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Lexicon :: Strong's H2429 - ḥayil

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חַיִל
Transliteration
ḥayil
Pronunciation
khah'-yil
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Corresponding to חַיִל (H2428)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 2728

Strong’s Definitions

חַיִל chayil, khah'-yil; (Aramaic) corresponding to H2428; an army, or strength:—aloud, army, × most (mighty), power.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x

The KJV translates Strong's H2429 in the following manner: aloud (3x), army (2x), power (1x), most (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x
The KJV translates Strong's H2429 in the following manner: aloud (3x), army (2x), power (1x), most (1x).

  1. strength, army, power

    1. power

    2. force, army

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חַיִל chayil, khah'-yil; (Aramaic) corresponding to H2428; an army, or strength:—aloud, army, × most (mighty), power.
STRONGS H2429: Abbreviations

Biblical Aramaic

† חַ֫יִל noun masculine power, strength, army (see Biblical Hebrew H2428); —
1. power: absolute בְּאֶדְרָע וְחָ֑יִל Ezra 4:23 by force and power; קרא בְח׳ i.e. call loudly Daniel 3:4, בְּחַיִל Daniel 4:11 [Daniel 4:14]; Daniel 5:7; גִּבָּרֵיאח׳ Daniel 3:20 mighty men of power.
2. force, army, suffix חֵילֵהּ Daniel 3:20; construct חֵיל שְׁמַיָּא Daniel 4:32 [Daniel 4:35] (＝Biblical Hebrew צְכָא הַשָּׁמַיִם).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Ezra

4:23

Daniel

3:4; 3:20; 3:20; 4:14; 4:35; 5:7

H2429

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H2429 matches the Hebrew חַיִל (ḥayil),
which occurs 7 times in 6 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 4:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:23 - Then, when the copy of King Artaxerxes’ letter was read before Rehum and Shimshai the scribe and their associates, they went in haste to the Jews at Jerusalem and by force and power made them cease.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 3:4

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:4 - And the herald proclaimed aloud, “You are commanded, O peoples, nations, and languages,

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 3:20

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:20 - And he ordered some of the mighty men of his army to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, and to cast them into the burning fiery furnace.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 4:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:14 - He proclaimed aloud and said thus: ‘Chop down the tree and lop off its branches, strip off its leaves and scatter its fruit. Let the beasts flee from under it and the birds from its branches.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 4:35

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:35 - all the inhabitants of the earth are accounted as nothing,
and he does according to his will among the host of heaven
and among the inhabitants of the earth;
and none can stay his hand
or say to him, “What have you done?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 5:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:7 - The king called loudly to bring in the enchanters, the Chaldeans, and the astrologers. The king declared[fn] to the wise men of Babylon, “Whoever reads this writing, and shows me its interpretation, shall be clothed with purple and have a chain of gold around his neck and shall be the third ruler in the kingdom.”
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