- Original: חי
- Transliteration: Chay
- Phonetic: khah'-ee
- Definition: adj 
1. living, alive 
a. green (of vegetation) 
b. flowing, fresh (of water) 
c. lively, active (of man) 
d. reviving (of the springtime) n m 
2. relatives 
3. life (abstract emphatic) 
a. life 
b. sustenance, maintenance n f 
4. living thing, animal 
a. animal 
b. life 
c. appetite 
d. revival, renewal 
5. community 
- Origin: from  
H2421  
- TWOT entry: 644a
- Part(s) of speech: 
- Strong's: From  
H2421  ; 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: - + age alive appetite (wild) beast company congregation life (-time) live (-ly) living (creature thing) maintenance + merry multitude + (be) old quick raw running springing troop. 
Total KJV Occurrences: 502 
 • age, 1
 
Genesis 47:28 
 
 • alive, 32
 
Genesis 43:7; 
Genesis 43:27; 
Genesis 43:28; 
Genesis 45:26; 
Genesis 45:28; 
Genesis 46:30; 
Exodus 4:18; 
Exodus 22:4; 
Leviticus 14:4; 
Leviticus 16:10; 
Numbers 16:33; 
Deuteronomy 4:4; 
Deuteronomy 5:3; 
Deuteronomy 31:27; 
Joshua 8:23; 
1 Samuel 15:8; 
2 Samuel 12:18; 
2 Samuel 12:21; 
2 Samuel 12:22; 
2 Samuel 18:14; 
1 Kings 20:18(2); 
1 Kings 20:32; 
1 Kings 21:15; 
2 Kings 7:12; 
2 Kings 10:14(2); 
2 Chronicles 25:12; 
Proverbs 1:12; 
Ecclesiastes 4:2; 
Ezekiel 7:13(2) 
 
 • appetite, 1
 
Job 38:39 
 
 • beast, 34
 
Genesis 1:24; 
Genesis 1:25; 
Genesis 1:30; 
Genesis 2:19; 
Genesis 2:20; 
Genesis 3:1; 
Genesis 3:14; 
Genesis 7:14; 
Genesis 7:21; 
Genesis 8:19; 
Genesis 9:2; 
Genesis 9:5; 
Genesis 9:10(2); 
Genesis 37:20; 
Genesis 37:33; 
Exodus 23:29; 
Leviticus 5:2; 
Leviticus 11:47(2); 
Leviticus 17:13; 
Leviticus 25:7; 
2 Kings 14:9; 
2 Chronicles 25:18; 
Job 39:15; 
Psalm 50:10; 
Psalm 104:11; 
Isaiah 35:9; 
Isaiah 43:20; 
Ezekiel 14:21; 
Ezekiel 34:8; 
Ezekiel 34:28; 
Ezekiel 39:17; 
Hosea 13:8 
 
 • beasts, 42
 
Exodus 23:11; 
Leviticus 11:2; 
Leviticus 11:27; 
Leviticus 26:6; 
Leviticus 26:22; 
Numbers 35:3; 
Deuteronomy 7:22; 
1 Samuel 17:46; 
2 Samuel 21:10; 
Job 5:22; 
Job 5:23; 
Job 37:8; 
Job 40:20; 
Psalm 79:2; 
Psalm 104:20; 
Psalm 104:25; 
Psalm 148:10; 
Isaiah 40:16; 
Isaiah 46:1; 
Isaiah 56:9(2); 
Jeremiah 12:9; 
Jeremiah 27:6; 
Jeremiah 28:14; 
Ezekiel 5:17; 
Ezekiel 14:15(2); 
Ezekiel 29:5; 
Ezekiel 31:6; 
Ezekiel 31:13; 
Ezekiel 32:4; 
Ezekiel 33:27; 
Ezekiel 34:5; 
Ezekiel 34:25; 
Ezekiel 38:20; 
Ezekiel 39:4; 
Daniel 8:4; 
Hosea 2:12; 
Hosea 2:18; 
Hosea 4:3; 
Zephaniah 2:14; 
Zephaniah 2:15 
 
