Know the Word.

Hebrew word

chay

khah'-ee

חַי

What it means

alive

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

Where it comes from

from châyâh (חָיָה)

How the King James translates it

  • life116
  • living65
  • liveth64
  • live39
  • beasts39
  • beast34
  • alive28
  • creatures9

Every place it appears 442

Judges8:19
Song of Solomon4:15
Lamentations3:393:53
Amos8:14
Jonah2:6
Zephaniah2:92:142:15
Zechariah14:8
Malachi2:5