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Lexicon :: Strong's H2426 - ḥayil

Aa
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 17 times in 17 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 8:9 -

Now when Toi H8583 king H4428 of Hamath H2574 heard H8085 that David H1732 had [fn]defeated H5221 the whole H3605 army H2428 of Hadadezer H1909,

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:15 - And they came H935 and besieged H6696 H5921 him in Abel H62 Beth-maacah H1038, and they [fn]built H8210 up H8210 an assault H5550 ramp H5550 against H413 the city H5892, and it stood H5975 against the outer H2426 rampart H2426; and all H3605 the people H5971 who H834 were with Joab H3097 were wreaking H7843 destruction H7843 in order to topple H5307 the wall H2346.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:23 - “The LORD H3068 has also H1571 spoken H1696 of Jezebel H348, saying H559, ‘The dogs H3611 will eat H398 Jezebel H348 in the [fn]territory H2426 of Jezreel H3157.’
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:17 -

Then the king H4428 of Assyria H804 sent H7971 Tartan H8661, Rab-saris H7249, and Rabshakeh H7262 from Lachish H3923 to King H4428 Hezekiah H2396 with a large H3515 army H2428 to Jerusalem H3389. So they went H5927 up H5927 and came H935 to Jerusalem H3389. And when they went H5927 up H5927, they came H935 and stood H5975 by the conduit H8585 of the upper H5945 pool H1295, which H834 is on the road H4546 of the [fn]fuller’s H3526 field H7704.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 18:9 -

Now when [fn]Tou H8583 king H4428 of Hamath H2574 heard H8085 that David H1732 had [fn]defeated H5221 all H3605 the army H2428 of Hadadezer H1909 king H4428 of Zobah H6678,

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 20:1 -

Then it happened H1961 [fn]in the spring H8666, at the time H6256 when kings H4428 go H3318 out H3318 to battle, that Joab H3097 led H5090 out H5090 the army H6635 H2428 and ravaged H7843 the land H776 of the sons H1121 of Ammon H5983, and came H935 and besieged H6696 Rabbah H7237. But David H1732 stayed H3427 in Jerusalem H3389. And Joab H3097 struck H5221 Rabbah H7237 and overthrew H2040 it.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 16:7 -

At that time H6256 Hanani H2607 the seer H7203 came H935 to Asa H609 king H4428 of Judah H3063 and said H559 to him, “Because you have relied H8172 on the king H4428 of Aram H758 and have not relied H8172 on the LORD H3068 your God H430, for that H3651 reason H3651 the army H2428 of the king H4428 of Aram H758 has escaped H4422 from your hand H3027.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:23 -

Now it happened H1961 at the turn H8622 of the year H8141 that the army H2428 of the Arameans H758 came H5927 up H5927 against H5921 Joash; and they came H935 to Judah H3063 and Jerusalem H3389, destroyed H7843 all H3605 the officials H8269 of the people H5971 from among the people H5971, and sent H7971 all H3605 their spoils H7998 to the king H4428 of Damascus H1834.

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:2 - And he spoke H559 in the presence H6440 of his brothers H251 and the [fn]wealthy H2428 people H2428 of Samaria H8111 and said H559, “What H4100 are these feeble H537 Jews H3064 doing H6213? Are they going to restore H5800 the temple for themselves? Can they offer H2076 sacrifices H2076? Can they finish H3615 it in a day H3117? Can they revive H2421 the stones H68 from the heaps H6194 of rubble H6083, even the burned H8313 ones?”
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:10 -

Then he crushes H1794 the needy one, who cowers H7817;

And [fn]unfortunate H2489 people H2489 fall H5307 by his mighty H6099 power.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 122:7 -

“May peace H7965 be within your walls H2426,

And prosperity H7962 within your palaces H759.”

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 26:1 -

On that day H3117 this H2088 song H7892 will be sung H7891 in the land H776 of Judah H3063:

“We have a strong H5797 city H5892;

He sets H7896 up H7896 walls H2346 and ramparts H2426 for [fn]security H3444.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:2 - And the king H4428 of Assyria H804 sent H7971 Rabshakeh H7262 from Lachish H3923 to Jerusalem H3389 to King H4428 Hezekiah H2396 with a large H3515 army H2428. And he stood H5975 by the conduit H8585 of the upper H5945 pool H1295 on the road H4546 to the [fn]fuller’s H3526 field H7704.
Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:8 -

The LORD H3068 determined H2803 to destroy H7843

The wall H2346 of the daughter H1323 of Zion H6726.

He has stretched H5186 out H5186 a line H6957,

He has not restrained H7725 His hand H3027 from [fn]destroying H1104,

And He has caused rampart H2426 and wall H2346 to mourn H56;

They have languished H535 together H3162.

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:11 -

The LORD H3068 utters H5414 His voice H6963 before H6440 His army H2428;

His camp H4264 is indeed H3588 very H3966 great H7227,

For mighty H6099 is one who carries H6213 out H6213 His word H1697.

The day H3117 of the LORD H3068 is indeed H3588 great H1419 and very H3966 awesome H3372,

And who can endure H3557 it?

Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:20 -

And the exiles H1546 of this H2088 army H2428 of the sons H1121 of Israel H3478,

Who H834 are among the Canaanites H3669 as far H5704 as Zarephath H6886,

And the exiles H1546 of Jerusalem H3389 who H834 are in Sepharad H5614,

Will [fn]possess H3423 the cities H5892 of the Negev H5045.

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:8 -

Are H3190 you better H3190 than H4480 [fn]No-amon H4996 H528,

Which was situated H3427 by the canals H2975 of H2975 the H2975 Nile H2975,

With water H4325 surrounding H5439 her,

Whose H834 rampart H2426 was [fn]the sea H3220,

Whose wall H2346 consisted of [fn]the sea H3220?

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