Hebrew word study

חַיִלchayil probably a force, whether of men, means or other resources

Pronounced “khah'-yil

probably a force, whether of men, means or other resources; an army, wealth, virtue, valor, strength

Translated in the King James as: 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).

Appears 243 times in Scripture

Origin: from H2342 (חוּל);

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Where it appears

Genesis 2×
Genesis 34:29Genesis 47:6
Exodus 7×
Exodus 14:4Exodus 14:9Exodus 14:17Exodus 14:28Exodus 15:4Exodus 18:21Exodus 18:25
Numbers 3×
Numbers 24:18Numbers 31:9Numbers 31:14
Deuteronomy 5×
Deuteronomy 3:18Deuteronomy 8:17Deuteronomy 8:18Deuteronomy 11:4Deuteronomy 33:11
Joshua 4×
Joshua 1:14Joshua 6:2Joshua 8:3Joshua 10:7
Judges 7×
Judges 3:29Judges 6:12Judges 11:1Judges 18:2Judges 20:44Judges 20:46Judges 21:10
Ruth 3×
Ruth 2:1Ruth 3:11Ruth 4:11
1 Samuel 9×
1 Sam 2:41 Sam 9:11 Sam 10:261 Sam 14:481 Sam 14:521 Sam 16:181 Sam 17:201 Sam 18:171 Sam 31:12
2 Samuel 12×
2 Sam 2:72 Sam 8:92 Sam 11:162 Sam 13:282 Sam 17:102 Sam 22:332 Sam 22:402 Sam 24:22 Sam 24:42 Sam 24:9+ 2 more in 2 Samuel
1 Kings 9×
1 Ki 1:421 Ki 1:521 Ki 10:21 Ki 11:281 Ki 15:201 Ki 20:11 Ki 20:191 Ki 20:25+ 1 more in 1 Kings
2 Kings 17×
2 Ki 2:162 Ki 5:12 Ki 6:142 Ki 6:152 Ki 7:62 Ki 9:52 Ki 11:152 Ki 15:202 Ki 18:172 Ki 24:142 Ki 24:162 Ki 25:12 Ki 25:52 Ki 25:102 Ki 25:232 Ki 25:26+ 1 more in 2 Kings
1 Chronicles 28×
1 Chr 5:181 Chr 5:241 Chr 7:21 Chr 7:51 Chr 7:71 Chr 7:91 Chr 7:111 Chr 7:401 Chr 8:401 Chr 9:131 Chr 10:121 Chr 11:221 Chr 11:261 Chr 12:81 Chr 12:211 Chr 12:251 Chr 12:281 Chr 12:301 Chr 18:91 Chr 20:11 Chr 26:61 Chr 26:71 Chr 26:81 Chr 26:91 Chr 26:30+ 3 more in 1 Chronicles
2 Chronicles 27×
2 Chr 9:12 Chr 13:32 Chr 14:82 Chr 14:92 Chr 16:42 Chr 16:72 Chr 16:82 Chr 17:22 Chr 17:132 Chr 17:142 Chr 17:162 Chr 17:172 Chr 23:142 Chr 24:232 Chr 24:242 Chr 25:62 Chr 26:112 Chr 26:122 Chr 26:132 Chr 26:172 Chr 28:62 Chr 32:212 Chr 33:14+ 4 more in 2 Chronicles
Ezra 1×
Ezra 8:22
Nehemiah 4×
Nehemiah 2:9Nehemiah 4:2Nehemiah 11:6Nehemiah 11:14
Esther 2×
Esther 1:3Esther 8:11
Job 6×
Job 5:5Job 15:29Job 20:15Job 20:18Job 21:7Job 31:25
Psalms 18×
Psalms 18:32Psalms 18:39Psalms 33:16Psalms 33:17Psalms 49:6Psalms 49:10Psalms 59:11Psalms 60:12Psalms 62:10Psalms 73:12Psalms 76:5Psalms 84:7Psalms 108:13Psalms 110:3Psalms 118:15Psalms 118:16Psalms 136:15+ 1 more in Psalms
Proverbs 5×
Proverbs 12:4Proverbs 13:22Proverbs 31:3Proverbs 31:10Proverbs 31:29
Ecclesiastes 2×
Eccles 10:10Eccles 12:3
Isaiah 9×
Isaiah 5:22Isaiah 8:4Isaiah 10:14Isaiah 30:6Isaiah 36:2Isaiah 43:17Isaiah 60:5Isaiah 60:11Isaiah 61:6
Jeremiah 32×
Jeremiah 15:13Jeremiah 17:3Jeremiah 32:2Jeremiah 34:1Jeremiah 34:7Jeremiah 34:21Jeremiah 35:11Jeremiah 37:5Jeremiah 37:7Jeremiah 37:10Jeremiah 37:11Jeremiah 38:3Jeremiah 39:1Jeremiah 39:5Jeremiah 40:7Jeremiah 40:13Jeremiah 41:11Jeremiah 41:13Jeremiah 41:16Jeremiah 42:1Jeremiah 42:8Jeremiah 43:4Jeremiah 43:5Jeremiah 46:2Jeremiah 46:22+ 7 more in Jeremiah
Ezekiel 13×
Ezekiel 17:17Ezekiel 26:12Ezekiel 27:10Ezekiel 27:11Ezekiel 28:4Ezekiel 28:5Ezekiel 29:18Ezekiel 32:31Ezekiel 37:10Ezekiel 38:4Ezekiel 38:15+ 2 more in Ezekiel
Daniel 6×
Daniel 11:7Daniel 11:10Daniel 11:13Daniel 11:25Daniel 11:26+ 1 more in Daniel
Joel 3×
Joel 2:11Joel 2:22Joel 2:25
Obadiah 2×
Obadiah 1:11Obadiah 1:13
Micah 1×
Micah 4:13
Nahum 1×
Nahum 2:3
Habakkuk 1×
Habakkuk 3:19
Zephaniah 1×
Zeph 1:13
Zechariah 3×
Zech 4:6Zech 9:4Zech 14:14

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