חַי

chay

Hebrew H2416 Adjective 499 occurrences in 450 verses

חַי alive

adj

1. living, alive

a. green (of vegetation)

b. flowing, fresh (of water)

c. lively, active (of man)

d. reviving (of the springtime)

Aramaic equivalent: chay (חַי "living" H2417)

Lexicon: STEPBible Tyndale House Brief Lexicons (TBESH / TBESG) (CC BY 4.0)

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Concordance 450 verses

1 Samuel 29:6 חַי־

So Achish summoned David and told him, “As surely as the LORD lives, you have been upright in my sight, and it seems right that you should march in and out with me in the army, because I have found no fault in you from the day you came to me until this day. But you have no favor in the sight of the leaders.
2 Samuel 1:23 בְּחַיֵּיהֶ֔ם

Saul and Jonathan, beloved and delightful in life, were not divided in death. They were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions.
2 Samuel 2:27 חַ֚י

“As surely as God lives,” Joab replied, “if you had not spoken up, the troops would have continued pursuing their brothers until morning.”
2 Samuel 4:9 חַי־

But David answered Rechab and his brother Baanah, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, “As surely as the LORD lives, who has redeemed my life from all distress,
2 Samuel 11:11 חַיֶּ֙ךָ֙וְחֵ֣י

Uriah answered, “The ark and Israel and Judah are dwelling in tents, and my master Joab and his soldiers are camped in the open field. How can I go to my house to eat and drink and sleep with my wife? As surely as you live, and as your soul lives, I will not do such a thing!”
2 Samuel 12:5 חַי־

David burned with anger against the man and said to Nathan: “As surely as the LORD lives, the man who did this deserves to die!
2 Samuel 12:18 חַ֗י

On the seventh day the child died. But David’s servants were afraid to tell him that the child was dead, for they said, “Look, while the child was alive, we spoke to him, and he would not listen to us. So how can we tell him the child is dead? He may even harm himself.”
2 Samuel 12:21 חַי֙

“What is this you have done?” his servants asked. “While the child was alive, you fasted and wept, but when he died, you got up and ate.”
2 Samuel 12:22 חַ֔י

David answered, “While the child was alive, I fasted and wept, for I said, ‘Who knows? The LORD may be gracious to me and let him live.’
2 Samuel 14:11 חַי־

“Please,” she replied, “may the king invoke the LORD your God to prevent the avenger of blood from increasing the devastation, so that my son may not be destroyed!” “As surely as the LORD lives,” he vowed, “not a hair of your son’s head will fall to the ground.”
2 Samuel 14:19 חֵֽי־

So the king asked, “Is the hand of Joab behind all this?” The woman answered, “As surely as you live, my lord the king, no one can turn to the right or to the left from anything that my lord the king says. Yes, your servant Joab is the one who gave me orders; he told your maidservant exactly what to say.
2 Samuel 15:21 חַי־וְחֵי֙לְחַיִּ֔ים

But Ittai answered the king, “As surely as the LORD lives, and as my lord the king lives, wherever my lord the king may be, whether it means life or death, there will your servant be!”
2 Samuel 18:14 חַ֖י

But Joab declared, “I am not going to wait like this with you!” And he took three spears in his hand and thrust them through the heart of Absalom while he was still alive in the oak tree.
2 Samuel 18:18 בְחַיָּו

During his lifetime, Absalom had set up for himself a pillar in the King’s Valley, for he had said, “I have no son to preserve the memory of my name.” So he gave the pillar his name, and to this day it is called Absalom’s Monument.
2 Samuel 19:6 חַי֙

You love those who hate you and hate those who love you! For you have made it clear today that the commanders and soldiers mean nothing to you. I know today that if Absalom were alive and all of us were dead, it would have pleased you!
2 Samuel 19:34 חַיַּ֔י

But Barzillai replied, “How many years of my life remain, that I should go up to Jerusalem with the king?
2 Samuel 21:10 חַיַּ֥ת

And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth and spread it out for herself on a rock. From the beginning of the harvest until the rain from heaven poured down on the bodies, she did not allow the birds of the air to rest on them by day, nor the beasts of the field by night.
2 Samuel 22:47 חַי־

The LORD lives, and blessed be my Rock! And may God, the Rock of my salvation, be exalted—
2 Samuel 23:13 וְחַיַּ֣ת

At harvest time, three of the thirty chief men went down to David at the cave of Adullam, while a company of Philistines was encamped in the Valley of Rephaim.
2 Samuel 23:20 חַי

And Benaiah son of Jehoiada was a man of valor from Kabzeel, a man of many exploits. He struck down two champions of Moab, and on a snowy day he went down into a pit and killed a lion.
1 Kings 1:29 חַי־

And the king swore an oath, saying, “As surely as the LORD lives, who has redeemed my life from all distress,
1 Kings 2:24 חַי־

And now, as surely as the LORD lives—the One who established me, who set me on the throne of my father David, and who founded for me a dynasty as He promised—surely Adonijah shall be put to death today!”
1 Kings 3:22 הַחַי֙הֶחָ֑י

“No,” said the other woman, “the living one is my son and the dead one is your son.” But the first woman insisted, “No, the dead one is yours and the living one is mine.” So they argued before the king.
1 Kings 3:23 הַחַ֖יהֶחָֽי׃פ

