Usually translated as
life, living, live, beast, alive, running, raw, quick, congregation, old, troop, age, appetite, company, lifetime, lively, maintenance, merry, multitude, springing
Occurrences
Chay occurs 502 times in 450 verses of the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (56), Exodus (9), Leviticus (27), Numbers (7), Deuteronomy (19), Joshua (4), Judges (2), Ruth (2), 1 Samuel (25), 2 Samuel (19), 1 Kings (22), 2 Kings (16), 2 Chronicles (5), Job (24), Psalms (50), Proverbs (34), Ecclesiastes (16), Song of Songs (1), Isaiah (17), Jeremiah (23), Lamentations (3), Ezekiel (51), Daniel (3), Hosea (6), Amos (1), Jonah (3), Zephaniah (3), Zechariah (1), Malachi (1)
- Genesis 1:20 — And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life (חַיָּ֑ה), and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.
- Genesis 1:21 — And God created great whales, and every living (הַֽחַיָּ֣ה) creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
- Genesis 1:24 — And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living (חַיָּה֙) creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.
- Genesis 1:24 — And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast (וְחַֽיְתוֹ) of the earth after his kind: and it was so.
- Genesis 1:25 — And God made the beast (חַיַּ֨ת) of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
- Genesis 1:28 — And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing (חַיָּ֖ה) that moveth upon the earth.
- Genesis 1:30 — And to every beast (חַיַּ֣ת) of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so.
- Genesis 1:30 — And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life (חַיָּ֔ה), I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so.
- Genesis 2:7 — And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life (חַיִּ֑ים); and man became a living soul.
- Genesis 2:7 — And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living (חַיָּֽה) soul.
- Genesis 2:9 — And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life (הַֽחַיִּים֙) also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.
- Genesis 2:19 — And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast (חַיַּ֤ת) of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof.
- Genesis 2:19 — And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living (חַיָּ֖ה) creature, that was the name thereof.
- Genesis 2:20 — And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast (חַיַּ֣ת) of the field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him.
- Genesis 3:1 — Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast (חַיַּ֣ת) of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
- Genesis 3:14 — And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast (חַיַּ֣ת) of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:
- Genesis 3:14 — And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life (חַיֶּֽיךָ):
- Genesis 3:17 — And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life (חַיֶּֽיךָ);
- Genesis 3:20 — And Adam called his wife’s name Eve; because she was the mother of all living (חָֽי).
- Genesis 3:22 — And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life (הַֽחַיִּ֔ים), and eat, and live for ever:
- Genesis 3:24 — So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life (הַֽחַיִּֽים).
- Genesis 6:17 — And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life (חַיִּ֔ים), from under heaven; and every thing that is in the earth shall die.
- Genesis 6:19 — And of every living thing (הָ֠חַי) of all flesh, two of every sort shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep them alive with thee; they shall be male and female.
- Genesis 7:11 — In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life (לְחַיֵּי), in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
- Genesis 7:14 — They, and every beast (הַֽחַיָּ֣ה) after his kind, and all the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind, and every fowl after his kind, every bird of every sort.
- Genesis 7:15 — And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh, wherein is the breath of life (חַיִּֽים).
- Genesis 7:21 — And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of beast (וּבַ֣חַיָּ֔ה), and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, and every man:
- Genesis 7:22 — All in whose nostrils was the breath of life (חַיִּ֜ים), of all that was in the dry land, died.
- Genesis 8:1 — And God remembered Noah, and every living thing (הַֽחַיָּה֙), and all the cattle that was with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters asswaged;
- Genesis 8:17 — Bring forth with thee every living thing (הַחַיָּ֨ה) that is with thee, of all flesh, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth; that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth.
- Genesis 8:19 — Every beast (הַֽחַיָּ֗ה), every creeping thing, and every fowl, and whatsoever creepeth upon the earth, after their kinds, went forth out of the ark.
- Genesis 8:21 — And the LORD smelled a sweet savour; and the LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man’s sake; for the imagination of man’s heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living (חַ֖י), as I have done.
- Genesis 9:2 — And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast (חַיַּ֣ת) of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are they delivered.
- Genesis 9:3 — Every moving thing that liveth (חַ֔י) shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things.
- Genesis 9:5 — And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast (חַיָּ֖ה) will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man’s brother will I require the life of man.
- Genesis 9:10 — And with every living (הַֽחַיָּה֙) creature that is with you, of the fowl, of the cattle, and of every beast of the earth with you; from all that go out of the ark, to every beast of the earth.
- Genesis 9:10 — And with every living creature that is with you, of the fowl, of the cattle, and of every beast (חַיַּ֥ת) of the earth with you; from all that go out of the ark, to every beast of the earth.
- Genesis 9:10 — And with every living creature that is with you, of the fowl, of the cattle, and of every beast of the earth with you; from all that go out of the ark, to every beast (חַיַּ֥ת) of the earth.
- Genesis 9:12 — And God said, This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living (חַיָּ֖ה) creature that is with you, for perpetual generations:
- Genesis 9:15 — And I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living (חַיָּ֖ה) creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh.
- Genesis 9:16 — And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living (חַיָּ֔ה) creature of all flesh that is upon the earth.
- Genesis 18:10 — And he said, I will certainly return unto thee according to the time of life (חַיָּ֔ה); and, lo, Sarah thy wife shall have a son. And Sarah heard it in the tent door, which was behind him.
- Genesis 18:14 — Is any thing too hard for the LORD? At the time appointed I will return unto thee, according to the time of life (חַיָּ֖ה), and Sarah shall have a son.
- Genesis 23:1 — And Sarah was an hundred and seven and twenty years old (חַיֵּ֣י): these were the years of the life of Sarah.
- Genesis 23:1 — And Sarah was an hundred and seven and twenty years old: these were the years of the life (חַיֵּ֥י) of Sarah.
- Genesis 25:6 — But unto the sons of the concubines, which Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts, and sent them away from Isaac his son, while he yet lived (חַ֔י), eastward, unto the east country.
- Genesis 25:7 — And these are the days of the years of Abraham’s life (חַיֵּ֥י) which he lived, an hundred threescore and fifteen years.
- Genesis 25:7 — And these are the days of the years of Abraham’s life which he lived (חַיֵּ֥י), an hundred threescore and fifteen years.
- Genesis 25:17 — And these are the years of the life (חַיֵּ֣י) of Ishmael, an hundred and thirty and seven years: and he gave up the ghost and died; and was gathered unto his people.
- Genesis 26:19 — And Isaac’s servants digged in the valley, and found there a well of springing (חַיִּֽים) water.