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Lexicon :: Strong's H2426 - ḥayil

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חַיִל
Transliteration
ḥayil
Pronunciation
khale
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
A collateral form of חַיִל (H2428)
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TWOT Reference: 623d

Strong’s Definitions

חֵיל chêyl, khale; or (shortened) חֵל chêl; a collateral form of H2428; an army; also (by analogy,) an intrenchment:—army, bulwark, host, + poor, rampart, trench, wall.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 10x

The KJV translates Strong's H2426 in the following manner: wall (2x), rampart (2x), host (2x), trench (1x), poor (1x), bulwark (1x), army (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 10x
The KJV translates Strong's H2426 in the following manner: wall (2x), rampart (2x), host (2x), trench (1x), poor (1x), bulwark (1x), army (1x).

  1. rampart, fortress, wall

    1. rampart

    2. fortress

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חֵיל chêyl, khale; or (shortened) חֵל chêl; a collateral form of H2428; an army; also (by analogy,) an intrenchment:—army, bulwark, host, + poor, rampart, trench, wall.
STRONGS H2426: Abbreviations
† חֵל, חֵיל noun masculineObadiah 20 rampart, fortress (perhaps originally surrounding wall, compare SabDenkm91 n. 2) — absolute חֵיל Nahum 3:8, חֵל Lamentations 2:8 + 3 times;(+ Psalm 10:10 Qr see חלכה); construct חֵל 1 Kings 21:23; suffix חֵילֵךְ Psalm 122:7, חֵילָהּ Zechariah 9:4; חֵילָה = חֵילָהּ [H2430 Psalm 48:14 [Psalm 48:13]], Ol§ 40 approximately 75g. 96 e Sta§ 347 c; —
1. rampart (defined by Jews as בֶּן חוֺמָה, i.e. a little wall, compare Ki under the word), of an outer fortification 2 Samuel 20:15 (others, by metonymy, of space between outer and inner fortification, including moat, see Dr Kit); Isaiah 26:1; Lamentations 2:8 (both || חוֺמוֺת); in general of defences, or sea-power of Tyre וְהִכָּה בַיָּם חֵילָהּ Zechariah 9:4 (see StaZAW i.1881, 15), of No-Amon (Thebes) אֲשֶׁר חֵיל יָם מִיָּם חוֺמָתָהּ Nahum 3:8; of Zion Psalm 122:7, also [H2430 Psalm 48:14 [Psalm 48:13]] (חילה = חֵילָהּ, compare above; both || ארמנותיך). — For חֵל 1 Kings 21:23 read probably חֵלֶק, which see.
2. fortress גָּלֻת הַחֵל הַזֶּה Obadiah 20 the exiles of this fortress (Hi-St; Or, AV RV this army, חֵל = חַיִל).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

2 Samuel

20:15

1 Kings

21:23; 21:23

Psalms

10:10; 122:7; 122:7

Isaiah

26:1

Lamentations

2:8; 2:8

Obadiah

1:20; 1:20

Nahum

3:8; 3:8

Zechariah

9:4; 9:4

H2426

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H2426 matches the Hebrew חַיִל (ḥayil),
which occurs 19 times in 19 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 8:9 - audivit autem Thou rex Emath quod percussisset David omne robur Adadezer

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:15 - venerunt itaque et obpugnabant eum in Abela et in Bethmacha et circumdederunt munitionibus civitatem et obsessa est urbs omnis autem turba quae erat cum Ioab moliebatur destruere muros

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:17 - misit autem rex Assyriorum Tharthan et Rabsaris et Rabsacen de Lachis ad regem Ezechiam cum manu valida Hierusalem qui cum ascendissent venerunt in Hierusalem et steterunt iuxta aquaeductum piscinae superioris quae est in via agri Fullonis

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 18:9 - quod cum audisset Thou rex Emath percussisse videlicet David omnem exercitum Adadezer regis Suba

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 20:1 - factum est autem post anni circulum eo tempore quo solent reges ad bella procedere congregavit Ioab exercitum et robur militiae et vastavit terram filiorum Ammon perrexitque et obsedit Rabba porro David manebat in Hierusalem quando Ioab percussit Rabba et destruxit eam

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:10 - [Vulgate 9:31] et confractum subiciet et inruet viribus suis valenter

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 122:7 - [Vulgate 121:7] sit pax in muris tuis abundantia in domibus tuis

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 26:1 - in die illa cantabitur canticum istud in terra Iuda urbs fortitudinis nostrae salvator ponetur in ea murus et antemurale

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:2 - et misit rex Assyriorum Rabsacen de Lachis in Hierusalem ad regem Ezechiam in manu gravi et stetit in aquaeductu piscinae superioris in via agri Fullonis

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