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cha.yil H2428

חַ֫יִל (cha.yil) means “strength: soldiers” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

חַ֫יִל Hebrew · H2428 246 tagged occurrences in 231 verses

Pronunciation guide: khah'-yil Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H2428A

חַ֫יִל · cha.yil · strength: soldiers

: soldiers/army 1) strength, might, efficiency, wealth, army 1a) strength 1b) ability, efficiency 1c) wealth 1d) force, army

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TBESH · H2428B

חֵילֵךְ · che.lek · Helech

§ Helech = "your army" a place near Arvad and Gammad

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TBESH · H2428G

חַ֫יִל · cha.yil · strength

: strong 1) strength, might, efficiency, wealth, army 1a) strength 1b) ability, efficiency 1c) wealth 1d) force, army, soldiers/army

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TBESH · H2428H

חַ֫יִל · cha.yil · strength: rich

: rich/wealth 1) strength, might, efficiency, wealth, army 1a) strength 1b) ability, efficiency 1c) wealth 1d) force, army

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TBESH · H2428I

חַ֫יִל · cha.yil · strength: worthy

: worthy 1) strength, might, efficiency, wealth, army 1a) strength 1b) ability, efficiency 1c) wealth 1d) force, army

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

from H2342 (חוּל); probably a force, whether of men, means or other resources; an army, wealth, virtue, valor, strength

KJV glosses: 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).

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How translators render H2428

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
of valor	43
army	32
the army	7
their wealth	7
of the army	6
valiant	6
wealth	6
his army	5
of the armies	5
with valor	5
an army	4
capable	4
of noble character	4
of the forces	4
with strength	4
your wealth	4
but the army	3
his wealth	3
and his army	2
and the army	2
and the wealth	2
as the army	2
capable men	2
caravan	2
of his armies	2
of his army	2
strength	2
the armies	2
the wealth	2
with an army	2
able	1
also capable	1
an escort of soldiers	1
and army	1
and goods	1
and helech	1
and the men of valor	1
and the strong	1
and troops	1
any talented	1
because of it	1
brave	1
by might	1
by your power	1
caused his army	1
force	1
from strength	1
her wealth	1
his substance	1
in force	1
in power	1
in your army	1
is my strength	1
is my strong	1
like the one	1
mighty	1
military	1
more strength	1
noble things	1
of battle	1
of character	1
of might	1
of the wealthy	1
or brave	1
prosperous	1
so that the wealth	1
the forces	1
the military leaders	1
the most valiant	1
the profits	1
their best	1
their most valiant	1
their possessions	1
to seize the wealth	1
to the army	1
troops	1
valiantly	1
valor	1
was an army	1
were capable	1
who has valiant	1
who were capable	1
who were mighty men	1
with the army	1
your army	1
your riches	1
your strength	1

KJV rendering counts
Rendering	Count
of valour	30
army	15
of the forces	9
of the host	6
and all his army	5
men of valour	5
valiant	5
valiantly	5
host	4
of might	4
a virtuous	3
able	3
all the host	3
and the army	3
me with strength	3
of the armies	3
of the army	3
strong	3
the riches	3
with an army	3
all the valiant	2
and all the army	2
and his host	2
and the wealth	2
and upon all his host	2
forces	2
his army	2
of a valiant	2
of wealth	2
riches	2
the host	2
the power	2
thy substance	2
unto thee the forces	2
a band of soldiers	1
a valiant	1
against the army	1
all his host	1
all the power	1
all valiant	1
an army	1
an host	1
and all their goods	1
and all their wealth	1
and all thine army	1
and be valiant	1
and be ye valiant	1
and his army	1
and it came to pass that when the army	1
and strong	1
and the strong	1
and their substance	1
and with all the valiant men	1
as the host	1
because my wealth	1
because of thy riches	1
behold an host	1
but the army	1
company	1
for his army	1
for the army	1
for the war	1
from strength	1
had an army	1
had an host	1
he and all his army	1
he and all his host	1
her power	1
him and his army	1
his forces	1
his substance	1
if he will shew himself a worthy	1
if riches	1
in power	1
in their wealth	1
in valour	1
like the army	1
man of valour	1
me this wealth	1
men of might	1
my strength	1
neither shall his substance	1
nor his army	1
not by might	1
not thy strength	1
of activity	1
of an host	1
of his armies	1
of power	1
of strength	1
of the hosts	1
of the valiantest	1
of thy power	1
of thy riches	1
of valiant men	1
of war	1
on their substance	1
only be thou valiant	1
or any valiant	1
power	1
strength	1
substance	1
that valiant	1
the army	1
the valiant	1
the whole army	1
thee an army	1
thee riches	1
their riches	1
their strength	1
their substance	1
their wealth	1
them by thy power	1
therefore is the host	1
therefore their goods	1
thou worthily	1
thy riches	1
to more strength	1
to strength	1
train	1
unto the army	1
valiant man	1
very able	1
virtuously	1
wealth	1
were in thine army	1
with an host	1
with him a band of men	1
with mighty	1
with strength	1
with thine army	1

