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H2416Aחַיchay

alivePart of speech: Hebrew Adjective

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Occurrences by book

  1. 28
  2. 3
  3. 23
  4. 6
  5. 8
  6. 2
  7. 1
  8. 2
  9. 22
  10. 15
  11. 22
  12. 18
  13. 1 Chronicles: 0
  14. 4
  15. Ezra: 0
  16. Nehemiah: 0
  17. Esther: 0
  18. 7
  19. 15
  20. 1
  21. 8
  22. 1
  23. 8
  24. 16
  25. 1
  26. 24
  27. 1
  28. 2
  29. Joel: 0
  30. 2
  31. Obadiah: 0
  32. Jonah: 0
  33. Micah: 0
  34. Nahum: 0
  35. Habakkuk: 0
  36. 1
  37. Haggai: 0
  38. 1
  39. Malachi: 0

Renderings

JPS Tanakh 1917 is not aligned yet, so there are no renderings to show.

Other meanings of H2416

  • H2416BחַיchaykinsfolkH:N-MOccurrences: 1
  • H2416Cחַיָּהchay.yahliving thingH:N-FOccurrences: 106
  • H2416Dחַיָּהchay.yahcommunityH:N-FOccurrences: 4
  • H2416Eחַיִּיםchay.yimlifeH:N-MOccurrences: 145

242 occurrences in 220 verses

With their references and text in JPS Tanakh 1917.

  1. Jeremiah 5:2

    And though they say: 'As the LORD liveth', surely they swear falsely.

    חַי־ chai- “[by] [the] life”

  2. Jeremiah 10:10

    But the LORD God is the true God, He is the living God, and the everlasting King; at His wrath the earth trembleth, and the nations are not able to abide His indignation.

    חַיִּ֖ים chai.Yim “living”

  3. Jeremiah 11:19

    But I was like a docile lamb that is led to the slaughter; and I knew not that they had devised devices against me: 'Let us destroy the tree with the fruit thereof, and let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be no more remember

    חַיִּ֔ים chai.Yim “[the] living”

  4. Jeremiah 12:16

    And it shall come to pass, if they will diligently learn the ways of My people to swear by My name: 'As the LORD liveth,' even as they taught My people to swear by Baal; then shall they be built up in the midst of My people.

    חַי־ chai- “[by] [the] life of”

  5. Jeremiah 16:14

    Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that it shall no more be said: 'As the LORD liveth, that brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt,'

    חַי־ chai- “[by] [the] life of”

  6. Jeremiah 16:15

    but: 'As the LORD liveth, that brought up the children of Israel from the land of the north, and from all the countries whither He had driven them'; and I will bring them back into their land that I gave unto their fathers.

    חַי־ chai- “[by] [the] life of”

  7. Jeremiah 17:13

    Thou hope of Israel, the LORD! All that forsake Thee shall be ashamed; they that depart from Thee shall be written in the earth, because they have forsaken the LORD, the fountain of living waters.

    חַיִּ֖ים chai.Yim “living”

  8. Jeremiah 22:24

    As I live, saith the LORD, though Coniah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah were the signet upon My right hand, yet would I pluck thee thence;

    חַי־ chai- “[by] [the] life”

  9. Jeremiah 23:7

    Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that they shall no more say: 'As the LORD liveth, that brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt';

    חַי־ chai- “[by] [the] life of”

  10. Jeremiah 23:8

    but: 'As the LORD liveth, that brought up and that led the seed of the house of Israel out of the north country, and from all the countries whither I had driven them'; and they shall dwell in their own land.

    חַי־ chai- “[by] [the] life of”

  11. Jeremiah 23:36

    And the burden of the LORD shall ye mention no more; for every man's own word shall be his burden; and would ye pervert the words of the living God, of the LORD of hosts our God?

    חַיִּ֔ים chai.Yim “living”

  12. Jeremiah 38:16

    So Zedekiah the king swore secretly unto Jeremiah, saying: 'As the LORD liveth, that made us this soul, I will not put thee to death, neither will I give thee into the hand of these men that seek thy life.'

    חַי־ chai- “[by] [the] life”

  13. Jeremiah 44:26

    Therefore hear ye the word of the LORD, all Judah that dwell in the land of Egypt: Behold, I have sworn by My great name, saith the LORD, that My name shall no more be named in the mouth of any man of Judah in all the land of Egypt saying: As the Lord GO

    חַי־ chai- “[by] [the] life of”

  14. Jeremiah 46:18

    As I live, saith the King, whose name is the LORD of hosts, surely like Tabor among the mountains, and like Carmel by the sea, so shall he come.

    חַי־ chai- “[by] [the] life”

  15. Lamentations 3:39

    Wherefore doth a living man complain, a strong man because of his sins?

    חָ֔י Chai “living”

  16. Ezekiel 5:11

    Wherefore, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, surely, because thou hast defiled My sanctuary with all thy detestable things, and with all thine abominations, therefore will I also diminish thee; neither shall Mine eye spare, and I also will have no pity.

    חַי־ chai- “[by] [the] life”

  17. Ezekiel 14:16

    though these three men were in it, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, they shall deliver neither sons nor daughters; they only shall be delivered, but the land shall be desolate.

    חַי־ chai- “[by] [the] life”

  18. Ezekiel 14:18

    though these three men were in it, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, they shall deliver neither sons nor daughters, but they only shall be delivered themselves.

    חַי־ chai- “[by] [the] life”

  19. Ezekiel 14:20

    though Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, they shall deliver neither son nor daughter; they shall but deliver their own souls by their righteousness.

    חַי־ chai- “[by] [the] life”

  20. Ezekiel 16:48

    As I live, saith the Lord GOD, Sodom thy sister hath not done, she nor her daughters, as thou hast done, thou and thy daughters.

    חַי־ chai- “[by] [the] life”

  21. Ezekiel 17:16

    As I live, saith the Lord GOD, surely in the place where the king dwelleth that made him king, whose oath he despised, and whose covenant he broke, even with him in the midst of Babylon he shall die.

    חַי־ chai- “[by] [the] life”

  22. Ezekiel 17:19

    Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD: As I live, surely Mine oath that he hath despised, and My covenant that he hath broken, I will even bring it upon his own head.

    חַי־ chai- “[by] [the] life”

  23. Ezekiel 18:3

    As I live, saith the Lord GOD, ye shall not have occasion any more to use this proverb in Israel.

    חַי־ chai- “[by] [the] life”

  24. Ezekiel 20:3

    'Son of man, speak unto the elders of Israel, and say unto them: Thus saith the Lord GOD: Are ye come to inquire of Me? As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I will not be inquired of by you.

    חַי־ chai- “[by] [the] life”

  25. Ezekiel 20:31

    and when, in offering your gifts, in making your sons to pass through the fire, ye pollute yourselves with all your idols, unto this day; shall I then be inquired of by you, O house of Israel? As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I will not be inquired of by y

    חַי־ chai- “[by] [the] life”