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חַי

chayaliveHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentAdjective499 occurrences29 books450 verses

Definition

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
Traditional renderings: age, alive, appetite, (wild) beast, company, congregation, life(-time), live(-ly), living (creature, thing), maintenance, merry, multitude, (be) old, quick, raw, running, springing, troop.

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders חַי:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

499 total
  1. Genesis 1:20חַיָּ֑ה
    And God said, “Let the waters teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of the sky.”
  2. Genesis 1:21הַֽחַיָּ֣ה׀ · living
    So God created the great sea creatures and every living thing that moves, with which the waters teemed according to their kinds, and every winged bird after its kind. And God saw that it was good.
  3. Genesis 1:24חַיָּה֙ · living; וְחַֽיְתוֹ־ · and beasts
    And God said, “Let the earth bring forth living creatures according to their kinds: livestock, land crawlers, and beasts of the earth according to their kinds.” And it was so.
  4. Genesis 1:25חַיַּ֨ת · the beasts
    God made the beasts of the earth according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and everything that crawls upon the earth according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.
  5. Genesis 1:28חַיָּ֖ה · creature
    God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and every creature that crawls upon the earth.”
  6. Genesis 1:30חַיַּ֣ת · beast; חַיָּ֔ה · of life
    And to every beast of the earth and every bird of the air and every creature that crawls upon the earth—everything that has the breath of life in it—I have given every green plant for food.” And it was so.
  7. Genesis 2:7חַיִּ֑ים · of life; חַיָּֽה׃ · a living
    Then the LORD God formed man from the dust of the ground and breathed the breath of life into his nostrils, and the man became a living being.
  8. Genesis 2:9הַֽחַיִּים֙ · of life
    Out of the ground the LORD God gave growth to every tree that is pleasing to the eye and good for food. And in the middle of the garden were the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
  9. Genesis 2:19חַיַּ֤ת · beast; חַיָּ֖ה · each living
    And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the air, and He brought them to the man to see what he would name each one. And whatever the man called each living creature, that was its name.
  10. Genesis 2:20חַיַּ֣ת · beast
    The man gave names to all the livestock, to the birds of the air, and to every beast of the field. But for Adam no suitable helper was found.
  11. Genesis 3:1חַיַּ֣ת · beast
    Now the serpent was more crafty than any beast of the field that the LORD God had made. And he said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden?’”
  12. Genesis 3:14חַיַּ֣ת · beast; חַיֶּֽיךָ׃ · of your life
    So the LORD God said to the serpent: “Because you have done this, cursed are you above all livestock and every beast of the field! On your belly will you go, and dust you will eat, all the days of your life.
  13. Genesis 3:17חַיֶּֽיךָ׃ · of your life
    And to Adam He said: “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten from the tree of which I commanded you not to eat, cursed is the ground because of you; through toil you will eat of it all the days of your life.
  14. Genesis 3:20חָֽי׃ · the living
    And Adam named his wife Eve, because she would be the mother of all the living.
  15. Genesis 3:22הַֽחַיִּ֔ים · of life
    Then the LORD God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of Us, knowing good and evil. And now, lest he reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life, and eat, and live forever...”
  16. Genesis 3:24הַֽחַיִּֽים׃ס · of life
    So He drove out the man and stationed cherubim on the east side of the Garden of Eden, along with a whirling sword of flame to guard the way to the tree of life.
  17. Genesis 6:17חַיִּ֔ים · of life
    And behold, I will bring floodwaters upon the earth to destroy every creature under the heavens that has the breath of life. Everything on the earth will perish.
  18. Genesis 6:19הָ֠חַי · living
    And you are to bring two of every living creature into the ark—male and female—to keep them alive with you.
