חַ֫יִל

cha.yilstrength: soldiers
hebrewOld TestamentNoun · masculine243 occurrences31 books228 verses
This word comes from the name of Helech.

Definition

from H2342; probably a force, whether of men, means or other resources; an army, wealth, virtue, valor, strength
Traditional renderings: 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).

Glossary entries

Helech

Where it occurs

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Occurrences

243 total
  1. 2 Samuel 24:4הַחַ֙יִל֙ · of the army
    Nevertheless, the king’s word prevailed against Joab and against the commanders of the army. So Joab and the commanders of the army departed from the presence of the king to register the troops of Israel.
  2. 2 Samuel 24:9חַ֙יִל֙ · of valor
    And Joab reported to the king the total number of the troops. In Israel there were 800,000 men of valor who drew the sword, and in Judah there were 500,000.
  3. 1 Kings 1:42חַ֛יִל · of valor
    As he was speaking, suddenly Jonathan the son of Abiathar the priest arrived. “Come in,” said Adonijah, “for you are a man of valor. You must be bringing good news.”
  4. 1 Kings 1:52חַ֔יִל · of character
    And Solomon replied, “If he is a man of character, not a single hair of his will fall to the ground. But if evil is found in him, he will die.”
  5. 1 Kings 10:2בְּחַיִל֮ · caravan
    She arrived in Jerusalem with a very large caravan—with camels bearing spices, gold in great abundance, and precious stones. And she came to Solomon and spoke to him all that was on her mind.
  6. 1 Kings 11:28חָ֑יִל · of valor
    Now Jeroboam was a mighty man of valor. So when Solomon noticed that the young man was industrious, he put him in charge of the whole labor force of the house of Joseph.
  7. 1 Kings 15:20הַחֲיָלִ֤ים · of his armies
    And Ben-hadad listened to King Asa and sent the commanders of his armies against the cities of Israel, conquering Ijon, Dan, Abel-beth-maacah, and the whole land of Naphtali, including the region of Chinnereth.
  8. 1 Kings 20:1חֵיל֔וֹ · army
    Now Ben-hadad king of Aram assembled his entire army. Accompanied by thirty-two kings with their horses and chariots, he marched up, besieged Samaria, and waged war against it.
  9. 1 Kings 20:19וְהַחַ֖יִל · with the army
    Meanwhile, these young officers of the district governors marched out of the city, with the army behind them,
  10. 1 Kings 20:25 (2×)חַ֡יִל · an army; כַּחַיִל֩ · like the [one]
    And you must raise an army like the one you have lost—horse for horse and chariot for chariot—so we can fight the Israelites on the plain, where we will surely prevail.” And the king approved their plan and acted accordingly.
  11. 2 Kings 2:16חַ֗יִל · valiant
    “Look now,” they said to Elisha, “we your servants have fifty valiant men. Please let them go and search for your master. Perhaps the Spirit of the LORD has taken him up and put him on one of the mountains or in one of the valleys.” “Do not send them,” Elisha replied.
  12. 2 Kings 5:1חַ֖יִל · of valor
    Now Naaman, the commander of the army of the king of Aram, was a great man in his master’s sight and highly regarded, for through him the LORD had given victory to Aram. And he was a mighty man of valor, but he was a leper.
  13. 2 Kings 6:14וְחַ֣יִל · army
    …the king of Aram sent horses, chariots, and a great army. They went there by night and surrounded the city.
  14. 2 Kings 6:15חַ֛יִל · an army
    When the servant of the man of God got up and went out early in the morning, behold, an army with horses and chariots had surrounded the city. So he asked Elisha, “Oh, my master, what are we to do?”
  15. 2 Kings 7:6חַ֣יִל · army
    For the Lord had caused the Arameans to hear the sound of chariots, horses, and a great army, so that they said to one another, “Look, the king of Israel must have hired the kings of the Hittites and Egyptians to attack us.”
  16. 2 Kings 9:5הַחַ֙יִל֙ · the army
    …and when he arrived, the army commanders were sitting there. “I have a message for you, commander,” he said. “For which of us?” asked Jehu. “For you, commander,” he replied.
  17. 2 Kings 11:15הַחַ֗יִל · the army
    And Jehoiada the priest ordered the commanders of hundreds in charge of the army, “Bring her out between the ranks, and put to the sword anyone who follows her.” For the priest had said, “She must not be put to death in the house of the LORD.”
  18. 2 Kings 15:20הַחַ֔יִל · of the wealthy
    Menahem exacted this money from each of the wealthy men of Israel—fifty shekels of silver from each man—to give to the king of Assyria. So the king of Assyria withdrew and did not remain in the land.
  19. 2 Kings 18:17בְּחֵ֥יל
    Nevertheless, the king of Assyria sent the Tartan, the Rabsaris, and the Rabshakeh, along with a great army, from Lachish to King Hezekiah at Jerusalem. They advanced up to Jerusalem and stationed themselves by the aqueduct of the upper pool, on the road to the Launderer’s Field.
  20. 2 Kings 24:14הַחַ֗יִל · of valor
    He carried into exile all Jerusalem—all the commanders and mighty men of valor, all the craftsmen and metalsmiths—ten thousand captives in all. Only the poorest people of the land remained.
  21. 2 Kings 24:16הַחַ֜יִל · of valor
    The king of Babylon also brought into exile to Babylon all seven thousand men of valor and a thousand craftsmen and metalsmiths—all strong and fit for battle.
