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Lexicon :: Strong's H2416 - ḥay

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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 4 / 9 (2Sa 1:23–2Ki 5:16)

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:23 -

“Saul and Jonathan, beloved and pleasant in their life H2416,

And in their death they were not separated;

They were swifter than eagles,

They were mightier than lions.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:27 - And Joab said, “As God lives H2416, if you had not spoken, surely then the people would have only gone away in the morning, each from following his brother.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 4:9 -

And David answered Rechab and Baanah his brother, sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, and said to them, “As Yahweh lives H2416, who has redeemed my life from all distress,

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:11 - And Uriah said to David, “The ark and Israel and Judah are staying in [fn]booths, and my lord Joab and the servants of my lord are camping in the open field. Shall I then go to my house to eat and to drink and to lie with my wife? By your life H2416 and the life H2416 of your soul, I will not do this thing.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:5 -

Then David’s anger burned greatly against the man, and he said to Nathan, “As Yahweh lives H2416, surely the man who has done this [fn]deserves to die.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:18 - Then it happened on the seventh day that the child died. And the servants of David were afraid to tell him that the child was dead, for they said, “Behold, while the child was still alive H2416, we spoke to him and he did not listen to our voice. How then can we tell him that the child has died? He might do himself harm!”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:21 -

Then his servants said to him, “What is this thing that you have done? [fn]While the child was alive H2416, you fasted and wept; but when the child died, you arose and ate food.”

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:22 - Then he said, “While the child was still alive H2416, I fasted and wept; for I said, ‘Who knows, Yahweh may be gracious to me, that the child may live H2416.’
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:11 - Then she said, “Please let the king remember Yahweh your God, so that the avenger of blood will not continue to bring about ruin, so that they would not destroy my son.” And he said, “As Yahweh lives H2416, not one hair of your son shall fall to the ground.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:19 - So the king said, “Is the hand of Joab with you in all this?” And the woman answered and said, “As your soul lives H2416, my lord the king, no one can turn to the right or to the left from anything that my lord the king has spoken. Indeed, it was your servant Joab who commanded me, and it was he who put all these words in the mouth of your servant-woman;
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:21 - But Ittai answered the king and said, “As Yahweh lives H2416, and as my lord the king lives H2416, surely wherever my lord the king may be, whether for death or for life H2416, there also your servant will be.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:14 - Then Joab said, “I will not wait around here before you.” So he took three [fn]spears in his hand and thrust them through the heart of Absalom while he was yet alive H2416 in the [fn]midst of the oak.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:18 - Now Absalom in his lifetime H2416 had taken and set up for himself a pillar which is in the King’s Valley, for he had said, “I have no son [fn]to preserve my name.” So he named the pillar after his own name, and it is called Absalom’s Monument to this day.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:6 - by loving those who hate you, and by hating those who love you. For you have informed all of us today that [fn]princes and servants are nothing to you; for I know this day that if Absalom were alive H2416 and all of us were dead today, surely then it would be right in your eyes.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:34 - But Barzillai said to the king, “How long [fn]have I yet to live H2416, that I should go up with the king to Jerusalem?
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:10 -

And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth and spread it for herself on the rock, from the beginning of harvest until [fn]it rained on them from the sky; and she [fn]allowed neither the birds of the sky to rest on them by day nor the beasts H2416 of the field by night.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:47 -

“Yahweh lives H2416, and blessed be my rock;

And let [fn]God, the rock of my salvation, be lifted high,

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:11 -

Now after him was Shammah the son of Agee a Hararite. And the Philistines were gathered [fn]into a troop H2416 where there was a portion of the field full of lentils; and the people fled from before the Philistines.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:13 -

Then three of the thirty chief men went down and came to David in the harvest time to the cave of Adullam, while the troop H2416 of the Philistines was camping in the valley of Rephaim.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:20 -

Then Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel, mighty in deeds, struck down the [fn]two sons of Ariel of Moab. He also went down and struck down a lion in the midst of a pit on a snowy day.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:29 - And the king swore and said, “As Yahweh lives H2416, who has redeemed my life from all distress,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:24 - “So now, as Yahweh lives H2416, who has established me and set me on the throne of David my father and who has made me a house as He promised, surely Adonijah shall be put to death today.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:22 - Then the other woman said, “No! For the living H2416 one H2416 is my son, and the dead one is your son.” But [fn]the first woman said, “No! For the dead one is your son, and the living H2416 one H2416 is my son.” Thus they spoke before the king.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:23 -

Then the king said, “[fn]The one says, ‘This is my son who is living H2416, and your son is the dead one’; and [fn]the other says, ‘No! For your son is the dead one, and my son is the living H2416 one H2416.’”

