חַי
chay
“alive”
Definition
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
from H2421 (חָיָה);
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Grammar & Morphology
Adjective
H:A
Hebrew Adjective
Occurrences
חַי appears 414 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
And the king swore an oath, saying, “As surely as the LORD lives, who has redeemed my life from all distress,
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,
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Whoever remains in Zionand whoever is left in Jerusalemwill be called holy—all in Jerusalem who are recorded among the living—
And he shall cleanse the house with the bird’s blood, the fresh water, the live bird, the cedar wood, the hyssop, and the scarlet yarn.
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