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Lexicon :: Strong's H2428 - ḥayil

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חַיִל
Transliteration
ḥayil
Pronunciation
khah'-yil
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
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TWOT Reference: 624a

Strong’s Definitions

חַיִל chayil, khah'-yil; from H2342; probably a force, whether of men, means or other resources; an army, wealth, virtue, valor, strength:—able, activity, ( ) army, band of men (soldiers), company, (great) forces, goods, host, might, power, riches, strength, strong, substance, train, ( ) valiant(-ly), valour, virtuous(-ly), war, worthy(-ily).


KJV Translation Count — Total: 243x

The KJV translates Strong's H2428 in the following manner: army (56x), man of valour (37x), host (29x), forces (14x), valiant (13x), strength (12x), riches (11x), wealth (10x), power (9x), substance (8x), might (6x), strong (5x), miscellaneous (33x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 243x
The KJV translates Strong's H2428 in the following manner: army (56x), man of valour (37x), host (29x), forces (14x), valiant (13x), strength (12x), riches (11x), wealth (10x), power (9x), substance (8x), might (6x), strong (5x), miscellaneous (33x).
  1. strength, might, efficiency, wealth, army

    1. strength

    2. ability, efficiency

    3. wealth

    4. force, army

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חַיִל chayil, khah'-yil; from H2342; probably a force, whether of men, means or other resources; an army, wealth, virtue, valor, strength:—able, activity, ( ) army, band of men (soldiers), company, (great) forces, goods, host, might, power, riches, strength, strong, substance, train, ( ) valiant(-ly), valour, virtuous(-ly), war, worthy(-ily).
STRONGS H2428: Abbreviations
חַ֫יִל 244 noun masculine 2 Kings 10:2 strength, efficiency, wealth, army; — absolute ח׳ Genesis 47:6 +, חָ֑יִל Psalm 60:14 [Psalm 60:12] +, חָ֑יִל Psalm 60:14 [Psalm 60:12]+, חֵיל Isaiah 36:2; 2 Kings 18:17; construct חֵיל Exodus 14:28 + (on Psalm 10:10 see חלכה); suffix חֵילִי Job 31:25 + 2 times; חֵילְךָ Jeremiah 15:13 +; חֵילוֺ Exodus 14:4 +, etc.; plural חֲיָלִים 1 Chronicles 7:5 + 19 times; suffix חֵילֵיהֶם Isaiah 30:6; —
1. strength, usually physical:
a. seldom alone (chiefly in poetry) 1 Samuel 2:4; Psalm 18:33, 402 Samuel 22:33, 40; also ח'נָּֽברוּ Job 21:7, compare Ecclesiastes 10:10; מֵחַיִל אֶלחָֿ֑יִל Psalm 84:8; בְּכֹחַ ח׳ 2 Chronicles 26:13; of virility Proverbs 31:3; of י׳'s power Psalm 59:12; Psalm 110:3, compare Habakkuk 3:19; strength of horse Psalm 33:17; figurative of product of vine and fig-tree Joel 2:22 (|| פְּרִי).
b. of result or display of strength עשׂה ח׳ achieve mightdo valiantly Numbers 24:18 (JE), 1 Samuel 14:48; Psalm 60:14 [Psalm 60:12]=Psalm 108:14 [Psalm 108:13]; Psalm 118:15, 16.
