 this H1975 Philistine, H6430 and taketh away H5493 the reproach H2781 from H5921 Israel? H3478 for H3588 who H4310 is this H2088 uncircumcised H6189 Philistine, H6430 that H3588 he should defy H2778 the armies H4634 of the living H2416 God? H430
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:36 - Thy servant H5650 slew H5221 both H1571 the lion H738 and H1571 the bear: H1677 and H1961 this H2088 uncircumcised H6189 Philistine H6430 shall be H1961 as one H259 of them, H1992 seeing H3588 he hath defied H2778 the armies H4634 of the living H2416 God. H430
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:46 - This H2088 day H3117 will H5462 the LORD H3068 deliver thee H5462 into mine hand; H3027 and I will smite thee, H5221 and take H5493 thine head H7218 from thee; H5921 and I will give H5414 the carcases H6297 of the host H4264 of the Philistines H6430 this H2088 day H3117 unto the fowls H5775 of the air, H8064 and to the wild beasts H2416 of the earth; H776 that H3045 all H3605 the earth H776 may know H3045 that H3588 there is H3426 a God H430 in Israel. H3478
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:55 - And when H7200 Saul H7586 saw H7200 David H1732 go forth H3318 against H7122 the Philistine, H6430 he said H559 unto H413 Abner, H74 the captain H8269 of the host, H6635 Abner, H74 whose H4310 son H1121 is this H2088 youth? H5288 And H559 Abner H74 said, H559 As thy soul H5315 liveth, H2416 O king, H4428 I H3045 cannot H518 tell. H3045
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:18 - And H559 David H1732 said H559 unto H413 Saul, H7586 Who H4310 am I? H595 and what H4310 is my life, H2416 or my father's H1 family H4940 in Israel, H3478 that H3588 I should be H1961 son in law H2860 to the king? H4428
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:6 - And H8085 Saul H7586 hearkened H8085 unto the voice H6963 of Jonathan: H3083 and H7650 Saul H7586 sware, H7650 As the LORD H3068 liveth, H2416 he shall H4191 not H518 be slain. H4191
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:3 - And H7650 David H1732 sware H7650 moreover, H5750 and said, H559 Thy father H1 certainly H3045 knoweth H3045 that H3588 I have found H4672 grace H2580 in thine eyes; H5869 and he saith, H559 Let H3045 not H408 Jonathan H3083 know H3045 this, H2063 lest H6435 he be grieved: H6087 but truly H199 as the LORD H3068 liveth, H2416 and H2416 as thy soul H5315 liveth,  H2416 there is but H3588 a step H6587 between me H996 and H996 death. H4194
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:14 - And H3808 thou shalt H6213 not H3808 only H518 while yet I H5750 live H2416 shew H6213 me H5978 the kindness H2617 of the LORD, H3068 that H3808 I die H4191 not: H3808
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:21 - And, behold, H2009 I will send H7971 a lad, H5288 saying, Go, H3212 find out H4672 the arrows. H2678 If H518 I H559 expressly H559 say H559 unto the lad, H5288 Behold, H2009 the arrows H2678 are on this side of thee, H4480 take them; H3947 then come thou: H935 for H3588 there is peace H7965 to thee, and no H369 hurt; H1697 as the LORD H3068 liveth. H2416
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:6 - And H559 thus H3541 shall ye say H559 to him that liveth H2416 in prosperity, Peace H7965 be both to thee, H859 and H1004 peace H7965 be to thine house, H1004 and H3605 peace H7965 be unto all H3605 that H834 thou hast.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:26 - Now therefore, H6258 my lord, H113 as the LORD H3068 liveth, H2416 and as H2416 thy soul H5315 liveth,  H2416 seeing H834 the LORD H3068 hath withholden thee H4513 from coming H935 to H1818 shed blood, H1818 and from avenging H3467 thyself with thine own hand, H3027 now H6258 let H1961 thine enemies, H341 and they that seek H1245 evil H7451 to H413 my lord, H113 be H1961 as Nabal. H5037
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:29 - Yet H6965 a man H120 is risen H6965 to pursue thee, H7291 and to seek H1245 thy soul: H5315 but H1961 the soul H5315 of my lord H113 shall be H1961 bound H6887 in the bundle H6872 of life H2416 with H854 the LORD H3068 thy God; H430 and H853 the souls H5315 of thine enemies, H341 them shall he sling out, H7049 as out of the middle H8432 of a sling. H7050
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:34 - For in very deed, H199 as the LORD H3068 God H430 of Israel H3478 liveth, H2416 which H834 hath kept me back H4513 from hurting H7489 thee, H853 except H3884 thou hadst hasted H4116 and come H935 to meet me, H7122 surely H3588 there had H3498 not H518 been left H3498 unto Nabal H5037 by H5704 the morning H1242 light H216 any that pisseth H8366 against the wall. H7023
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:10 - David H1732 said furthermore, H559 As the LORD H3068 liveth, H2416 the LORD H3068 shall smite him; H5062 or H176 his day H3117 shall come H935 to die; H4191 or H176 he shall descend H3381 into battle, H4421 and perish. H5595
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:16 - This H2088 thing H1697 is not H3808 good H2896 that H834 thou hast done. H6213 As the LORD H3068 liveth, H2416 ye H859 are worthy H1121 to die, H4194 because H834 ye have H8104 not H3808 kept H8104 your master, H113 the LORD'S H3068 anointed. H4899 And now H6258 see H7200 where H335 the king's H4428 spear H2595 is, and H853 the cruse H6835 of water H4325 that H834 was at his bolster. H4763
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:10 - And H7650 Saul H7586 sware H7650 to her by the LORD, H3068 saying, H559 As the LORD H3068 liveth, H2416 there shall H7136 no H518 punishment H5771 happen to thee H7136 for H1697 this H2088 thing. H1697
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 29:6 - Then H7121 Achish H397 called H7121 David, H1732 and said H559 unto him, H413 Surely, H2416 as the LORD H3068 liveth,  H2416 thou H859 hast been upright, H3477 and H2896 thy going out H3318 and thy coming in H935 with me H854 in the host H4264 is good H2896 in my sight: H5869 for H3588 I have H4672 not H3808 found H4672 evil H7451 in thee since the day H3117 of thy coming H935 unto me H413 unto H5704 this H2088 day: H3117 nevertheless H5869 the lords H5633 favour H2896 thee H859 not. H3808

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