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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 51 times in 50 verses in 'Psa' in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:5 -

may an enemy pursue and overtake me;

may he trample me to the ground

and leave my honor in the dust.Selah

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 16:11 -

You reveal the path of life to me;

in your presence is abundant joy;

at your right hand are eternal pleasures.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 17:14 -

With your hand, LORD, save me from men,

from men of the world

whose portion is in this life:

You fill their bellies with what you have in store;

their sons are satisfied,

and they leave their surplus to their children.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:46 -

The LORD lives ​— ​blessed be my rock!

The God of my salvation is exalted.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 21:4 -

He asked you for life, and you gave it to him —

length of days forever and ever.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 23:6 -

Only goodness and faithful love will pursue me

all the days of my life,

and I will dwell in[fn] the house of the LORD

as long as I live.[fn]

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 26:9 -

Do not destroy me along with sinners,

or my life along with men of bloodshed

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 27:1 -

The LORD is my light and my salvation —

whom should I fear?

The LORD is the stronghold of my life —

whom should I dread?

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 27:4 -

I have asked one thing from the LORD;

it is what I desire:

to dwell in the house of the LORD

all the days of my life,

gazing on the beauty of the LORD

and seeking him in his temple.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 27:13 -

I am certain that I will see the LORD’s goodness

in the land of the living.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 30:5 -

For his anger lasts only a moment,

but his favor, a lifetime.

Weeping may stay overnight,

but there is joy in the morning.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:10 -

Indeed, my life is consumed with grief

and my years with groaning;

my strength has failed

because of my iniquity,[fn]

and my bones waste away.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 34:12 -

Who is someone who desires life,

loving a long life to enjoy what is good?

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 36:9 -

For the wellspring of life is with you.

By means of your light we see light.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:19 -

But my enemies are vigorous and powerful;[fn]

many hate me for no reason.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 42:2 -

I thirst for God, the living God.

When can I come and appear before God?

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 42:8 -

The LORD will send his faithful love by day;

his song will be with me in the night —

a prayer to the God of my life.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:18 -

Though he blesses himself during his lifetime —

and you are acclaimed when you do well for yourself —

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 50:10 -

“for every animal of the forest is mine,

the cattle on a thousand hills.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 52:5 -

This is why God will bring you down forever.

He will take you, ripping you out of your tent;

he will uproot you from the land of the living.Selah

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:15 -

Let death take them by surprise;

let them go down to Sheol alive,

because evil is in their homes and within them.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 56:13 -

For you rescued me from death,

even my feet from stumbling,

to walk before God in the light of life.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 58:9 -

Before your pots can feel the heat of the thorns —

whether green or burning —

he will sweep them away.[fn]

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 63:3 -

My lips will glorify you

because your faithful love is better than life.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 63:4 -

So I will bless you as long as I live;

at your name, I will lift up my hands.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 64:1 -

God, hear my voice when I am in anguish.

Protect my life from the terror of the enemy.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 66:9 -

He keeps us alive[fn]

and does not allow our feet to slip.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:10 -

Your people settled in it;

God, you provided for the poor by your goodness.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:30 -

Rebuke the beast in the reeds,

the herd of bulls with the calves of the peoples.

Trample underfoot those with bars of silver.[fn]

Scatter the peoples who take pleasure in war.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:28 -

Let them be erased from the book of life

and not be recorded with the righteous.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:19 -

Do not give to beasts the life of your dove;[fn]

do not forget the lives of your poor people forever.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:50 -

He cleared a path for his anger.

He did not spare them from death

but delivered their lives to the plague.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 79:2 -

They gave the corpses of your servants

to the birds of the sky for food,

the flesh of your faithful ones

to the beasts of the earth.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 84:2 -

I long and yearn

for the courts of the LORD;

my heart and flesh cry out for[fn] the living God.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 88:3 -

For I have had enough troubles,

and my life is near Sheol.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 103:4 -

He redeems your life from the Pit;

he crowns you with faithful love and compassion.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:11 -

They supply water for every wild beast;

the wild donkeys quench their thirst.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:20 -

You bring darkness, and it becomes night,

when all the forest animals stir.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:25 -

Here is the sea, vast and wide,

teeming with creatures beyond number —

living things both large and small.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:33 -

I will sing to the LORD all my life;

I will sing praise to my God while I live.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 116:9 -

I will walk before the LORD

in the land of the living.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 124:3 -

then they would have swallowed us alive

in their burning anger against us.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 128:5 -

May the LORD bless you from Zion,

so that you will see the prosperity of Jerusalem

all the days of your life

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 133:3 -

It is like the dew of Hermon[fn]

falling on the mountains of Zion.

For there the LORD has appointed the blessing —

life forevermore.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 142:5 -

I cry to you, LORD;

I say, “You are my shelter,

my portion in the land of the living.”

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 143:2 -

Do not bring your servant into judgment,

for no one alive is righteous in your sight.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 143:3 -

For the enemy has pursued me,

crushing me to the ground,

making me live in darkness

like those long dead.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 145:16 -

You open your hand

and satisfy the desire of every living thing.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 146:2 -

I will praise the LORD all my life;

I will sing to my God as long as I live.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 148:10 -

wild animals and all cattle,

creatures that crawl and flying birds,

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