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חֵל (chel) means “rampart” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

חֵל Hebrew · H2426 7 tagged occurrences in 7 verses

Pronunciation guide: khale Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H2426

חֵל · chel · rampart

1) rampart, fortress, wall 1a) rampart 1b) fortress Also means: che.lah (חֵילָה "bulwark" H2430)

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

or (shortened) חֵל; a collateral form of H2428 (חַיִל); an army; also (by analogy,) an intrenchment

KJV glosses: army, bulwark, host, [phrase] poor, rampart, trench, wall.

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How translators render H2426

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering Count
against the outer rampart 1
and ramparts 1
by the wall 1
for his army 1
he made the ramparts 1
host 1
rampart 1
within your walls 1
KJV rendering counts
Rendering Count
and bulwarks 1
army 1
be within thy walls 1
by the wall 1
himself that the poor 1
host 1
in the trench 1
it whose rampart 1
of this host 1
therefore he made the rampart 1

Verses containing H2426

Page 1 of 1. 7 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.

  1. 2 Samuel 20:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And Joab’s troops came and besieged Sheba in Abel-beth-maacah and built a siege ramp against the outer rampart of the city. As all the troops with Joab were battering the wall to topple it,

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  2. 1 Kings 21:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And the LORD also speaks concerning Jezebel: ‘The dogs will devour Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel.’

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  3. Psalms 122:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    May there be peace within your walls, and prosperity inside your fortresses.”

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  4. Isaiah 26:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    In that day this song will be sung in the land of Judah: We have a strong city; salvation is established as its walls and ramparts.

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  5. Lamentations 2:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The LORD determined to destroy the wall of the Daughter of Zion. He stretched out a measuring line and did not withdraw His hand from destroying. He made the ramparts and walls lament; together they waste away.

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  6. Obadiah 1:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And the exiles of this host of the Israelites will possess the land of the Canaanites as far as Zarephath; and the exiles from Jerusalem who are in Sepharad will possess the cities of the Negev.

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  7. Nahum 3:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Are you better than Thebes, stationed by the Nile with water around her, whose rampart was the sea, whose wall was the water?

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