חַי

Strong’s Definition

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

Etymology & Derivation

from H2421 (חָיָה);

KJV Usage

[phrase] age, alive, appetite, (wild) beast, company, congregation, life(-time), live(-ly), living (creature, thing), maintenance, [phrase] merry, multitude, [phrase] (be) old, quick, raw, running, springing, troop.

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 1.(adj) living, alive
• 2.green (of vegetation)
• 3.life
• 4.animal
• 5.life
• 6.sustenance, maintenance
• 7.flowing, fresh (of water)
• 8.lively, active (of man)
• 9.(n m) relatives
• 10.appetite
• 11.revival, renewal
• 12.life (abstract emphatic)
• 13.reviving (of the springtime)
• 14.(n f) living thing, animal
• 15.community

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: chay; Pronunciation: khah'-ee