חַי

chay · Hebrew · Strong's H2416 · 500 occurrences

The KJV renders 30 different Hebrew and Greek words as “thing”

What it means

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

from H2421 (חָיָה);

How the KJV renders it

alive, appetite, beast, company, congregation, life, live, living creature, thing, maintenance, multitude, quick, raw, running, springing, troop

Where that flattens a distinction

The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.

“thing”

also renders tìs (G5100), asthenḗs (G772), hágios (G40), mēdeís (G3367), tís (G5101), oudeís (G3762), lógos (G3056), prâgma (G4229), nomízō (G3543), ʼômer (H562), gâdôwl (H1419), dâbâr (H1697), zûwr (H2114), ṭûwb (H2898), yârêʼ (H3372), kôl (H3605), kᵉlîy (H3627), mᵉlâʼkâh (H4399), mᵉʻaṭ (H4592), niddâh (H5079), nephesh (H5315), ʻôsheq (H6233), piggûwl (H6292), qôdesh (H6944), qâlal (H7043), qâsheh (H7186), raʻ (H7451), tahpukâh (H8419), tôwʻêbah (H8441)

“company”

also renders synodía (G4923), óchlos (G3793), sympósion (G4849), plēthos (G4128), klisía (G2828), ʼôrᵉchâh (H736), bath (H1323), hălîykâh (H1979), hâmôwn (H1995), chebel (H2256), cheber (H2267), chayil (H2428), lahăqâh (H3862), machălôqeth (H4256), tsâbâʼ (H6635), qibbûwts (H6899), rôʼsh (H7218), shiphʻâh (H8229)

“multitude”

also renders óchlos (G3793), plēthos (G4128), ʼÂmôwn (H528), hâmôwn (H1995), mâlêʼ (H4392), mᵉlôʼ (H4393), marbîyth (H4768), rîyb (H7379), shiphʻâh (H8229)

“live”

also renders bióō (G980), hypárchō (G5225), esthíō (G2068), zōogonéō (G2225), anastréphō (G390), politeúomai (G4176), chăyâʼ (H2418), tiqvâh (H8615)

“life”

also renders záō (G2198), bíos (G979), zōḗ (G2222), psychḗ (G5590), pneûma (G4151), chay (H2417)

“beast”

also renders zōon (G2226), ktēnos (G2934), bᵉʻîyr (H1165), chêyvâʼ (H2423), nephesh (H5315)

“congregation”

also renders synagōgḗ (G4864), môwʻêd (H4150), qᵉhillâh (H6952)

“quick”

also renders záō (G2198), michyâh (H4241)

“alive”

also renders záō (G2198)

“appetite”

also renders nephesh (H5315)

“raw”

also renders nâʼ (H4995)

“troop”

also renders ʼôrach (H734)

Questions this word decides

Where it appears

500 occurrences in the Hebrew text, first 60 verses shown.

1 Kings 1:29 HAamsa1 Kings 2:24 HAamsa1 Kings 3:22 HTd/Aamsa1 Kings 3:23 HTd/Aamsa1 Kings 3:25 HTd/Aamsa1 Kings 3:26 HTd/Aamsa1 Kings 3:27 HTd/Aamsa1 Kings 4:21 HNcmpc/Sp3ms1 Kings 8:40 HAampa1 Kings 11:34 HNcmpc/Sp3ms1 Kings 12:6 HAamsa1 Kings 15:5 HNcmpc/Sp3ms1 Kings 15:6 HNcmpc/Sp3ms1 Kings 17:1 HAamsa1 Kings 17:12 HAamsa1 Kings 17:23 HAamsa1 Kings 18:10 HAamsa1 Kings 18:15 HAamsa1 Kings 20:18 HAampa1 Kings 20:32 HAamsa1 Kings 21:15 HAamsa1 Kings 22:14 HAamsa1 Samuel 1:11 HNcmpc/Sp3ms1 Samuel 1:26 HAamsa1 Samuel 2:15 HAamsa1 Samuel 7:15 HNcmpc/Sp3ms1 Samuel 14:39 HAamsa1 Samuel 14:45 HAamsa1 Samuel 15:8 HAamsa1 Samuel 17:26 HAampa1 Samuel 17:36 HAampa1 Samuel 17:46 HC/R/Ncfsc1 Samuel 17:55 HAamsa1 Samuel 18:18 HNcmpc/Sp1cs1 Samuel 19:6 HAamsa1 Samuel 20:3 HAamsa1 Samuel 20:14 HAamsa1 Samuel 20:21 HAamsa1 Samuel 25:6 HRd/Aamsa1 Samuel 25:26 HAamsa1 Samuel 25:29 HTd/Aampa1 Samuel 25:34 HAamsa1 Samuel 26:10 HAamsa1 Samuel 26:16 HAamsa1 Samuel 28:10 HAamsa1 Samuel 29:6 HAamsa2 Chronicles 6:31 HAampa2 Chronicles 10:6 HAamsa2 Chronicles 18:13 HAamsa2 Chronicles 25:12 HAampa2 Chronicles 25:18 HNcfsc2 Kings 2:2 HAamsa2 Kings 2:4 HAamsa2 Kings 2:6 HAamsa2 Kings 3:14 HAamsa2 Kings 4:16 HAafsa2 Kings 4:17 HAafsa2 Kings 4:30 HAamsa2 Kings 5:16 HAamsa2 Kings 5:20 HAamsa

Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Hebrew text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.