Then the king replied, “This woman says, ‘My son is alive and yours is dead,’ but that woman says, ‘No, your son is dead and mine is alive.’”
1 Kings 3:25 הַחַ֖י

and the king declared, “Cut the living child in two and give half to one and half to the other.”
1 Kings 3:26 הַחַ֜יהַחַ֔י

Then the woman whose son was alive spoke to the king because she yearned with compassion for her son. “Please, my lord,” she said, “give her the living baby. Do not kill him!” But the other woman said, “He will be neither mine nor yours. Cut him in two!”
1 Kings 3:27 הַחַ֔י

Then the king gave his ruling: “Give the living baby to the first woman. By no means should you kill him; she is his mother.”
1 Kings 4:21 חַיָּֽיו׃פ

And Solomon reigned over all the kingdoms from the Euphrates to the land of the Philistines, as far as the border of Egypt. These kingdoms offered tribute and served Solomon all the days of his life.
1 Kings 8:40 חַיִּ֖ים

so that they may fear You all the days they live in the land that You gave to our fathers.
1 Kings 11:34 חַיָּ֔יו

Nevertheless, I will not take the whole kingdom out of Solomon’s hand, because I have made him ruler all the days of his life for the sake of David My servant, whom I chose because he kept My commandments and statutes.
1 Kings 12:6 חַ֖י

Then King Rehoboam consulted with the elders who had served his father Solomon during his lifetime. “How do you advise me to respond to these people?” he asked.
1 Kings 15:5 חַיָּ֔יו

For David had done what was right in the eyes of the LORD and had not turned aside from anything the LORD commanded all the days of his life, except in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.
1 Kings 15:6 חַיָּֽיו׃

And there was war between the houses of Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days of Abijam’s life.
1 Kings 17:1 חַי־

Now Elijah the Tishbite, who was among the settlers of Gilead, said to Ahab, “As surely as the LORD lives—the God of Israel before whom I stand—there will be neither dew nor rain in these years except at my word!”
1 Kings 17:12 חַי־

But she replied, “As surely as the LORD your God lives, I have no bread—only a handful of flour in a jar and a little oil in a jug. Look, I am gathering a couple of sticks to take home and prepare a meal for myself and my son, so that we may eat it and die.”
1 Kings 17:23 חַ֥י

Then Elijah took the child, brought him down from the upper room into the house, and gave him to his mother. “Look, your son is alive,” Elijah declared.
1 Kings 18:10 חַ֣י׀

As surely as the LORD your God lives, there is no nation or kingdom where my lord has not sent someone to search for you. When they said, ‘He is not here,’ he made that kingdom or nation swear that they had not found you.
1 Kings 18:15 חַ֚י

Then Elijah said, “As surely as the LORD of Hosts lives, before whom I stand, I will present myself to Ahab today.”
1 Kings 20:18 חַיִּ֑יםחַיִּ֥ים

“If they have marched out in peace,” he said, “take them alive. Even if they have marched out for war, take them alive.”
1 Kings 20:32 חַ֖י

So with sackcloth around their waists and ropes around their heads, they went to the king of Israel and said, “Your servant Ben-hadad says, ‘Please spare my life.’” And the king answered, “Is he still alive? He is my brother.”
1 Kings 21:15 חַ֖י

When Jezebel heard that Naboth had been stoned to death, she said to Ahab, “Get up and take possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, who refused to give it to you for silver. For Naboth is no longer alive, but dead.”
1 Kings 22:14 חַי־

But Micaiah said, “As surely as the LORD lives, I will speak whatever the LORD tells me.”
2 Kings 2:2 חַי־וְחֵֽי־

and Elijah said to Elisha, “Please stay here, for the LORD has sent me on to Bethel.” But Elisha replied, “As surely as the LORD lives and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.” So they went down to Bethel.
2 Kings 2:4 חַי־וְחֵֽי־

And Elijah said to Elisha, “Please stay here, for the LORD has sent me on to Jericho.” But Elisha replied, “As surely as the LORD lives and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.” So they went to Jericho.
2 Kings 2:6 חַי־וְחֵֽי־

And Elijah said to Elisha, “Please stay here, for the LORD has sent me on to the Jordan.” But Elisha replied, “As surely as the LORD lives and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.” So the two of them went on.
2 Kings 3:14 חַי־

Then Elisha said, “As surely as the LORD of Hosts lives, before whom I stand, were it not for my regard for the presence of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, I would not look at you or acknowledge you.
2 Kings 4:16 חַיָּ֔ה

And Elisha declared, “At this time next year, you will hold a son in your arms.” “No, my lord,” she said. “Do not lie to your maidservant, O man of God.”
2 Kings 4:17 חַיָּ֔ה

But the woman did conceive, and at that time the next year she gave birth to a son, just as Elisha had told her.
2 Kings 4:30 חַי־וְחֵֽי־

And the mother of the boy said, “As surely as the LORD lives and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.” So he got up and followed her.
2 Kings 5:16 חַי־

But Elisha replied, “As surely as the LORD lives, before whom I stand, I will not accept it.” And although Naaman urged him to accept it, he refused.