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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)
Dictionary Aids

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 - When Toi H8583 king H4428 of Hamath H2574 heard H8085 that David H1732 had smitten H5221 all the host H2428 of Hadadezer, H1909

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:15 - And they came H935 and besieged H6696 him in Abel H59 of Bethmaachah, H1038 and they cast up H8210 a bank H5550 against the city, H5892 and it stood H5975 in the trench: H2426 and all the people H5971 that were with Joab H3097 battered H7843 the wall, H2346 to throw it down. H5307

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:23 - And of Jezebel H348 also spake H1696 the LORD, H3068 saying, H559 The dogs H3611 shall eat H398 Jezebel H348 by the wall H2426 of Jezreel. H3157

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:17 - And the king H4428 of Assyria H804 sent H7971 Tartan H8661 and Rabsaris H7249 and Rabshakeh H7262 from Lachish H3923 to king H4428 Hezekiah H2396 with a great H3515 host H2426 against Jerusalem. H3389 And they went up H5927 and came H935 to Jerusalem. H3389 And when they were come up, H5927 they came H935 and stood H5975 by the conduit H8585 of the upper H5945 pool, H1295 which is in the highway H4546 of the fuller's H3526 field. H7704

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 18:9 - Now when Tou H8583 king H4428 of Hamath H2574 heard H8085 how David H1732 had smitten H5221 all the host H2428 of Hadarezer H1928 king H4428 of Zobah; H6678

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 20:1 - And it came to pass, that after H6256 the year H8141 was expired, H8666 at the time H6256 that kings H4428 go out H3318 to battle, Joab H3097 led forth H5090 the power H2428 of the army, H6635 and wasted H7843 the country H776 of the children H1121 of Ammon, H5983 and came H935 and besieged H6696 Rabbah. H7237 But David H1732 tarried H3427 at Jerusalem. H3389 And Joab H3097 smote H5221 Rabbah, H7237 and destroyed H2040 it.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 16:7 - And at that time H6256 Hanani H2607 the seer H7200 came H935 to Asa H609 king H4428 of Judah, H3063 and said H559 unto him, Because thou hast relied H8172 on the king H4428 of Syria, H758 and not relied H8172 on the LORD H3068 thy God, H430 therefore is the host H2428 of the king H4428 of Syria H758 escaped H4422 out of thine hand. H3027

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:23 - And it came to pass at the end H8622 of the year, H8141 that the host H2428 of Syria H758 came up H5927 against him: and they came H935 to Judah H3063 and Jerusalem, H3389 and destroyed H7843 all the princes H8269 of the people H5971 from among the people, H5971 and sent H7971 all the spoil H7998 of them unto the king H4428 of Damascus. H1834

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:24 - For the army H2428 of the Syrians H758 came H935 with a small H4705 company of men, H582 and the LORD H3068 delivered H5414 a very H3966 great H7230 host H2428 into their hand, H3027 because they had forsaken H5800 the LORD H3068 God H430 of their fathers. H1 So they executed H6213 judgment H8201 against Joash. H3101

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 26:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:13 - And under their hand H3027 was an army, H2428 H6635 three H7969 hundred H3967 thousand H505 and seven H7651 thousand H505 and five H2568 hundred, H3967 that made H6213 war H4421 with mighty H2428 power, H3581 to help H5826 the king H4428 against the enemy. H341

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:2 - And he spake H559 before H6440 his brethren H251 and the army H2428 of Samaria, H8111 and said, H559 What do H6213 these feeble H537 Jews? H3064 will they fortify H5800 themselves? will they sacrifice? H2076 will they make an end H3615 in a day? H3117 will they revive H2421 the stones H68 out of the heaps H6194 of the rubbish H6083 which are burned? H8313

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:10 - He croucheth, H1794 and humbleth H7817 himself, that the poor H2426 H2489 may fall H5307 by his strong ones. H6099

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 122:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 122:7 - Peace H7965 be within thy walls, H2426 and prosperity H7962 within thy palaces. H759

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 26:1 - In that day H3117 shall this song H7892 be sung H7891 in the land H776 of Judah; H3063 We have a strong H5797 city; H5892 salvation H3444 will God appoint H7896 for walls H2346 and bulwarks. H2426

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:2 - And the king H4428 of Assyria H804 sent H7971 Rabshakeh H7262 from Lachish H3923 to Jerusalem H3389 unto king H4428 Hezekiah H2396 with a great H3515 army. H2426 And he stood H5975 by the conduit H8585 of the upper H5945 pool H1295 in the highway H4546 of the fuller's H3526 field. H7704

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:8 - The LORD H3068 hath purposed H2803 to destroy H7843 the wall H2346 of the daughter H1323 of Zion: H6726 he hath stretched out H5186 a line, H6957 he hath not withdrawn H7725 his hand H3027 from destroying: H1104 therefore he made the rampart H2426 and the wall H2346 to lament; H56 they languished H535 together. H3162

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Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:11 - And the LORD H3068 shall utter H5414 his voice H6963 before H6440 his army: H2428 for his camp H4264 is very H3966 great: H7227 for he is strong H6099 that executeth H6213 his word: H1697 for the day H3117 of the LORD H3068 is great H1419 and very H3966 terrible; H3372 and who can abide H3557 it?

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Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:20 - And the captivity H1546 of this host H2426 of the children H1121 of Israel H3478 shall possess that of the Canaanites, H3669 even unto Zarephath; H6886 and the captivity H1546 of Jerusalem, H3389 which is in Sepharad, H5614 shall possess H3423 the cities H5892 of the south. H5045

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Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:8 - Art thou better H3190 than populous H527 H528 No, H4996 that was situate H3427 among the rivers, H2975 that had the waters H4325 round about H5439 it, whose rampart H2426 was the sea, H3220 and her wall H2346 was from the sea? H3220
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