Strong's Concordance

Hebrew-Aramaic
H2428

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Original: חיל

Transliteration: chayil

Phonetic: khah'-yil

BDB Definition:

strength, might, efficiency, wealth, army
1. strength
2. ability, efficiency
3. wealth
4. force, army

Origin: from H2342

TWOT entry: 624a

Part(s) of speech: Noun Masculine

Strong's Definition: From H2342; probably a force, whether of men, means or other resources; an army, wealth, virtue, valor, strength: - 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).

Occurrences in the (KJV) King James Version:

All Occurrences (238x)

A Band Of Soldiers (1x)

A Valiant (1x)

A Virtuous (3x)

Able (3x)

Against The Army (1x)

All His Host (1x)

All The Host (3x)

All The Power (1x)

All The Valiant (2x)

All Valiant (1x)

An Host (1x)

And All His Army (5x)

And All The Army (2x)

And All Their Goods (1x)

And All Their Wealth (1x)

And All Thine Army (1x)

And Be Valiant (1x)

And Be Ye Valiant (1x)

And His Army (1x)

And His Host (2x)

And It Came To Pass, That When The Army (1x)

And Strong (1x)

And The Army (3x)

And The Strong (1x)

And The Wealth (2x)

And Their Substance (1x)

And Upon All His Host (2x)

And With All The Valiant Men (1x)

Army (15x)

As The Host (1x)

Because My Wealth (1x)

Because Of Thy Riches (1x)

Behold, An Host (1x)

But The Army (1x)

Company (1x)

For His Army (1x)

For The Army (1x)

For The War (1x)

Forces (2x)

From Strength (1x)

Had An Army (1x)

Had An Host (1x)

He And All His Army (1x)

He, And All His Host (1x)

Her Power (1x)

Him, And His Army (1x)

His Army (2x)

His Forces (1x)

His Substance (1x)

Host (4x)

If He Will Shew Himself A Worthy (1x)

If Riches (1x)

In Power (1x)

In Their Wealth (1x)

In Valour (1x)

Like The Army (1x)

Man Of Valour (1x)

Me This Wealth (1x)

Me With Strength (3x)

Men Of Might (1x)

Men Of Valour (5x)

My Strength (1x)

Neither Shall His Substance (1x)

Nor His Army (1x)

Not By Might (1x)

Not Thy Strength (1x)

Of A Valiant (2x)

Of Activity (1x)

Of An Host (1x)

Of His Armies (1x)

Of Might (4x)

Of Power (1x)

Of Strength (1x)

Of The Armies (3x)

Of The Army (3x)

Of The Forces (9x)

Of The Host (6x)

Of The Hosts (1x)

Of The Valiantest (1x)

Of Thy Power (1x)

Of Thy Riches (1x)

Of Valiant Men (1x)

Of Valour (30x)

Of War (1x)

Of Wealth (2x)

On Their Substance (1x)

Only Be Thou Valiant (1x)

Or Any Valiant (1x)

Power (1x)

Riches (2x)

Strength (1x)

Strong (3x)

Substance (1x)

That Valiant (1x)

The Army (1x)

The Host (2x)

The Power (2x)

The Riches (3x)

The Valiant (1x)

100

The Whole Army (1x)

101

Thee An Army (1x)

102

Thee Riches (1x)

103

Their Riches (1x)

104

Their Strength (1x)

105

Their Substance (1x)

106

Their Wealth (1x)

107

Them By Thy Power (1x)

108

Therefore Is The Host (1x)

109

Therefore Their Goods (1x)

110

Thou Worthily (1x)

111

Thy Riches (1x)

112

Thy Substance (2x)

113

To More Strength (1x)

114

To Strength (1x)

115

Train (1x)

116

Unto The Army (1x)

117

Unto Thee The Forces (1x)

118

Unto Thee, The Forces (1x)

119

Valiant (1x)

120

Valiant Man (1x)

121

Valiantly (5x)

122

Very Able (1x)

123

Virtuously (1x)

124

Wealth (1x)

125

Were In Thine Army (1x)

126

With An Army (3x)

127

With An Host (1x)

128

With Him A Band Of Men (1x)

129

With Mighty (1x)

130

With Strength (1x)

131

With Thine Army (1x)

All Occurrences

1 Samuel 10:26

And Saul also went home to Gibeah; and there went with him a band of men, whose hearts God had touched.

