Hebrew word study

חַיchay — alive

Pronounced “khah'-ee”

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

Translated in the King James 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.

Appears 496 times in Scripture

Origin: from H2421 (חָיָה);

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Where it appears

Genesis — 66×

Genesis 1:20 Genesis 1:21 Genesis 1:24 Genesis 1:25 Genesis 1:28 Genesis 1:30 Genesis 2:7 Genesis 2:9 Genesis 2:19 Genesis 2:20 Genesis 3:1 Genesis 3:14 Genesis 3:17 Genesis 3:20 Genesis 3:22 Genesis 3:24 Genesis 6:17 Genesis 6:19 Genesis 7:11 Genesis 7:14 Genesis 7:15 Genesis 7:21 Genesis 7:22 Genesis 8:1 Genesis 8:17+ 41 more in Genesis

Exodus — 9×

Exodus 1:14 Exodus 4:18 Exodus 6:16 Exodus 6:18 Exodus 6:20 Exodus 21:35 Exodus 22:4 Exodus 23:11 Exodus 23:29

Leviticus — 32×

Leviticus 5:2 Leviticus 11:2 Leviticus 11:10 Leviticus 11:27 Leviticus 11:46 Leviticus 11:47 Leviticus 13:10 Leviticus 13:14 Leviticus 13:15 Leviticus 13:16 Leviticus 14:4 Leviticus 14:5 Leviticus 14:6 Leviticus 14:7 Leviticus 14:50 Leviticus 14:51 Leviticus 14:52 Leviticus 14:53 Leviticus 15:13 Leviticus 16:10 Leviticus 16:20 Leviticus 16:21 Leviticus 17:13 Leviticus 18:18 Leviticus 25:7+ 7 more in Leviticus

Numbers — 7×

Numbers 14:21 Numbers 14:28 Numbers 16:30 Numbers 16:33 Numbers 16:48 Numbers 19:17 Numbers 35:3

Deuteronomy — 21×

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

Joshua — 4×

Joshua 1:5 Joshua 3:10 Joshua 4:14 Joshua 8:23

Judges — 2×

Judges 8:19 Judges 16:30

Ruth — 2×

Ruth 2:20 Ruth 3:13

1 Samuel — 27×

1 Sam 1:11 1 Sam 1:26 1 Sam 2:15 1 Sam 7:15 1 Sam 14:39 1 Sam 14:45 1 Sam 15:8 1 Sam 17:26 1 Sam 17:36 1 Sam 17:46 1 Sam 17:55 1 Sam 18:18 1 Sam 19:6 1 Sam 20:3 1 Sam 20:14 1 Sam 20:21 1 Sam 20:31 1 Sam 25:6 1 Sam 25:26 1 Sam 25:29 1 Sam 25:34 1 Sam 26:10 1 Sam 26:16 1 Sam 28:10 1 Sam 29:6+ 2 more in 1 Samuel

2 Samuel — 22×

2 Sam 1:23 2 Sam 2:27 2 Sam 4:9 2 Sam 11:11 2 Sam 12:5 2 Sam 12:18 2 Sam 12:21 2 Sam 12:22 2 Sam 14:11 2 Sam 14:19 2 Sam 15:21 2 Sam 18:14 2 Sam 18:18 2 Sam 19:6 2 Sam 19:34 2 Sam 21:10 2 Sam 22:47 2 Sam 23:13 2 Sam 23:20+ 3 more in 2 Samuel

1 Kings — 26×

1 Ki 1:29 1 Ki 2:24 1 Ki 3:22 1 Ki 3:23 1 Ki 3:25 1 Ki 3:26 1 Ki 3:27 1 Ki 4:21 1 Ki 8:40 1 Ki 11:34 1 Ki 12:6 1 Ki 15:5 1 Ki 15:6 1 Ki 17:1 1 Ki 17:12 1 Ki 17:23 1 Ki 18:10 1 Ki 18:15 1 Ki 20:18 1 Ki 20:32 1 Ki 21:15 1 Ki 22:14+ 4 more in 1 Kings

2 Kings — 21×

2 Ki 2:2 2 Ki 2:4 2 Ki 2:6 2 Ki 3:14 2 Ki 4:16 2 Ki 4:17 2 Ki 4:30 2 Ki 5:16 2 Ki 5:20 2 Ki 7:12 2 Ki 10:14 2 Ki 14:9 2 Ki 19:4 2 Ki 19:16 2 Ki 25:29 2 Ki 25:30+ 5 more in 2 Kings

