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Lexicon :: Strong's H2427 - ḥîl

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חִיל
Transliteration
ḥîl
Pronunciation
kheel
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 623b

Strong’s Definitions

חִיל chîyl, kheel; and (feminine) חִילָה chîylâh; from H2342; a throe (expectant of childbirth):—pain, pang, sorrow.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x

The KJV translates Strong's H2427 in the following manner: pain (3x), pang (2x), sorrow (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x
The KJV translates Strong's H2427 in the following manner: pain (3x), pang (2x), sorrow (2x).

  1. pain, agony, sorrow, a writhing, anguish

    1. writhing (of fear)

    2. anguish

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חִיל chîyl, kheel; and (feminine) חִילָה chîylâh; from H2342; a throe (expectant of childbirth):—pain, pang, sorrow.
STRONGS H2427: Abbreviations
† חִיל noun masculineExodus 15:14 a writhing, anguish; — ח׳ absolute Exodus 15:14 5 times —
1. writhing (contortions of fear) Exodus 15:14 (|| verb רָגַז).
2. anguish, always in simile כַּיּוֺלֵדָה Psalm 48:7 (allied kings against Jerusalem); Zion, before Assyrians Micah 4:9; before Scythians or Chaldeans Jeremiah 6:24 (|| צָרָה), = Jeremiah 50:43 (of king of Babylon; || צָרָה); Jeremiah 22:23 (|| חבלים which see).

† חִילָה noun feminine anguish, Job 6:10.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

15:14; 15:14; 15:14

Job

6:10

Psalms

48:7

Jeremiah

6:24; 22:23; 50:43

Micah

4:9

H2427

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H2427 matches the Hebrew חִיל (ḥîl),
which occurs 7 times in 7 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 15:14

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:14 - The peoples have heard; they tremble;
pangs have seized the inhabitants of Philistia.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 6:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:10 - This would be my comfort;
I would even exult[fn] in pain unsparing,
for I have not denied the words of the Holy One.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 48:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 48:6 - Trembling took hold of them there,
anguish as of a woman in labor.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 6:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:24 - We have heard the report of it;
our hands fall helpless;
anguish has taken hold of us,
pain as of a woman in labor.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 22:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:23 - O inhabitant of Lebanon,
nested among the cedars,
how you will be pitied when pangs come upon you,
pain as of a woman in labor!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 50:43

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:43 - “The king of Babylon heard the report of them,
and his hands fell helpless;
anguish seized him,
pain as of a woman in labor.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 4:9

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 4:9 - Now why do you cry aloud?
Is there no king in you?
Has your counselor perished,
that pain seized you like a woman in labor?
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