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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 5 / 9 (2Ki 5:20–Psa 34:12)

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:20 -

Then Gehazi, the young man of Elisha the man of God, said to himself, “Behold, my master has spared this Naaman the Aramean, [fn]by not receiving from his hands what he brought. As Yahweh lives H2416, I will run after him and take something from him.”

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:12 - Then the king arose in the night and said to his servants, “I will now tell you what the Arameans have done to us. They know that we are hungry; therefore they have gone from the camp to hide themselves in the field, saying, ‘When they come out of the city, we will capture them alive H2416 and get into the city.’”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:14 - Then he said, “Take them alive H2416.” So they took them alive H2416 and slaughtered them at the pit of Beth-eked, forty-two men; and he left none of them.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:9 - And Jehoash king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, “The thorn bush which was in Lebanon sent to the cedar which was in Lebanon, saying, ‘Give your daughter to my son as a wife.’ But a beast H2416 of the field that was in Lebanon passed by and trampled the thorn bush.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:4 - ‘Perhaps Yahweh your God will hear all the words of Rabshakeh, whom his master the king of Assyria has sent to [fn]reproach the living H2416 God, and will reprove the words which Yahweh your God has heard. Therefore, lift up a prayer for the remnant that is left.’”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:16 - “Incline Your ear, O Yahweh, and hear; open Your eyes, O Yahweh, and see; and listen to the words of Sennacherib, who sent them to [fn]reproach the living H2416 God.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:29 - So [fn]Jehoiachin changed his prison clothes and [fn]had his meals in [fn]the king’s presence continually all the days of his life H2416;
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:30 - and for his allowance, a continual allowance was given him by the king, a portion for each day, all the days of his life H2416.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:31 - that they may [fn]fear You, to walk in Your ways all the days they live H2416 upon the face of the land which You have given to our fathers.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:6 -

Then King Rehoboam took counsel with the elders who had [fn]stood before his father Solomon while he was still alive H2416, saying, “How do you counsel me to respond to this people?”

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:13 - But Micaiah said, “As Yahweh lives H2416, what my God says, that I shall speak.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:12 - The sons of Judah also captured 10,000 alive H2416 and brought them to the top of the cliff and threw them down from the top of the cliff, so that they were all split open.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:18 - And Joash the king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, “The thorn bush which was in Lebanon sent to the cedar which was in Lebanon, saying, ‘Give your daughter to my son as a wife.’ But a beast H2416 of the field that was in Lebanon passed by and trampled the thorn bush.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:20 -

“Why is light given to him who is troubled,

And life H2416 to the bitter of soul,

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:22 -

“You will laugh at devastation and starvation,

And you will not be afraid of the beasts H2416 of the earth.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:23 -

“For your covenant will be with the stones of the field,

And the beasts H2416 of the field will be at peace with you.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:7 -

“Remember that my life H2416 is but wind;

My eye will not again see good.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:21 -

“I am blameless;

I do not know my soul;

I reject my life H2416.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:1 -

“My soul is loathed by my life H2416;

I will abandon all restraint in myself to my complaint;

I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:12 -

‘You have made alongside me life H2416 and lovingkindness;

And Your care has kept my spirit.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:10 -

In whose hand is the life of every living H2416 thing H2416,

And the breath of all the flesh of man?

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:25 -

“As for me, I know that my [fn]Redeemer lives H2416,

And [fn]at the last He will rise up over the dust of this world.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:22 -

“But He drags off the mighty by His power;

He rises, but no one believes in his life H2416.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:2 -

“As God lives H2416, who has removed my justice,

And the Almighty, who has embittered my soul,

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:13 -

“Man does not know its worth,

And it is not found in the land of the living H2416.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:21 -

“Thus it is hidden from the eyes of all living H2416

And concealed from the birds of the sky.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:23 -

“For I know that You will bring me to death

And to the house of meeting for all living H2416.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:18 -

He holds back his soul from the pit,

And his life H2416 from passing over [fn]to death by a weapon.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:20 -

So that his life H2416 loathes bread,

And his soul favorite food.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:22 -

“Then his soul draws near to the pit,

And his life H2416 to those who bring death.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:28 -

‘He has redeemed my soul from passing into the pit,

And my life H2416 shall see the light.’

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:30 -

To bring back his soul from the pit,

That he may be enlightened with the light of life H2416.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:14 -

[fn]They die in youth,

And their life H2416 perishes among the cult prostitutes.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:8 -

“Then the beast H2416 goes into its lair

And dwells in its [fn]den.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:39 -

“Can you hunt the prey for the lion,

Or fulfill the appetite H2416 of the young lions,

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:15 -

And she forgets that a foot may crush [fn]them,

Or that a beast H2416 of the field may trample [fn]them.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:20 -

“Surely the mountains bring it food,

And all the beasts H2416 of the field play there.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:5 -

Let the enemy pursue [fn]my soul and overtake [fn]it;

And let him trample my life H2416 down to the ground

And cause my glory to dwell in the dust. [fn]Selah.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 16:11 -

You will make known to me the path of life H2416;

In Your presence is fullness of joy;

In Your right hand there are pleasures forever.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 17:14 -

From men with Your hand, O Yahweh,

From men [fn]of the world, whose portion is in this life H2416,

And whose belly You fill with Your treasure;

They are satisfied with children,

And leave their excess to their infants.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:46 -

Yahweh lives H2416, and blessed be my rock;

And let the God of my salvation be lifted high,

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 21:4 -

He asked life H2416 of You,

You gave it to him,

Length of days forever and ever.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 23:6 -

[fn]Surely goodness and lovingkindness will [fn]pursue me all the days of my life H2416,

And I will [fn]dwell in the house of Yahweh [fn]forever.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 26:9 -

Do not [fn]take my soul away along with sinners,

Nor my life H2416 with men of bloodshed,

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 27:1 -

Of David.

Yahweh is my light and my salvation;

Whom shall I fear?

Yahweh is the [fn]strong defense of my life H2416;

Whom shall I dread?

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 27:4 -

One thing I have asked from Yahweh, that I shall seek:

That I may dwell in the house of Yahweh all the days of my life H2416,

To behold the [fn]beauty of Yahweh

And to inquire in His temple.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 27:13 -

[fn]I would have despaired unless I had believed that I would see the goodness of Yahweh

In the land of the living H2416.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 30:5 -

For His anger is but for a moment,

His favor is for a lifetime H2416;

Weeping may last for the night,

But a shout of joy comes in the morning.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:10 -

For my life H2416 is worn down with sorrow

And my years with sighing;

My strength fails because of my iniquity,

And my bones waste away.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 34:12 -

Mem

Who is the man who delights in life H2416

And loves many days that he may see good?


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