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:25 - Then the king said, “Divide the living H2416 child in two, and give half to the one and half to the other.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:26 - Then the woman whose son was the living H2416 one H2416 spoke to the king, for [fn]she was deeply stirred with compassion over her son and said, “Oh, my lord, give her the living H2416 child, and by no means put him to death.” But the other said, “He shall be neither mine nor yours; divide him!”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:27 - Then the king said, “Give [fn]the first woman the living H2416 child, and by no means put him to death. She is his mother.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:21 -

[fn]Now Solomon ruled over all the kingdoms from the [fn]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 H2416.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:40 - that they may [fn]fear You all the days that they live H2416 upon the face of the land which You have given to our fathers.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:34 - ‘Nevertheless I will not take the whole kingdom out of his hand, but I will make him [fn]ruler all the days of his life H2416, for the sake of My servant David whom I chose, who kept My commandments and My statutes;
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:6 -

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

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:5 - because David did what was right in the sight of Yahweh, and had not turned aside from anything that He commanded him all the days of his life H2416, except in the case of Uriah the Hittite.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:6 - Now there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days of his life H2416.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:1 -

Now Elijah the Tishbite, who was of [fn]the settlers of Gilead, said to Ahab, “As Yahweh, the God of Israel, lives H2416, before whom I stand, surely there shall be neither dew nor rain these years, except by my word.”

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:12 - But she said, “As Yahweh your God lives H2416, I have no [fn]bread, only a handful of flour in the [fn]bowl and a little oil in the jar; and behold, I am gathering [fn]a few sticks that I may go in and prepare for me and my son, that we may eat it and die.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:23 - Then Elijah took the child and brought him down from the upper room into the house and gave him to his mother; and Elijah said, “See, your son is alive H2416.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:10 - “As Yahweh your God lives H2416, there is no nation or kingdom where my master has not sent to search for you; and if they said, ‘He is not here,’ he made the kingdom or nation swear that they could not find you.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:15 - And Elijah said, “As Yahweh of hosts lives H2416, before whom I stand, I will surely show myself to him today.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:18 - Then he said, “If they have come out for peace, take them alive H2416; or if they have come out for war, take them alive H2416.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:32 - So they girded sackcloth on their loins and put ropes on their heads, and came to the king of Israel and said, “Your servant Ben-hadad says, ‘Please let me live.’” And he said, “Is he still alive H2416? He is my brother.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:15 -

Now it happened that when Jezebel heard that Naboth had been stoned and was dead, Jezebel said to Ahab, “Arise, take possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, which he refused to give you for money; for Naboth is not alive H2416, but dead.”

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:14 - But Micaiah said, “As Yahweh lives H2416, what Yahweh says to me, that I shall speak.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:2 - And Elijah said to Elisha, “Stay here please, for Yahweh has sent me as far as Bethel.” But Elisha said, “As Yahweh lives H2416 and as your soul lives H2416, I will not forsake you.” So they went down to Bethel.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:4 -

And Elijah said to him, “Elisha, please stay here, for Yahweh has sent me to Jericho.” But he said, “As Yahweh lives H2416 and as your soul lives H2416, I will not forsake you.” So they came to Jericho.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:6 - Then Elijah said to him, “Please stay here, for Yahweh has sent me to the Jordan.” And he said, “As Yahweh lives H2416 and as your soul lives H2416, I will not forsake you.” So the two of them went on.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:14 - And Elisha said, “As Yahweh of hosts lives H2416, before whom I stand, were it not that I regard the presence of Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, I would not look at you nor see you.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:16 - Then he said, “At this season [fn]next H2416 year you will embrace a son.” And she said, “No, my lord, O man of God, do not lie to your servant-woman.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:17 -

Then the woman conceived and bore a son at that season [fn]the next H2416 year, as Elisha had said to her.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:30 - But the mother of the boy said, “As Yahweh lives H2416 and as your soul lives H2416, I will not forsake you.” And he arose and followed her.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:16 - But he said, “As Yahweh lives H2416, before whom I stand, I will take nothing.” And he urged him to take it, but he refused.

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