Word

חַי

chay · H2417 · Aramaic · 7 occurrences

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Meanings

alive, living

State in which humans and deities are alive and well, which, for humans, requires the presence of air to breathe and food to eat; life is regarded as more than a mere physical condition; in many cases it includes health, strength, and some degree of prosperity

Examples
Daniel 2:30 “But as for me, this secret has not been revealed to me for any wisdom residing in me more than in any other living person, but for the purpose of making the interpretation known to the king, and that you may understand the thoughts of your mind.
Daniel 4:17 “This sentence is by the decree of the angelic watchers, And the decision is a command of the holy ones, In order that the living may know That the Most High is ruler over the realm of mankind, And He grants it to whomever He wishes And sets over it the lowliest of people.”
Daniel 4:34 “But at the end of that period, I, Nebuchadnezzar, raised my eyes toward heaven and my reason returned to me, and I blessed the Most High and praised and honored Him who lives forever; For His dominion is an everlasting dominion, And His kingdom endures from generation to generation.

How it’s used In 4 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive

2 occurrences in 3 groups

בֵּןchild 1
מֶלֶךְking 1
עָלַםfor ever 1

Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles

1 occurrences in 2 groups

מַלְכוּkingdom, reign 1
שׇׁלְטָןdominion 1

What it doesIt is the subject

1 occurrences in 1 groups

יְדַעcertify 1

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

4 occurrences in 3 groups

לto/for 5
בin/on/with 2
מִןfrom 1

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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In the other Testament 1 word

ζωή zōḗ · G2222 · life: Greek ζωή (zōḗ, G2222) is the standard LXX rendering of Hebrew חַי (chay, H2417), both denoting 'life' in both literal (biological existence) and figurative (vitality, manner of living) senses with full semantic overlap.

Semantic domains 4 entries

Alive002001001003: Ezra 6:10 recounts that the temple's sacrifices are offered “so that they may offer acceptable sacrifices to the God of heaven and pray for the lives of the king and his sons.”
Stage002001001060: This Stage code is inherited from the shared lemma-cluster grouping with the Hebrew form (H2416a), whose “raw; fresh; green” sense (of unripened produce) is well attested; this word's own occurrence shows only the general state of being alive, never the freshness of produce.
Strong002001001063: This Strong code is likewise inherited from the shared lemma-cluster grouping's “to be healthy; to be strong; to be vigorous” sense; this word's own occurrence never carries that sense of vigor, only of being alive rather than dead.
Happen002002003003: This Happen code is inherited from the same shared lemma-cluster grouping's “next; renewal” sense (of a recurring time period); this word's own occurrence carries no such temporal-renewal sense.

Word family 12 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

חָיָה châyâh · H2421 · to be alive, to become alive, to live · 284×חַי chay · H2416 · alive, living, raw · 497×חֵיוָא chêyvâʼ · H2423 · beast · 20×חֲוָא chăvâʼ · H2324 · shew · 15×מִחְיָה michyâh · H4241 · staying alive, sustenance · 8×חַיchay · H2417חָוָה châvâh · H2331 · to tell, to inform, to impart · 6×חֲיָא chăyâʼ · H2418 · live, keep alive · 6×אַחְוָה ʼachvâh · H262 · statement, words, declaration · 1×חָיֶה châyeh · H2422 · to be healthy, to be strong, to be vigorous · 1×חַיּוּת chayûwth · H2424 · living, alive · 1×אַחֲוָה ʼachăvâh · H263 · showing · 0×

Topical studies with this word 1 entry

Alive2 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0

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