1 Samuel 14:48

And he gathered an host, and smote the Amalekites, and delivered Israel out of the hands of them that spoiled them.(p)

1 Samuel 14:52

And there was sore war against the Philistines all the days of Saul: and when Saul saw any strong man, or any valiant man, he took him unto him.

1 Samuel 16:18

Then answered one of the servants, and said, Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Beth–lehemite, that is cunning in playing, and a mighty valiant man, and a man of war, and prudent in matters, and a comely person, and the Lord is with him.(i)

1 Samuel 17:20

And David rose up early in the morning, and left the sheep with a keeper, and took, and went, as Jesse had commanded him; and he came to the trench, as the host was going forth to the fight, and shouted for the battle.(g)

(h)

1 Samuel 18:17

And Saul said to David, Behold my elder daughter Merab, her will I give thee to wife: only be thou valiant for me, and fight the Lord’s battles. For Saul said, Let not mine hand be upon him, but let the hand of the Philistines be upon him.(f)

1 Samuel 31:12

All the valiant men arose, and went all night, and took the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Beth–shan, and came to Jabesh, and burnt them there.

2 Samuel 2:7

Therefore now let your hands be strengthened, and be ye valiant: for your master Saul is dead, and also the house of Judah have anointed me king over them.(a)

2 Samuel 8:9

When Toi king of Hamath heard that David had smitten all the host of Hadadezer,

2 Samuel 11:16

And it came to pass, when Joab observed the city, that he assigned Uriah unto a place where he knew that valiant men were.

2 Samuel 13:28

Now Absalom had commanded his servants, saying, Mark ye now when Amnon’s heart is merry with wine, and when I say unto you, Smite Amnon; then kill him, fear not: have not I commanded you? be courageous, and be valiant.(k)

(l)

2 Samuel 17:10

And he also that is valiant, whose heart is as the heart of a lion, shall utterly melt: for all Israel knoweth that thy father is a mighty man, and they which be with him are valiant men.

2 Samuel 22:33

God is my strength and power: and he maketh my way perfect.(m)

2 Samuel 22:40

For thou hast girded me with strength to battle: them that rose up against me hast thou subdued under me.(r)

2 Samuel 23:20

And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man, of Kabzeel, who had done many acts, he slew two lionlike men of Moab: he went down also and slew a lion in the midst of a pit in time of snow:(i)

(j)

2 Samuel 24:2

For the king said to Joab the captain of the host, which was with him, Go now through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan even to Beer–sheba, and number ye the people, that I may know the number of the people.(a)

2 Samuel 24:4

Notwithstanding the king’s word prevailed against Joab, and against the captains of the host. And Joab and the captains of the host went out from the presence of the king, to number the people of Israel.

1 Kings 1:42

And while he yet spake, behold, Jonathan the son of Abiathar the priest came: and Adonijah said unto him, Come in; for thou art a valiant man, and bringest good tidings.

1 Kings 1:52

And Solomon said, If he will shew himself a worthy man, there shall not an hair of him fall to the earth: but if wickedness shall be found in him, he shall die.

1 Kings 10:2

And she came to Jerusalem with a very great train, with camels that bare spices, and very much gold, and precious stones: and when she was come to Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart.

1 Kings 11:28

And the man Jeroboam was a mighty man of valour: and Solomon seeing the young man that he was industrious, he made him ruler over all the charge of the house of Joseph.(h)

(i)

1 Kings 15:20

So Ben–hadad hearkened unto king Asa, and sent the captains of the hosts which he had against the cities of Israel, and smote Ijon, and Dan, and Abel–beth–maachah, and all Cinneroth, with all the land of Naphtali.

