Hebrew adjective (Aramaic) · H2417
חַי
chaykhah'-ee
living
7 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H2417is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 2 of 39Old Testament books
- 7spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H2417
alive; also (as noun in plural) life
The King James renders it: life, that liveth, living.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
chay is rendered "living". It stands 7 times in the Hebrew text, across two books.
- Six of the uses stand in Daniel, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Ezra 6:10Then they will be able to offer sacrifices of a sweet aroma to the God of heaven and to pray for the lives of the king and his sons.
- The Greek text spells it seven different ways.
The first use
Then they will be able to offer sacrifices of a sweet aroma to the God of heaven and to pray for the lives of the king and his sons.
Ezra 6:10לְחַיֵּ֥י
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- living the2
- the living2
- and obj. living of1
- for lifes of1
- in lifes1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| חַי | chay | alive | Uses498 |
| חַיִל | chayil | strength | Uses7 |
| חַיִץ | chayits | wall | Uses1 |
| חַיּוּת | chayuth | living | Uses1 |
Other numbers on this spelling
Strong gave these words the same spelling and different numbers, so the site counts and defines them apart.
All 7, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
7 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- בְחַיִּ֛ין1
- וּלְחַ֥י1
- חַיָּ֔א1
- חַיָּ֗א1
- חַיַּיָּ֔א1
- חַ֠יַּיָּא1
- לְחַיֵּ֥י1
The grammar of each form
- adjective · masculine or feminine singular · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)2AAabsd/Ta
- adjective · masculine plural · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)2AAampd/Ta
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition + adjective · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)1AC/R/Aabsc
- preposition + noun · masculine plural1AR/Ncmpa
- preposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)1AR/Ncmpc
Ezra
one use
Then they will be able to offer sacrifices of a sweet aroma to the God of heaven and to pray for the lives of the king and his sons.
- לְחַיֵּ֥יlechaiyeipreposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: for lifes of
Daniel
six uses
And to me this mystery has been revealed, not because I have more wisdom than any man alive, but in order that the interpretation might be made known to the king, and that you may understand the thoughts of your mind.
- חַיַּיָּ֔אchaiyaiya'adjective · masculine plural · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)tagged: living the
This decision is the decree of the watchers, the verdict declared by the holy ones, so that the living will know that the Most High rules over the kingdom of mankind and gives it to whom He wishes, setting over it the lowliest of men.’
- חַ֠יַּיָּאchaiyaiya'adjective · masculine plural · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)tagged: living the
But at the end of those days I, Nebuchadnezzar, looked up to heaven, and my sanity was restored to me. Then I praised the Most High, and I honored and glorified Him who lives forever: “For His dominion is an everlasting dominion, and His kingdom endures from generation to generation.
- וּלְחַ֥יulechaiconjunction (“and”) + preposition + adjective · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and obj. living of
When he reached the den, he cried out in a voice of anguish, “O Daniel, servant of the living God, has your God, whom you serve continually, been able to deliver you from the lions?”
- חַיָּ֔אchaiya'adjective · masculine or feminine singular · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)tagged: the living
I hereby decree that in every part of my kingdom, men are to tremble in fear before the God of Daniel: For He is the living God, and He endures forever; His kingdom will never be destroyed, and His dominion will never end.
- חַיָּ֗אchaiya'adjective · masculine or feminine singular · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)tagged: the living
As for the rest of the beasts, their dominion was removed, but they were granted an extension of life for a season and a time.
- בְחַיִּ֛יןvechaiyinpreposition + noun · masculine pluraltagged: in lifes
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.