c. often in phrases גִּבּוֺר(הַ)ח׳, גִּבּוֺרֵי(הַ)ח׳ hero(es) of strength, mighty man (men) of valour Joshua 1:14 (D), Joshua 6:2; Joshua 8:3; Joshua 10:7 (all J E), Judges 6:12; Judges 11:1; 1 Samuel 9:1; 1 Samuel 16:18; 1 Kings 11:28; 2 Kings 5:1; 2 Kings 15:20; 2 Kings 24:14, 16; 1 Chronicles 5:24; 1 Chronicles 7:2, 9; 1 Chronicles 8:40הַגִּבּוֺרִים וכל גבורי ח׳ 1 Chronicles 28:1; also ח׳ ג׳ 2 Chronicles 13:3 (|| מלחמה ג׳); (הַ)חֲיָלִים ג׳ 1 Chronicles 7:5, 7, 11, 40; 1 Chronicles 11:26 (see also גִּבּוֺר); בֶּןֿ(הַ)ח׳, בְּנֵי(הַ)ח׳ Deuteronomy 3:18; Judges 18:2 + (see בֵּן 8); אִישׁ ח׳, אַנְשֵׁי ח׳ Judges 3:29; Judges 20:44; Judges 20:46; 1 Samuel 31:12; 1 Samuel 11:16; 2 Samuel 23:20 (Qr; Kt חי, on phrase בןאֿישׁ חיל compare Dr)=1 Chronicles 11:22 (Kt חיל), 2 Samuel 24:9; Nahum 2:4; Jeremiah 48:15; 1 Chronicles 10:12; Nehemiah 11:6; Psalm 76:6; ironical לִמְסֹךְ שֵׁכָר ח׳ א׳ Isaiah 5:22=(|| גבורים לשׁתות יין); Ecclesiastes 12:3 metaphor of legs.
2. ability, efficiency, often involving moral worth אַנְשֵׁי ח׳ Genesis 47:6 (J), Exodus 18:21, 25 (both E); of a woman אֵשֶׁת ח׳ Proverbs 12:4; Proverbs 31:10; Ruth 3:11; compare 1 Kings 1:42, 52 (opposed to רעה), and especially יִרְאֵי אלהים אַנְשֵׁי אֱמֶת שׂנְאֵי בָּ֑צַע אַנְשֵׁי ח׳ Exodus 18:21(E); עָשָׂה חיל Proverbs 31:29 do worthily, efficiently, perhaps also Ruth 4:11; late (with weakened meaning of גִּבּוֺר) גִּבּוֺרֵי חֵיל מְלֶאכֶת עֲבוֺדַת בֵּית הָאלהים 1 Chronicles 9:13, compare בַּכִּחַ לַעֲבֹדָה אישׁ ח׳ 1 Chronicles 26:8. So also 1 Samuel 10:26 (read בְּנֵי ח׳, see Greek Version of the LXX We Dr, men of worth, opposed to בני בליעל 1 Samuel 10:27) for MT ח׳ force, band.
4. force, army, very often Exodus 14:4, 9, 17, 28 (all P), Exodus 15:4 (song), 1 Samuel 17:20; 2 Samuel 8:9; 2 Kings 6:4, 15; 2 Kings 25:1, 5 (twice in verse); 2 Kings 25:10; 2 Chronicles 13:3 (בְּחַיִל גִּבּוֺרֵי מלחמה), 2 Chron 14:7; 2 Chronicles 16:7; 23:14 +; so usually Jeremiah: Jeremiah 32:2; Jeremiah 34:1 +; frequently Ezekiel: Ezekiel 17:17; Ezekiel 27:10 +; Daniel 11:7, 13, 25 (twice in verse); Daniel 11:26; =a band 1 Samuel 10:26 (MT, but see 2, at the end); of train of Queen of Sheba גדול ח׳ 1 Kings 10:2 2 Chronicles 9:1; חֵיל כָּבֵד Isaiah 36:12 Kings 18:17 a powerful army (on form compare Sta§ 194 c); also (late) חֵיל הַצָּבָא 1 Chronicles 20:1; 2 Chronicles 26:13, חֵיל עָם Esther 8:11; הֲמוֺן חֲיָלִים Daniel 11:10; שַׂרהֿח׳ 2 Samuel 24:2captain of the host, שָׂרֵי הח׳ 2 Samuel 24:4; 2 Samuel 24:4; שָׂרֵי הַחֲיָלִים captains of armies (bands, divisions) 1 Kings 15:20 2 Chronicles 16:4; 2 Kings 25:23; Jeremiah 40:7, 13; Jeremiah 41:11, 13, 16; Jeremiah 42:1, 8; Jeremiah 43:4, 5. החִיל פִּקּוּדֵי Numbers 31:14 (P). — חֵילוּ Ezekiel 32:31 omitted by B Hi Co: for חֵילֵךְ Ezekiel 27:11 read probably a proper name, of a location, compare Da; Co proposes חתלון (compare Ezekiel 47:15; Ezekiel 48:1), HalMÈl. Epigr. 1874, 69 חלךCilicia, see LagM i. 211.

See related Aramaic BDB entry H2429.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

34:29; 47:6; 47:6

Exodus

14:4; 14:4; 14:9; 14:17; 14:28; 14:28; 15:4; 18:21; 18:21; 18:25

Numbers

24:18; 31:9; 31:14

Deuteronomy

3:18; 8:17; 8:18; 33:11

Joshua

1:14; 6:2; 8:3; 10:7

Judges

3:29; 6:12; 11:1; 18:2; 20:44; 20:46

Ruth

3:11; 4:11

1 Samuel

2:4; 9:1; 10:26; 10:26; 10:27; 14:48; 16:18; 17:20; 31:12

2 Samuel

8:9; 22:33; 22:40; 23:20; 24:2; 24:4; 24:4; 24:9

1 Kings

1:42; 1:52; 10:2; 11:28; 15:20

2 Kings

5:1; 6:4; 6:15; 10:2; 15:20; 18:17; 18:17; 24:14; 24:16; 25:1; 25:5; 25:10; 25:23