 • company, 1
 
Psalm 68:30 
 
 • congregation, 2
 
Psalm 68:10; 
Psalm 74:19 
 
 • creature, 6
 
Ezekiel 1:20; 
Ezekiel 1:21; 
Ezekiel 1:22; 
Ezekiel 10:15; 
Ezekiel 10:17; 
Ezekiel 10:20 
 
 • creatures, 9
 
Ezekiel 1:5; 
Ezekiel 1:13(2); 
Ezekiel 1:14; 
Ezekiel 1:15(2); 
Ezekiel 1:19(2); 
Ezekiel 3:13 
 
 • joyfully, 1
 
Ecclesiastes 9:9 
 
 • life, 144
 
Genesis 1:20; 
Genesis 1:30; 
Genesis 2:7; 
Genesis 2:9; 
Genesis 3:14; 
Genesis 3:17; 
Genesis 3:22; 
Genesis 3:24; 
Genesis 6:17; 
Genesis 7:11; 
Genesis 7:15; 
Genesis 7:22; 
Genesis 18:10; 
Genesis 18:14; 
Genesis 23:1; 
Genesis 25:7; 
Genesis 25:17; 
Genesis 27:46(2); 
Genesis 42:15; 
Genesis 42:16; 
Genesis 47:9(2); 
Exodus 6:16; 
Exodus 6:18; 
Exodus 6:20; 
Leviticus 18:18; 
Deuteronomy 4:9; 
Deuteronomy 6:2; 
Deuteronomy 16:3; 
Deuteronomy 17:19; 
Deuteronomy 28:66(2); 
Deuteronomy 30:15; 
Deuteronomy 30:19(2); 
Deuteronomy 30:20; 
Deuteronomy 32:47; 
Joshua 1:5; 
Joshua 4:14; 
Judges 16:30; 
1 Samuel 1:11; 
1 Samuel 7:15; 
1 Samuel 18:18; 
1 Samuel 25:29; 
2 Samuel 15:21; 
1 Kings 4:21; 
1 Kings 11:34; 
1 Kings 15:5; 
1 Kings 15:6; 
2 Kings 4:16; 
2 Kings 4:17; 
2 Kings 25:29; 
2 Kings 25:30; 
Job 3:20; 
Job 7:7; 
Job 9:21; 
Job 10:1; 
Job 10:12; 
Job 24:22; 
Job 33:18; 
Job 33:20; 
Job 33:22; 
Job 33:28; 
Job 36:14; 
Psalm 7:5; 
Psalm 16:11; 
Psalm 17:14; 
Psalm 21:4; 
Psalm 23:6; 
Psalm 26:9; 
Psalm 27:1; 
Psalm 27:4; 
Psalm 30:5; 
Psalm 31:10; 
Psalm 34:12; 
Psalm 36:9; 
Psalm 42:8; 
Psalm 63:3; 
Psalm 64:1; 
Psalm 66:9; 
Psalm 78:50; 
Psalm 88:3; 
Psalm 103:4; 
Psalm 128:5; 
Psalm 133:3; 
Psalm 143:3; 
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; 
Proverbs 15:31; 
Proverbs 16:15; 
Proverbs 16:22; 
Proverbs 18:21; 
Proverbs 19:23; 
Proverbs 21:21; 
Proverbs 22:4; 
Proverbs 31:12; 
Ecclesiastes 2:3; 
Ecclesiastes 2:17; 
Ecclesiastes 3:12; 
Ecclesiastes 5:18; 
Ecclesiastes 5:20; 
Ecclesiastes 6:12(2); 
Ecclesiastes 8:15; 
Ecclesiastes 9:9(2); 
Isaiah 38:12; 
Isaiah 38:16; 
Isaiah 38:20; 
Isaiah 57:10; 
Jeremiah 8:3; 
Jeremiah 21:8; 
Jeremiah 52:33; 
Jeremiah 52:34; 
Lamentations 3:53; 
Lamentations 3:58; 
Ezekiel 7:13; 
Ezekiel 33:15; 
Daniel 12:2; 
Jonah 2:6; 
Malachi 2:5 
 