1 Kings 20:1

And Ben–hadad the king of Syria gathered all his host together: and there were thirty and two kings with him, and horses, and chariots: and he went up and besieged Samaria, and warred against it.

1 Kings 20:19

So these young men of the princes of the provinces came out of the city, and the army which followed them.

1 Kings 20:25

And number thee an army, like the army that thou hast lost, horse for horse, and chariot for chariot: and we will fight against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they. And he hearkened unto their voice, and did so.(j)

2 Kings 2:16

And they said unto him, Behold now, there be with thy servants fifty strong men; let them go, we pray thee, and seek thy master: lest peradventure the Spirit of the Lord hath taken him up, and cast him upon some mountain, or into some valley. And he said, Ye shall not send.(d)

(e)

2 Kings 5:1

Now Naaman, captain of the host of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master, and honourable, because by him the Lord had given deliverance unto Syria: he was also a mighty man in valour, but he was a leper.(a)

(b)

(c)

2 Kings 6:14

Therefore sent he thither horses, and chariots, and a great host: and they came by night, and compassed the city about.(d)

2 Kings 6:15

And when the servant of the man of God was risen early, and gone forth, behold, an host compassed the city both with horses and chariots. And his servant said unto him, Alas, my master! how shall we do?(e)

2 Kings 7:6

For the Lord had made the host of the Syrians to hear a noise of chariots, and a noise of horses, even the noise of a great host: and they said one to another, Lo, the king of Israel hath hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come upon us.

2 Kings 9:5

And when he came, behold, the captains of the host were sitting; and he said, I have an errand to thee, O captain. And Jehu said, Unto which of all us? And he said, To thee, O captain.

2 Kings 11:15

But Jehoiada the priest commanded the captains of the hundreds, the officers of the host, and said unto them, Have her forth without the ranges: and him that followeth her kill with the sword. For the priest had said, Let her not be slain in the house of the Lord .

2 Kings 15:20

And Menahem exacted the money of Israel, even of all the mighty men of wealth, of each man fifty shekels of silver, to give to the king of Assyria. So the king of Assyria turned back, and stayed not there in the land.(d)

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Brown-Driver-Brigg's Information

All of the original Hebrew and Aramaic words are arranged by the numbering system from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible. In some cases more than one form of the word — such as the masculine and feminine forms of a noun — may be listed.

Each entry is a Hebrew word, unless it is designated as Aramaic. Immediately after each word is given its equivalent in English letters, according to a system of transliteration. Then follows the phonetic. Next follows the Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definitions given in English.

Then ensues a reference to the same word as found in Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament (TWOT), by R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, Jr., and Bruce K. Waltke. This section makes an association between the unique number used by TWOT with the Strong's number.

Thayers Information

All of the original Greek words are arranged by the numbering system from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible. The Strong's numbering system arranges most Greek words by their alphabetical order. This renders reference easy without recourse to the Greek characters. In some cases more than one form of the word - such as the masculine, feminine, and neuter forms of a noun - may be listed.

Immediately after each word is given its exact equivalent in English letters, according to the system of transliteration laid down in the scheme here following. Then follows the phonetic. Next follows the Thayer's Definitions given in English.

Then ensues a reference to the same word as found in the ten-volume Theological Dictionary of the New Testament (TDNT), edited by Gerhard Kittel. Both volume and page numbers cite where the word may be found.

The presence of an asterisk indicates that the corresponding entry in the Theological Dictionary of the New Testament may appear in a different form than that displayed in Thayers' Greek Definitions.

Strong's Hebrew and Greek Dictionaries Information

Dictionaries of Hebrew and Greek Words taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance by James Strong, S.T.D., LL.D., 1890.

Strong's Concor­dance

Hebrew-Aramaic H2428

Brown-Driver-Brigg's Information

Thayers Information

Strong's Hebrew and Greek Dictionaries Information

Strong's Concordance

Hebrew-Aramaic
H2428