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. Psalm 49:6חֵילָ֑ם · their wealth
    They trust in their wealth and boast in their great riches.
  2. Psalm 49:10חֵילָֽם׃ · their wealth
    For it is clear that wise men die, and the foolish and the senseless both perish and leave their wealth to others.
  3. Psalm 59:11בְ֭חֵילְךָ · by Your power
    Do not kill them, or my people will forget. Scatter them by Your power, and bring them down, O Lord, our shield.
  4. Psalm 60:12חָ֑יִל · with valor
    With God we will perform with valor, and He will trample our enemies.
  5. Psalm 62:10חַ֤יִל׀ · your riches
    Place no trust in extortion or false hope in stolen goods. If your riches increase, do not set your heart upon them.
  6. Psalm 73:12חָֽיִל׃ · their wealth
    Behold, these are the wicked—always carefree as they increase their wealth.
  7. Psalm 76:5חַ֣יִל · of might
    The valiant lie plundered; they sleep their last sleep. No men of might could lift a hand.
  8. Psalm 84:7 (2×)מֵחַ֣יִל · from strength; חָ֑יִל · strength
    They go from strength to strength, until each appears before God in Zion.
  9. Psalm 108:13חָ֑יִל · with valor
    With God we will perform with valor, and He will trample our enemies.
  10. Psalm 110:3חֵ֫ילֶ֥ךָ · of battle
    Your people shall be willing on Your day of battle. Arrayed in holy splendor, from the womb of the dawn, to You belongs the dew of Your youth.
  11. Psalm 118:15חָֽיִל׃ · with valor
    Shouts of joy and salvation resound in the tents of the righteous: “The right hand of the LORD performs with valor!
  12. Psalm 118:16חָֽיִל׃ · with valor
    The right hand of the LORD is exalted! The right hand of the LORD performs with valor!”
  13. Psalm 136:15וְחֵיל֣וֹ · and his army
    …but swept Pharaoh and his army into the Red Sea. His loving devotion endures forever.
  14. Proverbs 12:4חַ֭יִל · of noble character
    A wife of noble character is her husband’s crown, but she who causes shame is like decay in his bones.
  15. Proverbs 13:22חֵ֣יל · wealth
    A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children, but the sinner’s wealth is passed to the righteous.
  16. Proverbs 31:3חֵילֶ֑ךָ · your strength
    Do not spend your strength on women or your vigor on those who ruin kings.
  17. Proverbs 31:10חַ֭יִל · of noble character
    A wife of noble character, who can find? She is far more precious than rubies.
  18. Proverbs 31:29חָ֑יִל · noble things
    “Many daughters have done noble things, but you surpass them all!”
  19. Ecclesiastes 10:10וַחֲיָלִ֖ים · more strength
    If the axe is dull and the blade unsharpened, more strength must be exerted, but skill produces success.
  20. Ecclesiastes 12:3הֶחָ֑יִל · and the strong
    …on the day the keepers of the house tremble and the strong men stoop, when those grinding cease because they are few and those watching through windows see dimly,
  21. Isaiah 5:22חַ֖יִל
    Woe to those who are heroes in drinking wine and champions in mixing strong drink,
  22. Isaiah 8:4חֵ֣יל · the wealth
    For before the boy knows how to cry ‘Father’ or ‘Mother,’ the wealth of Damascus and the plunder of Samaria will be carried off by the king of Assyria.”
  23. Isaiah 10:14לְחֵ֣יל · to seize the wealth
    My hand reached as into a nest to seize the wealth of the nations. Like one gathering abandoned eggs, I gathered all the earth. No wing fluttered, no beak opened or chirped.’”
  24. Isaiah 30:6חֵֽילֵהֶ֗ם · their wealth
    This is the burden against the beasts of the Negev: Through a land of hardship and distress, of lioness and lion, of viper and flying serpent, they carry their wealth on the backs of donkeys and their treasures on the humps of camels, to a people of no profit to them.
  25. Isaiah 36:2בְּחֵ֣יל · army
    And the king of Assyria sent the Rabshakeh, with a great army, from Lachish to King Hezekiah at Jerusalem. And he stopped by the aqueduct of the upper pool, on the road to the Launderer’s Field.
