H2428 · חַיִל
chayil · khah'-yil · army
H2428 (chayil, pronounced khah'-yil) is the Hebrew word חַיִל in Strong’s dictionary: probably a force, whether of men, means or other resources. It appears 243 times in 228 verses of the BSB (Yahweh).
Strong’s entry
- Original word
- חַיִל (Hebrew)
- Transliteration
- chayil
- Pronunciation
- khah'-yil
- Derivation
- from H2342 (חוּל);
- Definition
- probably a force, whether of men, means or other resources; an army, wealth, virtue, valor, strength
- Rendered in the KJV
- able, activity, ([phrase]) army, band of men (soldiers), company, (great) forces, goods, host, might, power, riches, strength, strong, substance, train, ([phrase]) valiant(-ly), valour, virtuous(-ly), war, worthy(-ily).
In the Berean Standard Bible (Yahweh)
243 occurrences in 228 verses (233 with English words of their own, 10 in the original with no English word of their own).
How the BSB renders it
- “of valor” ×43
- “army” ×32
- “the army” ×7
- “of the army” ×6
- “their wealth” ×6
- “valiant” ×6
- “his army” ×5
- “of the armies” ×5
By book
Genesis 2 · Exodus 7 · Numbers 3 · Deuteronomy 5 · Joshua 4 · Judges 7 · Ruth 3 · 1 Samuel 9 · 2 Samuel 10 · 1 Kings 8 · 2 Kings 16 · 1 Chronicles 28 · 2 Chronicles 23 · Ezra 1 · Nehemiah 4 · Esther 2 · Job 6 · Psalms 17 · Proverbs 5 · Ecclesiastes 2 · Isaiah 9 · Jeremiah 29 · Ezekiel 11 · Daniel 5 · Joel 3 · Obadiah 2 · Micah 1 · Nahum 1 · Habakkuk 1 · Zephaniah 1 · Zechariah 3
First 30 of 228 verses
- 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 24:18
- Numbers 31:9
- Numbers 31:14
- Deuteronomy 3:18
- Deuteronomy 8:17
- Deuteronomy 8:18
- Deuteronomy 11:4
- Deuteronomy 33:11
- Joshua 1:14
- Joshua 6:2
- Joshua 8:3
- Joshua 10:7
- Judges 3:29
- Judges 6:12
- Judges 11:1
- Judges 18:2
- Judges 20:44
- Judges 20:46
- Judges 21:10
- Ruth 2:1
- Ruth 3:11
Related words
Numbers that share a root with H2428.