Hebrew · Strong’s H2428
חַיִל
chayil/khah'-yil/
probably a force, whether of men, means or other resources; an army, wealth, virtue, valor, strength
Derivation:
from H2342 (חוּל);
243
Times used
243
Old Testament
0
New Testament
Verses (first 60 of 163)
- Genesis 34:29
- Genesis 47:6
- Exodus 14:4
- Exodus 14:9
- Exodus 14:17
- Exodus 14:28
- Exodus 15:4
- Exodus 18:21
- Exodus 18:25
- Numbers 31:14
- Deuteronomy 8:18
- Deuteronomy 11:4
- Deuteronomy 33:11
- Joshua 1:14
- Joshua 8:3
- Judges 3:29
- Judges 11:1
- Judges 18:2
- 1 Samuel 2:4
- 1 Samuel 9:1
- 1 Samuel 10:26
- 1 Samuel 14:48
- 1 Samuel 14:52
- 1 Samuel 16:18
- 1 Samuel 17:20
- 1 Samuel 31:12
- 2 Samuel 8:9
- 2 Samuel 11:16
- 2 Samuel 17:10
- 2 Samuel 22:33
- 2 Samuel 22:40
- 2 Samuel 23:20
- 2 Samuel 24:2
- 2 Samuel 24:4
- 2 Samuel 24:9
- 2 Kings 2:16
- 2 Kings 5:1
- 2 Kings 6:14
- 2 Kings 6:15
- 2 Kings 7:6
- 2 Kings 9:5
- 2 Kings 11:15
- 2 Kings 15:20
- 2 Kings 24:14
- 2 Kings 24:16
- 2 Kings 25:1
- 2 Kings 25:5
- 2 Kings 25:10
- 2 Kings 25:23
- 2 Kings 25:26
- 1 Chronicles 5:18
- 1 Chronicles 5:24
- 1 Chronicles 7:2
- 1 Chronicles 7:5
- 1 Chronicles 7:7
- 1 Chronicles 7:9
- 1 Chronicles 7:11
- 1 Chronicles 7:40
- 1 Chronicles 8:40
- 1 Chronicles 9:13
Words derived from it
- H2426חֵיל chêylan army; also (by analogy,) an intrenchment
- H2429חַיִל chayilan army, or strength
- H32אֲבִיהַיִל ʼĂbîyhayilAbihail or Abichail, the name of three Israelites and two Israelitesses
- H2497חֵלֹן ChêlônChelon, an Israelite
- H2431חֵילָם ChêylâmChelam, a place East of Palestine
- H2430חֵילָה chêylâhan intrenchment
- H2432חִילֵן ChîylênChilen, a place in Palestine
- H1134בֶּן־חַיִל Ben-ChayilBen-Chail, an Israelite
- H381אִישׁ־חַיִל ʼÎysh-ChayilIshchail (or Ish-chai), an Israelite
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Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890), public domain. Verse list from the Strong’s-tagged King James Version.