 • lifetime, 1
 
2 Samuel 18:18 
 
 • live, 43
 
Genesis 45:3; 
Exodus 21:35; 
Leviticus 16:20; 
Leviticus 16:21; 
Numbers 14:21; 
Numbers 14:28; 
Deuteronomy 4:10; 
Deuteronomy 12:1; 
Deuteronomy 30:6; 
Deuteronomy 31:13; 
Deuteronomy 32:40; 
1 Samuel 20:14; 
2 Samuel 12:22; 
2 Samuel 19:34; 
1 Kings 8:40; 
2 Chronicles 6:31; 
Psalm 63:4; 
Psalm 104:33; 
Psalm 146:2; 
Ecclesiastes 9:3; 
Isaiah 49:18; 
Jeremiah 22:24; 
Jeremiah 46:18; 
Ezekiel 5:11; 
Ezekiel 14:16; 
Ezekiel 14:18; 
Ezekiel 14:20; 
Ezekiel 16:48; 
Ezekiel 17:16; 
Ezekiel 17:19; 
Ezekiel 18:3; 
Ezekiel 20:3; 
Ezekiel 20:31; 
Ezekiel 20:33; 
Ezekiel 33:11; 
Ezekiel 33:27; 
Ezekiel 34:8; 
Ezekiel 35:6; 
Ezekiel 35:11; 
Ezekiel 47:9; 
Jonah 4:3; 
Jonah 4:8; 
Zephaniah 2:9 
 
 • lived, 6
 
Genesis 25:6; 
Genesis 25:7; 
2 Samuel 19:6; 
1 Kings 12:6; 
2 Chronicles 10:6; 
Psalm 49:18 
 
 • lively, 1
 
Psalm 38:19 
 
 • lives, 2
 
Exodus 1:14; 
2 Samuel 1:23 
 
 • livest, 1
 
2 Samuel 11:11 
 
 • liveth, 67
 
Genesis 9:3; 
Judges 8:19; 
Ruth 3:13; 
1 Samuel 1:26; 
1 Samuel 14:39; 
1 Samuel 14:45; 
1 Samuel 17:55; 
1 Samuel 19:6; 
1 Samuel 20:3(2); 
1 Samuel 20:21; 
1 Samuel 20:31; 
1 Samuel 25:6; 
1 Samuel 25:26(2); 
1 Samuel 25:34; 
1 Samuel 26:10; 
1 Samuel 26:16; 
1 Samuel 28:10; 
1 Samuel 29:6; 
2 Samuel 2:27; 
2 Samuel 4:9; 
2 Samuel 11:11; 
2 Samuel 12:5; 
2 Samuel 14:11; 
2 Samuel 14:19; 
2 Samuel 15:21(2); 
2 Samuel 22:47; 
1 Kings 1:29; 
1 Kings 2:24; 
1 Kings 3:23; 
1 Kings 17:1; 
1 Kings 17:12; 
1 Kings 17:23; 
1 Kings 18:10; 
1 Kings 18:15; 
1 Kings 22:14; 
2 Kings 2:2(2); 
2 Kings 2:4(2); 
2 Kings 2:6(2); 
2 Kings 3:14; 
2 Kings 4:30(2); 
2 Kings 5:16; 
2 Kings 5:20; 
2 Chronicles 18:13; 
Job 19:25; 
Job 27:2; 
Psalm 18:46; 
Jeremiah 4:2; 
Jeremiah 5:2; 
Jeremiah 12:16; 
Jeremiah 16:14; 
Jeremiah 16:15; 
Jeremiah 23:7; 
Jeremiah 23:8; 
Jeremiah 38:16; 
Jeremiah 44:26; 
Ezekiel 47:9; 
Daniel 12:7; 
Hosea 4:15; 
Amos 8:14(2) 
 
 • living, 78
 
Genesis 1:21; 
Genesis 1:24; 
Genesis 2:7;