Strong's H2416 – חַי chay (khah'-ee)

1. alive 2. (hence) raw (flesh) 3. fresh (plant, water, year), strong 4. (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively [from H2421]

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חַי occurs 508 times in the Old Testament

adj
1) living, alive
1a) green (of vegetation)
1b) flowing, fresh (of water)
1c) lively, active (of man)
1d) reviving (of the springtime)
n m
2) relatives
3) life (abstract emphatic)
3a) life
3b) sustenance, maintenance
n f
4) living thing, animal
4a) animal
4b) life
4c) appetite
4d) revival, renewal
5) community

חַ֣י׀ — Occurs 73 times as — Noun - masculine singular — e.g. Zephaniah 49:48
חַיִּֽים׃ — Occurs 51 times as — Noun - masculine plural — e.g. Psalms 133:46
חָֽי׃ — Occurs 40 times as — Adjective - masculine singular — e.g. Psalms 145:39
חַיִּֽים׃ס — Occurs 34 times as — Adjective - masculine plural — e.g. Zechariah 53:50
חַיַּ֨ת — Occurs 33 times as — Noun - feminine singular construct — e.g. Psalms 74:30
חַיָּֽי׃ — Occurs 17 times as — Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular — e.g. Psalms 64:58
חַיָּֽיו׃פ — Occurs 16 times as — Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular — e.g. Joshua 52:34
הַחַיָּֽה׃ — Occurs 16 times as — Article | Noun - feminine singular — e.g. Psalms 148:47
הַֽחַיִּֽים׃ס — Occurs 15 times as — Article | Noun - masculine plural — e.g. Psalms 116:30
חַיֶּ֙ךָ֙ — Occurs 13 times as — Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular — e.g. Psalms 128:66
חַיָּֽה׃ — Occurs 13 times as — Adjective - feminine singular — e.g. Genesis 47:30
הַֽחַיִּֽים׃ — Occurs 12 times as — Article | Adjective - masculine plural — e.g. Ruth 142:52
חֵֽי־ — Occurs 12 times as — Noun - masculine singular construct — e.g. Jeremiah 44:55
חַיֵּ֣י — Occurs 12 times as — Noun - masculine plural construct — e.g. Proverbs 47:30
הַֽחַיָּ֣ה׀ — Occurs 10 times as — Article | Adjective - feminine singular — e.g. Leviticus 14:53
חַיָּֽה־ — Occurs 10 times as — Noun - feminine singular — e.g. Leviticus 37:33
וְחֵֽי־ — Occurs 9 times as — Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct — e.g. Amos 25:30
הֶחָֽי׃פ — Occurs 8 times as — Article | Noun - masculine singular — e.g. 1 Kings 3:27
חַיְתוֹ־ — Occurs 8 times as — Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular — e.g. Zephaniah 104:20
הֶחָֽי׃ — Occurs 7 times as — Article | Adjective - masculine singular — e.g. Leviticus 21:35
וְחַיַּ֣ת — Occurs 7 times as — Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct — e.g. Job 39:39
הַחַיּ֜וֹת — Occurs 7 times as — Article | Noun - feminine plural — e.g. Ezekiel 3:19
בַּֽחַיִּֽין׃ — Occurs 7 times as — Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine plural — e.g. Psalms 66:22
בְחַיַּ֔י — Occurs 5 times as — Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular — e.g. Psalms 146:46
לְחַיִּ֔ים — Occurs 5 times as — Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural — e.g. Proverbs 19:23
וְחַיָּתִי — Occurs 5 times as — Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular — e.g. Job 40:28
חַיּ֥וֹת — Occurs 4 times as — Noun - feminine plural — e.g. Psalms 104:25
בְּחַיָּֽיו׃ — Occurs 4 times as — Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular — e.g. Psalms 49:30
וְחַיִּֽים׃ — Occurs 4 times as — Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural — e.g. Proverbs 27:27
לַחַיָּ֖ה — Occurs 3 times as — Preposition-l, Article | Noun - feminine singular — e.g. Zephaniah 46:27
מֵֽחַיִּ֗ים — Occurs 2 times as — Preposition-m | Noun - masculine plural — e.g. Psalms 63:3
וְ֝חַיָּתָ֗ם — Occurs 2 times as — Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine plural — e.g. Psalms 78:50
לְ֭חַיַּת — Occurs 2 times as — Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular construct — e.g. Psalms 74:19
מֵחַיָּֽי׃ס — Occurs 2 times as — Preposition-m | Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular — e.g. Jonah 4:8
וְחַיָּ֤ה — Occurs 2 times as — Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular — e.g. Ezekiel 14:21
לְחַיֵּי־ — Occurs 2 times as — Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct — e.g. Genesis 12:11
חַיָּתָֽם׃ — Occurs 2 times as — Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine plural — e.g. Numbers 35:13
חַיֵּיהֶֽם׃ — Occurs 2 times as — Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural — e.g. Exodus 2:14
בְּחַיֵּיהֶ֔ם — Occurs 2 times as — Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural — e.g. Ecclesiastes 9:23
בְּחַיֶּֽיהָ׃ — Occurs 1 time as — Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singular — Leviticus 18:18
בְּחַיַּ֥ת — Occurs 1 time as — Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct — Hosea 4:3
בְּחֵ֣י — Occurs 1 time as — Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct — Daniel 12:7
וּבַ֣חַיָּ֔ה — Occurs 1 time as — Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular — Genesis 7:21
וְהַחַיּ֖וֹת — Occurs 1 time as — Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - feminine plural — Ezekiel 1:14
חַיּ֖וֹת — Occurs 1 time as — Adjective - feminine plural — Leviticus 14:4
חַיֵּ֖ינוּ — Occurs 1 time as — Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common plural — Isaiah 38:20
לַחַיִּ֖ים — Occurs 1 time as — Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine plural — Isaiah 4:3
וְהַחַ֖י — Occurs 1 time as — Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine singular — Ecclesiastes 7:2
חַיֶּֽיה׃ — Occurs 1 time as — Noun - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singular — Proverbs 31:12
חַיָּתִ֑י — Occurs 1 time as — Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular — Psalms 143:3
חַיָּ֑יְכִי — Occurs 1 time as — Noun - masculine plural construct | second person feminine singular — Psalms 103:4
וְחַיַּ֗י — Occurs 1 time as — Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular — Psalms 88:3
לְחַיְתוֹ־ — Occurs 1 time as — Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular — Psalms 79:2
וְלַֽחַיָּ֖ה — Occurs 1 time as — Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l, Article | Noun - feminine singular — Leviticus 25:7
חַיָּתְךָ֥ — Occurs 1 time as — Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular — Psalms 68:10
בְּחַיֶּֽיךָ׃ — Occurs 1 time as — Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular — Deuteronomy 28:66
חַיֵּיכֶ֑ם — Occurs 1 time as — Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural — Deuteronomy 32:47
וּֽמֵחַיַּ֥ת — Occurs 1 time as — Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular construct — Job 5:22
וּלְחַיַּ֣ת — Occurs 1 time as — Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular construct — 1 Samuel 17:46
לֶחָ֑י — Occurs 1 time as — Preposition-l, Article | Adjective - masculine singular — 1 Samuel 25:6