1 Chronicles

5:24; 7:2; 7:5; 7:5; 7:7; 7:9; 7:11; 7:40; 8:40; 9:13; 10:12; 11:22; 11:26; 20:1; 26:8; 28:1

2 Chronicles

9:1; 13:3; 13:3; 14:7; 16:4; 16:7; 23:14; 26:13; 26:13

Nehemiah

11:6

Esther

8:11

Job

5:5; 15:29; 20:15; 20:18; 21:7; 31:25; 31:25

Psalms

10:10; 18:33; 18:40; 33:17; 49:7; 49:11; 59:12; 60:12; 60:12; 60:12; 62:11; 73:12; 76:6; 84:8; 108:13; 110:3; 118:15; 118:16

Proverbs

12:4; 13:22; 31:3; 31:10; 31:29

Ecclesiastes

10:10; 12:3

Isaiah

5:22; 8:4; 10:14; 30:6; 30:6; 36:1; 36:2; 60:5; 60:11; 61:6

Jeremiah

15:13; 15:13; 17:3; 32:2; 34:1; 40:7; 40:13; 41:11; 41:13; 41:16; 42:1; 42:8; 43:4; 43:5; 48:15

Ezekiel

17:17; 26:12; 27:10; 27:11; 28:4; 28:5; 32:31; 47:15; 48:1

Daniel

11:7; 11:10; 11:13; 11:25; 11:26

Joel

2:22

Micah

4:13

Nahum

2:4

Habakkuk

3:19

Zephaniah

1:13

Zechariah

14:14

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H2428 matches the Hebrew חַיִל (ḥayil),
which occurs 236 times in 221 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 4 / 5 (Pro 13:22–Eze 29:18)

