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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, 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 3 / 5 (2Ch 13:3–Pro 12:4)

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:3 - Abijah began the battle with an army H2428 of warriors, four hundred thousand chosen men, while Jeroboam drew up in battle formation against him with eight hundred thousand chosen men who were valiant H2428 warriors.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:8 - Now Asa had an army H2428 of three hundred thousand from Judah, carrying large shields and spears, and 280,000 from Benjamin, carrying shields and wielding bows; all of them were valiant H2428 warriors.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:9 -

Now Zerah the Ethiopian went out against them with an army H2428 of a million men and three hundred chariots, and he came to Mareshah.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 16:4 - And Ben-hadad listened to King Asa, and he sent the commanders of his armies H2428 against the cities of Israel, and they [fn]conquered Ijon, Dan, Abel-maim, and all the [fn]storage cities of Naphtali.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 16:8 - “Were not the Ethiopians and the Lubim an immense army H2428 with very many chariots and horsemen? Yet because you relied on the LORD, He handed them over to you.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 17:2 - He placed troops H2428 in all the fortified cities of Judah, and placed garrisons in the land of Judah and in the cities of Ephraim which his father Asa had captured.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 17:13 - He had large supplies in the cities of Judah, and warriors, valiant H2428 mighty men, in Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 17:14 - This was their muster according to their fathers’ households: of Judah, commanders of thousands, Adnah was the commander, and with him three hundred thousand valiant H2428 warriors;
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 17:16 - and next to him Amasiah the son of Zichri, who volunteered for the LORD, and with him two hundred thousand valiant H2428 warriors;
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 17:17 - and of Benjamin, Eliada, a valiant H2428 warrior, and with him two hundred thousand armed with bow and shield;
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:14 - And Jehoiada the priest brought out the captains of hundreds who were appointed over the army H2428, and said to them, “Bring her out [fn]between the ranks, and whoever follows her is to be put to death with the sword.” For the priest said, “You shall not put her to death in the house of the LORD.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:24 - Indeed, the army H2428 of the Arameans came with a small number of men; yet the LORD handed a very great army H2428 over to them, because [fn]Judah and Joash had abandoned the LORD, the God of their fathers. So they executed judgment on Joash.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:6 - He also hired a hundred thousand valiant H2428 warriors from Israel for [fn]a hundred talents of silver.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:11 - Moreover, Uzziah had an army H2428 ready for battle, which [fn]entered combat by divisions according to the number of their muster, [fn]recorded by Jeiel the scribe and Maaseiah the official, under the direction of Hananiah, one of the king’s officers.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:12 - The total number of the heads of the [fn]households, of valiant H2428 warriors, was 2,600.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:13 - Under their direction was an army H2428 of 307,500, who could wage war with great H2428 power, to help the king against the enemy.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:17 - Then Azariah the priest entered after him, and with him eighty priests of the LORD, valiant H2428 men.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:6 - For Pekah the son of Remaliah killed 120,000 in Judah in one day, all valiant H2428 men, because they had abandoned the LORD God of their fathers.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:21 - And the LORD sent an angel who destroyed every warrior, commander, and officer in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he returned [fn]in shame to his own land. And when he had entered the temple of his god, some of his own sons killed him there with the sword.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:14 -

Now after this he built the outer wall of the city of David on the west side of Gihon, in the valley, up to the entrance of the Fish Gate; and he encircled the Ophel with it and made it very high. Then he put army H2428 commanders in all the fortified cities in Judah.

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:22 - For I was ashamed to request from the king troops H2428 and horsemen to [fn]protect us from the enemy on the way, because we had said to the king, “The hand of our God is [fn]favorably disposed to all who seek Him, but His power and His anger are against all those who abandon Him.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:9 -

Then I came to the governors of the provinces beyond the Euphrates River and gave them the king’s letters. Now the king had sent with me officers of the army H2428 and horsemen.

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:6 - All the sons of Perez who lived in Jerusalem were 468 able H2428 men.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:14 - and their brothers, valiant H2428 warriors, 128. And their overseer was Zabdiel, the son of [fn]Haggedolim.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:3 - in the third year of his reign he held a banquet for all his officials and attendants, the army H2428 officers of Persia and Media, the nobles and the officials of his provinces, in his presence.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:11 - [fn]In the letters the king granted the Jews who were in each and every city the right to assemble and to defend their lives, to destroy, kill, and eliminate the entire army H2428 of any people or province which was going to attack them, including children and women, and to plunder their spoils,
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:5 -

[fn]The hungry devour his harvest

And take it to a place of thorns,

And the [fn]schemer is eager for their wealth H2428.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:29 -

“He will not become rich, nor will his wealth H2428 endure;

And his property will not stretch out on the earth.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:15 -

“He swallows riches H2428,

But will vomit them up;

God will expel them from his belly.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:18 -

“He returns the product of his labor

And cannot swallow it;

As to the riches H2428 of his trading,

He cannot even enjoy them.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:7 -

“Why do the wicked still live,

Grow old, and also become very H2428 [fn]powerful H2428?

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:25 -

If I have gloated because my wealth H2428 was great,

And because my hand had obtained so much;

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:32 -

The God who encircles me with strength H2428,

And [fn]makes my way [fn]blameless?

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:39 -

For You have encircled me with strength H2428 for battle;

You have forced those who rose up against me to bow down under me.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 33:16 -

The king is not saved by a mighty army H2428;

A warrior is not rescued by great strength.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 33:17 -

A horse is a false hope for victory;

Nor does it rescue anyone by its great strength H2428.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:6 -

Those who trust in their wealth H2428

And boast in the abundance of their riches?

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:10 -

For he sees that even wise people die;

The foolish and the stupid alike perish

And leave their wealth H2428 to others.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:11 -

Do not kill them, or my people will forget;

[fn]Scatter them by Your power H2428 and bring them down,

Lord, our shield.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 60:12 -

[fn]Through God we will do valiantly H2428,

And it is He who will trample down our enemies.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 62:10 -

Do not trust in oppression,

And do not vainly rely on robbery;

If wealth H2428 increases, do not set your heart on it.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:12 -

Behold, these are the wicked;

And always at ease, they have increased in wealth H2428.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 76:5 -

The stouthearted were plundered,

[fn]They sank into sleep;

And none of the [fn]warriors H2428 could use his hands.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 84:7 -

They go from strength H2428 to strength H2428,

[fn]Every one of them appears before God in Zion.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 108:13 -

[fn]Through God we will do valiantly H2428,

And it is He who will trample down our enemies.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 110:3 -

Your people [fn]will volunteer freely on the day of Your [fn]power H2428;

In [fn]holy splendor, from the womb of the dawn,

[fn]Your youth are to You as the dew.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:15 -

The sound of joyful shouting and salvation is in the tents of the righteous;

The right hand of the LORD performs valiantly H2428.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:16 -

The right hand of the LORD is exalted;

The right hand of the LORD performs valiantly H2428.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 136:15 -

But He [fn]overthrew Pharaoh and his army H2428 in the [fn]Red Sea,

For His faithfulness is everlasting.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:4 -

An [fn]excellent H2428 wife is the crown of her husband,

But she who shames him is like rottenness in his bones.


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