2 Chronicles — 5×

2 Chr 6:31 2 Chr 10:6 2 Chr 18:13 2 Chr 25:12 2 Chr 25:18

Job — 23×

Job 3:20 Job 5:22 Job 5:23 Job 7:7 Job 9:21 Job 10:1 Job 10:12 Job 12:10 Job 19:25 Job 24:22 Job 27:2 Job 28:13 Job 28:21 Job 30:23 Job 33:18 Job 33:20 Job 33:22 Job 33:28 Job 33:30 Job 37:8 Job 38:39 Job 39:15 Job 40:20

Psalms — 51×

Psalms 7:5 Psalms 16:11 Psalms 17:14 Psalms 18:46 Psalms 21:4 Psalms 23:6 Psalms 26:9 Psalms 27:1 Psalms 27:4 Psalms 27:13 Psalms 30:5 Psalms 31:10 Psalms 34:12 Psalms 36:9 Psalms 38:19 Psalms 42:2 Psalms 42:8 Psalms 49:18 Psalms 50:10 Psalms 52:5 Psalms 55:15 Psalms 56:13 Psalms 58:9 Psalms 63:3 Psalms 63:4+ 26 more in Psalms

Proverbs — 34×

Proverbs 1:12 Proverbs 2:19 Proverbs 3:2 Proverbs 3:18 Proverbs 3:22 Proverbs 4:10 Proverbs 4:13 Proverbs 4:22 Proverbs 4:23 Proverbs 5:6 Proverbs 6:23 Proverbs 8:35 Proverbs 9:11 Proverbs 10:11 Proverbs 10:16 Proverbs 10:17 Proverbs 11:19 Proverbs 11:30 Proverbs 12:28 Proverbs 13:12 Proverbs 13:14 Proverbs 14:27 Proverbs 14:30 Proverbs 15:4 Proverbs 15:24+ 9 more in Proverbs

Ecclesiastes — 20×

Eccles 2:3 Eccles 2:17 Eccles 3:12 Eccles 4:2 Eccles 4:15 Eccles 5:18 Eccles 5:20 Eccles 6:8 Eccles 6:12 Eccles 7:2 Eccles 8:15 Eccles 9:3 Eccles 9:4 Eccles 9:5 Eccles 9:9 Eccles 10:19+ 4 more in Ecclesiastes

Song of Solomon — 1×

Song 4:15

Isaiah — 19×

Isaiah 4:3 Isaiah 8:19 Isaiah 35:9 Isaiah 37:4 Isaiah 37:17 Isaiah 38:11 Isaiah 38:12 Isaiah 38:16 Isaiah 38:19 Isaiah 38:20 Isaiah 40:16 Isaiah 43:20 Isaiah 46:1 Isaiah 49:18 Isaiah 53:8 Isaiah 56:9 Isaiah 57:10+ 2 more in Isaiah

Jeremiah — 23×

Jeremiah 2:13 Jeremiah 4:2 Jeremiah 5:2 Jeremiah 8:3 Jeremiah 10:10 Jeremiah 11:19 Jeremiah 12:9 Jeremiah 12:16 Jeremiah 16:14 Jeremiah 16:15 Jeremiah 17:13 Jeremiah 21:8 Jeremiah 22:24 Jeremiah 23:7 Jeremiah 23:8 Jeremiah 23:36 Jeremiah 27:6 Jeremiah 28:14 Jeremiah 38:16 Jeremiah 44:26 Jeremiah 46:18 Jeremiah 52:33 Jeremiah 52:34

Lamentations — 3×

Lam 3:39 Lam 3:53 Lam 3:58

Ezekiel — 59×

Ezekiel 1:5 Ezekiel 1:13 Ezekiel 1:14 Ezekiel 1:15 Ezekiel 1:19 Ezekiel 1:20 Ezekiel 1:21 Ezekiel 1:22 Ezekiel 3:13 Ezekiel 5:11 Ezekiel 5:17 Ezekiel 7:13 Ezekiel 10:15 Ezekiel 10:17 Ezekiel 10:20 Ezekiel 14:15 Ezekiel 14:16 Ezekiel 14:18 Ezekiel 14:20 Ezekiel 14:21 Ezekiel 16:48 Ezekiel 17:16 Ezekiel 17:19 Ezekiel 18:3 Ezekiel 20:3+ 34 more in Ezekiel

Daniel — 3×

Daniel 8:4 Daniel 12:2 Daniel 12:7

Hosea — 6×

Hosea 1:10 Hosea 2:12 Hosea 2:18 Hosea 4:3 Hosea 4:15 Hosea 13:8

Amos — 2×

Amos 8:14+ 1 more in Amos

Jonah — 3×

Jonah 2:6 Jonah 4:3 Jonah 4:8

Zephaniah — 3×

Zeph 2:9 Zeph 2:14 Zeph 2:15

Zechariah — 1×

Zech 14:8

Malachi — 1×

Malachi 2:5

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