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:22 - A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children's children: and the wealth H2428 of the sinner is laid up for the just.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:3 - Give not thy strength H2428 unto women, nor thy ways to that which destroyeth kings.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:10 - Who can find a virtuous H2428 woman? for her price is far above rubies.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:29 - Many daughters have done virtuously, H2428 but thou excellest them all.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:10 - If the iron be blunt, and he do not whet the edge, then must he put to more strength: H2428 but wisdom is profitable to direct.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:3 - In the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong H2428 men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look out of the windows be darkened,
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:22 - Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength H2428 to mingle strong drink:
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:4 - For before the child shall have knowledge to cry, My father, and my mother, the riches H2428 of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria shall be taken away before the king of Assyria.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:14 - And my hand hath found as a nest the riches H2428 of the people: and as one gathereth eggs that are left, have I gathered all the earth; and there was none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or peeped.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:6 - The burden of the beasts of the south: into the land of trouble and anguish, from whence come the young and old lion, the viper and fiery flying serpent, they will carry their riches H2428 upon the shoulders of young asses, and their treasures upon the bunches of camels, to a people that shall not profit them.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:17 - Which bringeth forth the chariot and horse, the army H2428 and the power; they shall lie down together, they shall not rise: they are extinct, they are quenched as tow.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:5 - Then thou shalt see, and flow together, and thine heart shall fear, and be enlarged; because the abundance of the sea shall be converted unto thee, the forces H2428 of the Gentiles shall come unto thee.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:11 - Therefore thy gates shall be open continually; they shall not be shut day nor night; that men may bring unto thee the forces H2428 of the Gentiles, and that their kings may be brought.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 61:6 - But ye shall be named the Priests of the LORD: men shall call you the Ministers of our God: ye shall eat the riches H2428 of the Gentiles, and in their glory shall ye boast yourselves.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:13 - Thy substance H2428 and thy treasures will I give to the spoil without price, and that for all thy sins, even in all thy borders.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:3 - O my mountain in the field, I will give thy substance H2428 and all thy treasures to the spoil, and thy high places for sin, throughout all thy borders.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:2 - For then the king of Babylon's army H2428 besieged Jerusalem: and Jeremiah the prophet was shut up in the court of the prison, which was in the king of Judah's house.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:1 - The word which came unto Jeremiah from the LORD, when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and all his army, H2428 and all the kingdoms of the earth of his dominion, and all the people, fought against Jerusalem, and against all the cities thereof, saying,
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:7 - When the king of Babylon's army H2428 fought against Jerusalem, and against all the cities of Judah that were left, against Lachish, and against Azekah: for these defenced cities remained of the cities of Judah.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:21 - And Zedekiah king of Judah and his princes will I give into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of them that seek their life, and into the hand of the king of Babylon's army, H2428 which are gone up from you.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 35:11 - But it came to pass, when Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon came up into the land, that we said, Come, and let us go to Jerusalem for fear of the army H2428 of the Chaldeans, and for fear of the army H2428 of the Syrians: so we dwell at Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:5 - Then Pharaoh's army H2428 was come forth out of Egypt: and when the Chaldeans that besieged Jerusalem heard tidings of them, they departed from Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:7 - Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; Thus shall ye say to the king of Judah, that sent you unto me to enquire of me; Behold, Pharaoh's army, H2428 which is come forth to help you, shall return to Egypt into their own land.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:10 - For though ye had smitten the whole army H2428 of the Chaldeans that fight against you, and there remained but wounded men among them, yet should they rise up every man in his tent, and burn this city with fire.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:11 - And it came to pass, that when the army H2428 of the Chaldeans was broken up from Jerusalem for fear of Pharaoh's army, H2428
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:3 - Thus saith the LORD, This city shall surely be given into the hand of the king of Babylon's army, H2428 which shall take it.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 39:1 - In the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, came Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon and all his army H2428 against Jerusalem, and they besieged it.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 39:5 - But the Chaldeans' army H2428 pursued after them, and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho: and when they had taken him, they brought him up to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to Riblah in the land of Hamath, where he gave judgment upon him.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 40:7 - Now when all the captains of the forces H2428 which were in the fields, even they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam governor in the land, and had committed unto him men, and women, and children, and of the poor of the land, of them that were not carried away captive to Babylon;
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 40:13 - Moreover Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces H2428 that were in the fields, came to Gedaliah to Mizpah,
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:11 - But when Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces H2428 that were with him, heard of all the evil that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had done,
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:13 - Now it came to pass, that when all the people which were with Ishmael saw Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces H2428 that were with him, then they were glad.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:16 - Then took Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces H2428 that were with him, all the remnant of the people whom he had recovered from Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, from Mizpah, after that he had slain Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, even mighty men of war, and the women, and the children, and the eunuchs, whom he had brought again from Gibeon:
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 42:1 - Then all the captains of the forces, H2428 and Johanan the son of Kareah, and Jezaniah the son of Hoshaiah, and all the people from the least even unto the greatest, came near,
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 42:8 - Then called he Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces H2428 which were with him, and all the people from the least even to the greatest,
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 43:4 - So Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces, H2428 and all the people, obeyed not the voice of the LORD, to dwell in the land of Judah.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 43:5 - But Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces, H2428 took all the remnant of Judah, that were returned from all nations, whither they had been driven, to dwell in the land of Judah;
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:2 - Against Egypt, against the army H2428 of Pharaohnecho king of Egypt, which was by the river Euphrates in Carchemish, which Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon smote in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:22 - The voice thereof shall go like a serpent; for they shall march with an army, H2428 and come against her with axes, as hewers of wood.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:14 - How say ye, We are mighty and strong H2428 men for the war?
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:4 - And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon came, he and all his army, H2428 against Jerusalem, and pitched against it, and built forts against it round about.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:8 - But the army H2428 of the Chaldeans pursued after the king, and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho; and all his army H2428 was scattered from him.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:14 - And all the army H2428 of the Chaldeans, that were with the captain of the guard, brake down all the walls of Jerusalem round about.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:17 - Neither shall Pharaoh with his mighty army H2428 and great company make for him in the war, by casting up mounts, and building forts, to cut off many persons:
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:12 - And they shall make a spoil of thy riches, H2428 and make a prey of thy merchandise: and they shall break down thy walls, and destroy thy pleasant houses: and they shall lay thy stones and thy timber and thy dust in the midst of the water.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:10 - They of Persia and of Lud and of Phut were in thine army, H2428 thy men of war: they hanged the shield and helmet in thee; they set forth thy comeliness.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:11 - The men of Arvad with thine army H2428 were upon thy walls round about, and the Gammadims were in thy towers: they hanged their shields upon thy walls round about; they have made thy beauty perfect.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:4 - With thy wisdom and with thine understanding thou hast gotten thee riches, H2428 and hast gotten gold and silver into thy treasures:
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:5 - By thy great wisdom and by thy traffick hast thou increased thy riches, H2428 and thine heart is lifted up because of thy riches: H2428
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:18 - Son of man, Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon caused his army H2428 to serve a great service against Tyrus: every head was made bald, and every shoulder was peeled: yet had he no wages, nor his army, H2428 for Tyrus, for the service that he had served against it:

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