  26. Isaiah 43:17חַ֣יִל · the armies
    …who brings out the chariots and horses, the armies and warriors together, to lie down, never to rise again; to be extinguished, snuffed out like a wick:
  27. Isaiah 60:5חֵ֥יל · and the wealth
    Then you will look and be radiant, and your heart will tremble and swell with joy, because the riches of the sea will be brought to you, and the wealth of the nations will come to you.
  28. Isaiah 60:11חֵ֣יל · so that the wealth
    Your gates will always stand open; they will never be shut, day or night, so that the wealth of the nations may be brought into you, with their kings being led in procession.
  29. Isaiah 61:6חֵ֤יל · the wealth
    But you will be called the priests of the LORD; they will speak of you as ministers of our God; you will feed on the wealth of nations, and you will boast in their riches.
  30. Jeremiah 15:13חֵילְךָ֧ · Your wealth
    Your wealth and your treasures I will give up as plunder, without charge for all your sins within all your borders.
  31. Jeremiah 17:3חֵילְךָ֥ · your wealth
    O My mountain in the countryside, I will give over your wealth and all your treasures as plunder, because of the sin of your high places, within all your borders.
  32. Jeremiah 32:2חֵ֚יל · the army
    At that time the army of the king of Babylon was besieging Jerusalem, and Jeremiah the prophet was imprisoned in the courtyard of the guard, which was in the palace of the king of Judah.
  33. Jeremiah 34:1חֵיל֡וֹ · his army
    This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, all his army, all the earthly kingdoms under his control, and all the other nations were fighting against Jerusalem and all its surrounding cities.
  34. Jeremiah 34:7וְחֵ֣יל · as the army
    …as the army of the king of Babylon was fighting against Jerusalem and the remaining cities of Judah—against Lachish and Azekah. For these were the only fortified cities remaining in Judah.
  35. Jeremiah 34:21חֵ֚יל · to the army
    And I will deliver Zedekiah king of Judah and his officials into the hands of their enemies who seek their lives, to the army of the king of Babylon that had withdrawn from you.
  36. Jeremiah 35:11 (2×)חֵ֣יל · the armies; חֵ֣יל
    So when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched into the land, we said: ‘Come, let us go into Jerusalem to escape the armies of the Chaldeans and the Arameans.’ So we have remained in Jerusalem.”
  37. Jeremiah 37:5וְחֵ֥יל · army
    Pharaoh’s army had left Egypt, and when the Chaldeans who were besieging Jerusalem heard the report, they withdrew from Jerusalem.
  38. Jeremiah 37:7חֵ֣יל · army
    “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says that you are to tell the king of Judah, who sent you to Me: Behold, Pharaoh’s army, which has marched out to help you, will go back to its own land of Egypt.
  39. Jeremiah 37:10חֵ֤יל · army
    Indeed, if you were to strike down the entire army of the Chaldeans that is fighting against you, and only wounded men remained in their tents, they would still get up and burn this city down.”
  40. Jeremiah 37:11 (2×)חֵ֣יל · army; חֵ֥יל · army
    When the Chaldean army withdrew from Jerusalem for fear of Pharaoh’s army,
  41. Jeremiah 38:3חֵ֥יל · of the army
    This is what the LORD says: This city will surely be delivered into the hands of the army of the king of Babylon, and he will capture it.”
  42. Jeremiah 39:1חֵילוֹ֙ · army
    In the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched against Jerusalem with his entire army and laid siege to the city.
  43. Jeremiah 39:5חֵיל־ · But the army
    But the army of the Chaldeans pursued them and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho. They seized him and brought him up to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon at Riblah in the land of Hamath, where he pronounced judgment on him.
  44. Jeremiah 40:7הַחֲיָלִ֜ים · of the armies
    When all the commanders and men of the armies in the field heard that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah son of Ahikam over the land and that he had put him in charge of the men, women, and children who were the poorest of the land and had not been exiled to Babylon,
  45. Jeremiah 40:13הַחֲיָלִ֖ים · of the armies
    Meanwhile, Johanan son of Kareah and all the commanders of the armies in the field came to Gedaliah at Mizpah
  46. Jeremiah 41:11הַחֲיָלִ֖ים · of the armies
    When Johanan son of Kareah and all the commanders of the armies with him heard of all the crimes that Ishmael son of Nethaniah had committed,
  47. Jeremiah 41:13הַחֲיָלִ֖ים · of the army
    When all the people with Ishmael saw Johanan son of Kareah and all the commanders of the army with him, they rejoiced,