Chay חַי

Chay (Hebrew חַי, Strong's H2416) is a Hebrew adjective meaning “alive”. It occurs 498 times in 449 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

H2416A: alive

H2416E: life

H2416C: living thing

H2416D: community

H2416B: kinsfolk

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Topics

• Animals
• Eternal life

Verses

Chay occurs in 449 verses, listed here by reference.

Genesis (56): 1:20, 1:21, 1:24, 1:25, 1:28, 1:30, 2:7, 2:9, 2:19, 2:20, 3:1, 3:14, 3:17, 3:20, 3:22, 3:24, 6:17, 6:19, 7:11, 7:14, 7:15, 7:21, 7:22, 8:1, 8:17, 8:19, 8:21, 9:2, 9:3, 9:5, 9:10, 9:12, 9:15, 9:16, 18:10, 18:14, 23:1, 25:6, 25:7, 25:17, 26:19, 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, 47:28

Exodus (9): 1:14, 4:18, 6:16, 6:18, 6:20, 21:35, 22:4, 23:11, 23:29

Leviticus (27): 5:2, 11:2, 11:10, 11:27, 11:46, 11:47, 13:10, 13:14, 13:15, 13:16, 14:4, 14:5, 14:6, 14:7, 14:50, 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 (7): 14:21, 14:28, 16:30, 16:33, 16:48, 19:17, 35:3

Deuteronomy (19): 4:4, 4:9, 4:10, 5:3, 5:26, 6:2, 7:22, 12:1, 16:3, 17:19, 28:66, 30:6, 30:15, 30:19, 30:20, 31:13, 31:27, 32:40, 32:47

Joshua (4): 1:5, 3:10, 4:14, 8:23

Judges (2): 8:19, 16:30

Ruth (2): 2:20, 3:13

1 Samuel (24): 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 (19): 1:23, 2:27, 4:9, 11:11, 12:5, 12:18, 12:21, 12:22, 14:11, 14:19, 15:21, 18:14, 18:18, 19:6, 19:34, 21:10, 22:47, 23:11, 23:13

1 Kings (22): 1:29, 2:24, 3:22, 3:23, 3:25, 3:26, 3:27, 4:21, 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 (16): 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

2 Chronicles (5): 6:31, 10:6, 18:13, 25:12, 25:18

Job (24): 3:20, 5:22, 5:23, 7:7, 9:21, 10:1, 10:12, 12:10, 19:25, 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 (50): 7:5, 16:11, 17:14, 18:46, 21:4, 23:6, 26:9, 27:1, 27:4, 27:13, 30:5, 31:10, 34:12, 36:9, 38:19, 42:2, 42:8, 49:18, 50:10, 52:5, 55:15, 56:13, 58:9, 63:3, 63:4, 64:1, 66:9, 68:10, 68:30, 69:28, 74:19, 78:50, 79:2, 84:2, 88:3, 103:4, 104:11, 104:20, 104:25, 104:33, 116:9, 124:3, 128:5, 133:3, 142:5, 143:2, 143:3, 145:16, 146:2, 148:10

Proverbs (34): 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 (16): 2:3, 2:17, 3:12, 4:2, 4:15, 5:18, 5:20, 6:8, 6:12, 7:2, 8:15, 9:3, 9:4, 9:5, 9:9, 10:19

Song of Solomon (1): 4:15

Isaiah (17): 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, 57:10

Jeremiah (23): 2:13, 4:2, 5:2, 8:3, 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): 3:39, 3:53, 3:58

Ezekiel (51): 1:5, 1:13, 1:14, 1:15, 1:19, 1:20, 1:21, 1:22, 3:13, 5:11, 5:17, 7:13, 10:15, 10:17, 10:20, 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, 34:5, 34:8, 34:25, 34:28, 35:6, 35:11, 38:20, 39:4, 39:17, 47:9

Daniel (3): 8:4, 12:2, 12:7

Hosea (6): 1:10, 2:12, 2:18, 4:3, 4:15, 13:8

Amos (1): 8:14

Jonah (3): 2:6, 4:3, 4:8

Zephaniah (3): 2:9, 2:14, 2:15

Zechariah (1): 14:8

Malachi (1): 2:5

Notes

1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).