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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
Root Word (Etymology)
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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, 40＝2 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 might＝do 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 8:40 —הַגִּבּוֺרִים 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.
3. wealth Genesis 34:29＝Numbers 31:9 (both P), Deuteronomy 8:17, 18; Deuteronomy 33:11; Isaiah 8:4; Isaiah 10:14; Isaiah 30:6 (|| אוֺצְרֹתָם), Isaiah 60:5 (|| הֲמוֺן יָם) Isaiah 60:11; Isaiah 61:6; Micah 4:13; Jeremiah 15:13; Jeremiah 17:3 (both || אצרות), Zephaniah 1:13; Ezekiel 26:12; Ezekiel 28:4, 5 (twice in verse); Zechariah 14:14; Job 5:5; Job 15:29; Job 20:15, 18; Job 31:25; Psalm 49:7; Psalm 49:11; Psalm 62:11; Psalm 73:12; Proverbs 13:22.
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 36:1＝2 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 24:2＝captain 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 חלך＝Cilicia, see LagM i. 211.

See related Aramaic BDB entry H2429.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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

H2428

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

Page 5 / 5 (Eze 29:19–Zec 14:14)

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:19 - “Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: ‘Surely I will give the land of Egypt to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; he shall take away her wealth, carry off her spoil, and remove her pillage; and that will be the wages for his army.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:31

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:31 - “Pharaoh will see them
And be comforted over all his multitude,
Pharaoh and all his army,
Slain by the sword,”
Says the Lord GOD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 37:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 37:10 - So I prophesied as He commanded me, and breath came into them, and they lived, and stood upon their feet, an exceedingly great army.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:4 - “I will turn you around, put hooks into your jaws, and lead you out, with all your army, horses, and horsemen, all splendidly clothed, a great company with bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:15 - “Then you will come from your place out of the far north, you and many peoples with you, all of them riding on horses, a great company and a mighty army.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:7 - “But from a branch of her roots one shall arise in his place, who shall come with an army, enter the fortress of the king of the North, and deal with them and prevail.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:10 - “However his sons shall stir up strife, and assemble a multitude of great forces; and one shall certainly come and overwhelm and pass through; then he shall return to his fortress and stir up strife.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:13 - “For the king of the North will return and muster a multitude greater than the former, and shall certainly come at the end of some years with a great army and much equipment.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:25

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:25 - “He shall stir up his power and his courage against the king of the South with a great army. And the king of the South shall be stirred up to battle with a very great and mighty army; but he shall not stand, for they shall devise plans against him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:26

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:26 - “Yes, those who eat of the portion of his delicacies shall destroy him; his army shall be swept away, and many shall fall down slain.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:22 - Do not be afraid, you beasts of the field;
For the open pastures are springing up,
And the tree bears its fruit;
The fig tree and the vine yield their strength.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:25 - “So I will restore to you the years that the swarming locust has eaten,
The crawling locust,
The consuming locust,
And the chewing locust,[fn]
My great army which I sent among you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:11

Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:11 - In the day that you stood on the other side—
In the day that strangers carried captive his forces,
When foreigners entered his gates
And cast lots for Jerusalem—
Even you were as one of them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:13

Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:13 - You should not have entered the gate of My people
In the day of their calamity.
Indeed, you should not have gazed on their affliction
In the day of their calamity,
Nor laid hands on their substance
In the day of their calamity.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 4:13

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 4:13 - “Arise and thresh, O daughter of Zion;
For I will make your horn iron,
And I will make your hooves bronze;
You shall beat in pieces many peoples;
I will consecrate their gain to the LORD,
And their substance to the Lord of the whole earth.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:3 - The shields of his mighty men are made red,
The valiant men are in scarlet.
The chariots come with flaming torches
In the day of his preparation,
And the spears are brandished.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxHab 3:19

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 3:19 - The LORD God[fn] is my strength;
He will make my feet like deer’s feet,
And He will make me walk on my high hills.
To the Chief Musician. With my stringed instruments.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:13

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:13 - Therefore their goods shall become booty,
And their houses a desolation;
They shall build houses, but not inhabit them;
They shall plant vineyards, but not drink their wine.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 4:6

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 4:6 - So he answered and said to me:

“This is the word of the LORD to Zerubbabel:
‘Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,’
Says the LORD of hosts.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 9:4

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 9:4 - Behold, the Lord will cast her out;
He will destroy her power in the sea,
And she will be devoured by fire.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 14:14

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 14:14 - Judah also will fight at Jerusalem.
And the wealth of all the surrounding nations
Shall be gathered together:
Gold, silver, and apparel in great abundance.

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