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Strong's H2416 · Hebrew

chay

khah'-ee

from 2421; 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


Scholarly Lexicons

Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB)

H2416a

H2416a חַי alive , living . . of God , as the living one , the fountain of life . of man . of animals, alive , living . animals and man . (dub.) of vegetation, as thorns, green . of water, fresh . (dub.) lively , active . reviving H2416b חַי kinsfolk H2416c חַיָּה living thing , animal . animal . in general . wild animals , on account of their vital energy and activity . living beings , of the cherubic chariot . life , only in late poetry . appetite , activity of hunger . revival , renewal H2416d חַיָּה community H2416e חַיִּים pl. abstr. emph. life . life : physical . life : as welfare and happiness in king's presence . sustenance , maintenance

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon (BDB), 1906 — public domain

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