Living
חַיStrong’s H2417chay
Appears in 7 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Chay is the Aramaic word usually translated “living the”, “living” and “life of”. It appears in 7 verses of the Old Testament.
“But as for me, this secret is not revealed to me for any wisdom that I have more than any living, but for their sakes that shall make known the interpretation to the king, and that thou mightest know the thoughts of thy heart.”
Meaning
- Alive, living, life
How it's translated
- living the 2
- living 2
- for life of 1
- and living of 1
- in life 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Daniel 6
- Ezra 1
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Daniel 4:17In contextThis matter is by the decree of the watchers, and the demand by the word of the holy ones: to the intent that the living may know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will, and setteth up over it the basest of men.
- Daniel 4:34In contextAnd at the end of the days I Nebuchadnezzar lifted up mine eyes unto heaven, and mine understanding returned unto me, and I blessed the most High, and I praised and honoured him that liveth for ever, whose dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom is from generation to generation:
- Daniel 6:20In contextAnd when he came to the den, he cried with a lamentable voice unto Daniel: and the king spake and said to Daniel, O Daniel, servant of the living God, is thy God, whom thou servest continually, able to deliver thee from the lions?
- Daniel 6:26In contextI make a decree, That in every dominion of my kingdom men tremble and fear before the God of Daniel: for he is the living God, and stedfast for ever, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed, and his dominion shall be even unto the end.
- Daniel 7:12In contextAs concerning the rest of the beasts, they had their dominion taken away: yet their lives were prolonged for a season and time.
- Ezra 6:10That they may offer sacrifices of sweet savours unto the God of heaven, and pray for the life of the king, and of his sons.
Aramaic dictionary
חַי chay · living
alive, living, life Aramaic of chay (חַי "alive" H2416A)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “living” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
LIV'ING, participle present
tense [from live.]
- Dwelling; residing; existing; subsisting; having life or the vital functions in operation; not dead.
- adjective Issuing continually from the earth; running; flowing; as a living spring or fountain; opposed to stagnant.
- adjective Producing action, animation and vigor; quickening; as a living principle; a living faith.
All definitions and other forms of “living”
LIV'ING, noun
He or those who are alive; usually with a plural signification; as in the land of the living
- “The living will lay it to his heart” Ecclesiastes 7:2
LIV'ING, noun
- Means of subsistence; estate.“He divided to them his living” Luke 15:12“She of her want, did cast in all that she had, even all her living” Mark 12:44
- Power of continuing life.
- Livelihood.
- The benefice of a clergyman.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Aramaic, not from any one translation.