  19. Genesis 7:11לְחַיֵּי־ · life
    In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, on the seventeenth day of the second month, all the fountains of the great deep burst forth, and the floodgates of the heavens were opened.
  20. Genesis 7:14הַֽחַיָּ֣ה · wild animal
    …they and every kind of wild animal, livestock, crawling creature, bird, and winged creature.
  21. Genesis 7:15חַיִּֽים׃ · of life
    They came to Noah to enter the ark, two by two of every creature with the breath of life.
  22. Genesis 7:21וּבַ֣חַיָּ֔ה · animals
    And every living thing that moved upon the earth perished—birds, livestock, animals, every creature that swarms upon the earth, and all mankind.
  23. Genesis 7:22חַיִּ֜ים · life
    Of all that was on dry land, everything that had the breath of life in its nostrils died.
  24. Genesis 8:1הַֽחַיָּה֙ · the animals
    But God remembered Noah and all the animals and livestock that were with him in the ark. And God sent a wind over the earth, and the waters began to subside.
  25. Genesis 8:17הַחַיָּ֨ה · the living creatures
    Bring out all the living creatures that are with you—birds, livestock, and everything that crawls upon the ground—so that they can spread out over the earth and be fruitful and multiply upon it.”
  26. Genesis 8:19הַֽחַיָּ֗ה · living creature
    Every living creature, every creeping thing, and every bird—everything that moves upon the earth—came out of the ark, kind by kind.
  27. Genesis 8:21חַ֖י · living creatures
    When the LORD smelled the pleasing aroma, He said in His heart, “Never again will I curse the ground because of man, even though every inclination of his heart is evil from his youth. And never again will I destroy all living creatures as I have done.
  28. Genesis 9:2חַיַּ֣ת · living creature
    The fear and dread of you will fall on every living creature on the earth, every bird of the air, every creature that crawls on the ground, and all the fish of the sea. They are delivered into your hand.
  29. Genesis 9:3חַ֔י · that lives
    Everything that lives and moves will be food for you; just as I gave you the green plants, I now give you all things.
  30. Genesis 9:5חַיָּ֖ה · or beast
    And surely I will require the life of any man or beast by whose hand your lifeblood is shed. I will demand an accounting from anyone who takes the life of his fellow man:
  31. Genesis 9:10הַֽחַיָּה֙ · living; חַיַּ֥ת · beast; חַיַּ֥ת · living thing
    …and with every living creature that was with you—the birds, the livestock, and every beast of the earth—every living thing that came out of the ark.
  32. Genesis 9:12חַיָּ֖ה · living
    And God said, “This is the sign of the covenant I am making between Me and you and every living creature with you, a covenant for all generations to come:
  33. Genesis 9:15חַיָּ֖ה · living
    I will remember My covenant between Me and you and every living creature of every kind. Never again will the waters become a flood to destroy all life.
  34. Genesis 9:16חַיָּ֔ה · living
    And whenever the rainbow appears in the clouds, I will see it and remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of every kind that is on the earth.”
  35. Genesis 18:10חַיָּ֔ה
    Then the LORD said, “I will surely return to you at this time next year, and your wife Sarah will have a son!” Now Sarah was behind him, listening at the entrance to the tent.
  36. Genesis 18:14חַיָּ֖ה
    Is anything too difficult for the LORD? At the appointed time I will return to you—in about a year—and Sarah will have a son.”
  37. Genesis 23:1חַיֵּ֣י · lived to be; חַיֵּ֥י
    Now Sarah lived to be 127 years old.
  38. Genesis 25:6חַ֔י · alive
    But while he was still alive, Abraham gave gifts to the sons of his concubines and sent them away from his son Isaac to the land of the east.
  39. Genesis 25:7חַיֵּ֥י · lived
    Abraham lived a total of 175 years.
  40. Genesis 25:17חַיֵּ֣י · lived
    Ishmael lived a total of 137 years. Then he breathed his last and died, and was gathered to his people.
  41. Genesis 26:19חַיִּֽים׃ · of fresh
    Then Isaac’s servants dug in the valley and found a well of fresh water there.
  42. Genesis 27:46בְחַיַּ֔י · of my life
    Then Rebekah said to Isaac, “I am weary of my life because of these Hittite women. If Jacob takes a Hittite wife from among them, what good is my life?”