  22. 2 Kings 25:1חֵיל֛וֹ · army
    So in the ninth year of Zedekiah’s reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched against Jerusalem with his entire army. They encamped outside the city and built a siege wall all around it.
  23. 2 Kings 25:5 (2×)חֵיל־ · but the army; חֵיל֔וֹ · army
    …but the army of the Chaldeans pursued the king and overtook him in the plains of Jericho, and his whole army deserted him.
  24. 2 Kings 25:10חֵ֣יל · army
    And the whole army of the Chaldeans under the captain of the guard broke down the walls around Jerusalem.
  25. 2 Kings 25:23הַחֲיָלִ֜ים · of the armies
    When all the commanders of the armies and their men heard that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah as governor, they came to Gedaliah at Mizpah—Ishmael son of Nethaniah, Johanan son of Kareah, Seraiah son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah son of the Maacathite, as well as their men.
  26. 2 Kings 25:26הַחֲיָלִ֔ים · of the army
    Then all the people small and great, together with the commanders of the army, arose and fled to Egypt for fear of the Chaldeans.
  27. 1 Chronicles 5:18חַיִל֒ · valiant
    The Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh had 44,760 warriors—valiant men who carried the shield and sword, drew the bow, and were trained for battle.
  28. 1 Chronicles 5:24חַ֔יִל · of valor
    These were the heads of their families: Epher, Ishi, Eliel, Azriel, Jeremiah, Hodaviah, and Jahdiel. They were mighty men of valor, famous men, and heads of their families.
  29. 1 Chronicles 7:2חַ֖יִל · of valor
    The sons of Tola: Uzzi, Rephaiah, Jeriel, Jahmai, Ibsam, and Shemuel, the heads of their families. In the days of David, 22,600 descendants of Tola were numbered in their genealogies as mighty men of valor.
  30. 1 Chronicles 7:5חֲיָלִ֑ים · [who were] mighty men
    Their kinsmen belonging to all the families of Issachar who were mighty men of valor totaled 87,000, as listed in their genealogies.
  31. 1 Chronicles 7:7חֲיָלִ֑ים · of valor
    The sons of Bela: Ezbon, Uzzi, Uzziel, Jerimoth, and Iri, heads of their families—five in all. There were 22,034 mighty men of valor listed in their genealogies.
  32. 1 Chronicles 7:9חָ֑יִל · of valor
    Their genealogies were recorded according to the heads of their families—20,200 mighty men of valor.
  33. 1 Chronicles 7:11חֲיָלִ֑ים · of valor
    All these sons of Jediael were heads of their families, mighty men of valor; there were 17,200 fit for battle.
  34. 1 Chronicles 7:40חֲיָלִ֔ים · of valor
    All these were the descendants of Asher—heads of their families, choice and mighty men of valor, and chiefs among the leaders. The number of men fit for battle, recorded in their genealogies, was 26,000.
  35. 1 Chronicles 8:40חַ֜יִל · of valor
    The sons of Ulam were mighty men of valor, archers, and they had many sons and grandsons—150 in all. All these were the descendants of Benjamin.
  36. 1 Chronicles 9:13חֵ֔יל · able
    …and 1,760 of their relatives, the heads of their families, able men for the work of the service of the house of God.
  37. 1 Chronicles 10:12חַיִל֒ · of valor
    …all their men of valor set out and retrieved the bodies of Saul and his sons and brought them to Jabesh. And they buried their bones under the oak in Jabesh and fasted seven days.
  38. 1 Chronicles 11:22חַ֛יִל · of valor
    And Benaiah son of Jehoiada was a man of valor from Kabzeel, a man of many exploits. He struck down two champions of Moab, and on a snowy day he went down into a pit and killed a lion.
  39. 1 Chronicles 11:26הַחֲיָלִ֑ים
    Now these were the mighty men: Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan son of Dodo of Bethlehem,
  40. 1 Chronicles 12:8הַחַ֗יִל · of valor
    Some Gadites defected to David at his stronghold in the wilderness. They were mighty men of valor, trained for battle, experts with the shield and spear, whose faces were like the faces of lions and who were as swift as gazelles on the mountains:
  41. 1 Chronicles 12:21חַ֖יִל · of valor
    They helped David against the raiders, for they were all mighty men of valor and commanders in the army.
  42. 1 Chronicles 12:25חַ֙יִל֙ · of valor
    From Simeon: 7,100 mighty men of valor, ready for battle.
  43. 1 Chronicles 12:28חָ֑יִל · of valor
    …and Zadok, a mighty young man of valor, with 22 commanders from his own family.
  44. 1 Chronicles 12:30חַ֔יִל · of valor
    From Ephraim: 20,800 mighty men of valor, famous among their own clans.
  45. 1 Chronicles 18:9חֵ֖יל · army
    When King Tou of Hamath heard that David had defeated the entire army of Hadadezer king of Zobah,
  46. 1 Chronicles 20:1חֵ֨יל · the army
    In the spring, at the time when kings march out to war, Joab led out the army and ravaged the land of the Ammonites. He came to Rabbah and besieged it, but David remained in Jerusalem. And Joab attacked Rabbah and demolished it.
  47. 1 Chronicles 26:6חַ֖יִל · capable men
    Also to his son Shemaiah were born sons who ruled over their families because they were strong, capable men.
  48. 1 Chronicles 26:7חָ֑יִל · also capable
    Shemaiah’s sons were Othni, Rephael, Obed, and Elzabad; his brothers were Elihu and Semachiah, also capable men.