חַי (chay) — Age
Hebrew word study: חַי (chay), Strong's H2416. alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life
Approximate — computer-generated, not a recording of historical speech.
alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively
KJV translation words: [phrase] age, alive, appetite, (wild) beast, company, congregation, life(-time), live(-ly), living (creature, thing), maintenance, [phrase] merry, multitude, [phrase] (be) old, quick, raw, running, springing, troop.
Strong's H2416 is tagged on 498 words in 449 verses across 29 books of the word-by-word Hebrew and Aramaic Old Testament text on this site. It first appears in Genesis 1:20 and last appears in Malachi 2:5.
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Books where it appears most
Verses (first 25 of 449)
- Genesis 1:20 — חַיָּה — living
- Genesis 1:21 — הַחַיָּה — the living
- Genesis 1:24 — חַיָּה — living
- Genesis 1:25 — חַיַּת — the animals of
- Genesis 1:28 — חַיָּה — animal
- Genesis 1:30 — חַיַּת — the animal of
- Genesis 2:7 — חַיִּים — life
- Genesis 2:9 — הַחַיִּים — the life
- Genesis 2:19 — חַיַּת — the animal of
- Genesis 2:20 — חַיַּת — the animal of
- Genesis 3:1 — חַיַּת — the animal of
- Genesis 3:14 — חַיַּת — the animal of
- Genesis 3:17 — חַיֶּיךָ — life your
- Genesis 3:20 — חָי — living person
- Genesis 3:22 — הַחַיִּים — the life
- Genesis 3:24 — הַחַיִּים ס — the life
- Genesis 6:17 — חַיִּים — life
- Genesis 6:19 — הָחַי — the living thing
- Genesis 7:11 — לְחַיֵּי — of the life of
- Genesis 7:14 — הַחַיָּה — the animal
- Genesis 7:15 — חַיִּים — life
- Genesis 7:21 — וּבַחַיָּה — and among the animals
- Genesis 7:22 — חַיִּים — life
- Genesis 8:1 — הַחַיָּה — the animal
- Genesis 8:17 — הַחַיָּה — the animal
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Related entries
Named in this entry's derivation: H2421 חָיָה (châyâh).
Entries whose derivation names this word: H381 אִישׁ־חַיִל (ʼÎysh-Chayil), H883 בְּאֵר לַחַי רֹאִי (Bᵉʼêr la-Chay Rôʼîy), H2419 חִיאֵל (Chîyʼêl).
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Frequently asked questions
What does chay (H2416) mean?
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.
How is H2416 translated in the KJV?
The KJV translates H2416 as: [phrase] age, alive, appetite, (wild) beast, company, congregation, life(-time), live(-ly), living (creature, thing), maintenance, [phrase] merry, multitude, [phrase] (be) old, quick, raw, running, springing, troop..
How often does חַי (chay) appear?
Strong's H2416 is tagged on 498 words in 449 verses across 29 books of the word-by-word Hebrew and Aramaic Old Testament text on this site. It first appears in Genesis 1:20 and last appears in Malachi 2:5.
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