Verses containing H2428

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2 Samuel 24:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And Joab reported to the king the total number of the troops. In Israel there were 800,000 men of valor who drew the sword, and in Judah there were 500,000.
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1 Kings 1:42 · BSB · 1 occurrence
As he was speaking, suddenly Jonathan the son of Abiathar the priest arrived. “Come in,” said Adonijah, “for you are a man of valor. You must be bringing good news.”
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1 Kings 1:52 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And Solomon replied, “If he is a man of character, not a single hair of his will fall to the ground. But if evil is found in him, he will die.”
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1 Kings 10:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
She arrived in Jerusalem with a very large caravan—with camels bearing spices, gold in great abundance, and precious stones. And she came to Solomon and spoke to him all that was on her mind.
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1 Kings 11:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now Jeroboam was a mighty man of valor. So when Solomon noticed that the young man was industrious, he put him in charge of the whole labor force of the house of Joseph.
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1 Kings 15:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And Ben-hadad listened to King Asa and sent the commanders of his armies against the cities of Israel, conquering Ijon, Dan, Abel-beth-maacah, and the whole land of Naphtali, including the region of Chinnereth.
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1 Kings 20:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now Ben-hadad king of Aram assembled his entire army. Accompanied by thirty-two kings with their horses and chariots, he marched up, besieged Samaria, and waged war against it.
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1 Kings 20:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Meanwhile, these young officers of the district governors marched out of the city, with the army behind them,
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1 Kings 20:25 · BSB · 2 occurrences
And you must raise an army like the one you have lost—horse for horse and chariot for chariot—so we can fight the Israelites on the plain, where we will surely prevail.” And the king approved their plan and acted accordingly.
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2 Kings 2:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Look now,” they said to Elisha, “we your servants have fifty valiant men. Please let them go and search for your master. Perhaps the Spirit of the LORD has taken him up and put him on one of the mountains or in one of the valleys.” “Do not send them,” Elisha replied.
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2 Kings 5:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now Naaman, the commander of the army of the king of Aram, was a great man in his master’s sight and highly regarded, for through him the LORD had given victory to Aram. And he was a mighty man of valor, but he was a leper.
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2 Kings 6:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
the king of Aram sent horses, chariots, and a great army. They went there by night and surrounded the city.
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2 Kings 6:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When the servant of the man of God got up and went out early in the morning, behold, an army with horses and chariots had surrounded the city. So he asked Elisha, “Oh, my master, what are we to do?”
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2 Kings 7:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For the Lord had caused the Arameans to hear the sound of chariots, horses, and a great army, so that they said to one another, “Look, the king of Israel must have hired the kings of the Hittites and Egyptians to attack us.”
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2 Kings 9:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and when he arrived, the army commanders were sitting there. “I have a message for you, commander,” he said. “For which of us?” asked Jehu. “For you, commander,” he replied.
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2 Kings 11:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And Jehoiada the priest ordered the commanders of hundreds in charge of the army, “Bring her out between the ranks, and put to the sword anyone who follows her.” For the priest had said, “She must not be put to death in the house of the LORD.”
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2 Kings 15:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Menahem exacted this money from each of the wealthy men of Israel—fifty shekels of silver from each man—to give to the king of Assyria. So the king of Assyria withdrew and did not remain in the land.
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2 Kings 18:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Nevertheless, the king of Assyria sent the Tartan, the Rabsaris, and the Rabshakeh, along with a great army, from Lachish to King Hezekiah at Jerusalem. They advanced up to Jerusalem and stationed themselves by the aqueduct of the upper pool, on the road to the Launderer’s Field.
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2 Kings 24:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He carried into exile all Jerusalem—all the commanders and mighty men of valor, all the craftsmen and metalsmiths—ten thousand captives in all. Only the poorest people of the land remained.
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2 Kings 24:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The king of Babylon also brought into exile to Babylon all seven thousand men of valor and a thousand craftsmen and metalsmiths—all strong and fit for battle.
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2 Kings 25:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So in the ninth year of Zedekiah’s reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched against Jerusalem with his entire army. They encamped outside the city and built a siege wall all around it.
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2 Kings 25:5 · BSB · 2 occurrences
but the army of the Chaldeans pursued the king and overtook him in the plains of Jericho, and his whole army deserted him.
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2 Kings 25:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And the whole army of the Chaldeans under the captain of the guard broke down the walls around Jerusalem.
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2 Kings 25:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When all the commanders of the armies and their men heard that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah as governor, they came to Gedaliah at Mizpah—Ishmael son of Nethaniah, Johanan son of Kareah, Seraiah son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah son of the Maacathite, as well as their men.
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2 Kings 25:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then all the people small and great, together with the commanders of the army, arose and fled to Egypt for fear of the Chaldeans.
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1 Chronicles 5:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh had 44,760 warriors—valiant men who carried the shield and sword, drew the bow, and were trained for battle.
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1 Chronicles 5:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
These were the heads of their families: Epher, Ishi, Eliel, Azriel, Jeremiah, Hodaviah, and Jahdiel. They were mighty men of valor, famous men, and heads of their families.
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1 Chronicles 7:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The sons of Tola: Uzzi, Rephaiah, Jeriel, Jahmai, Ibsam, and Shemuel, the heads of their families. In the days of David, 22,600 descendants of Tola were numbered in their genealogies as mighty men of valor.
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1 Chronicles 7:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Their kinsmen belonging to all the families of Issachar who were mighty men of valor totaled 87,000, as listed in their genealogies.
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1 Chronicles 7:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The sons of Bela: Ezbon, Uzzi, Uzziel, Jerimoth, and Iri, heads of their families—five in all. There were 22,034 mighty men of valor listed in their genealogies.
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1 Chronicles 7:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Their genealogies were recorded according to the heads of their families—20,200 mighty men of valor.
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1 Chronicles 7:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
All these sons of Jediael were heads of their families, mighty men of valor; there were 17,200 fit for battle.
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1 Chronicles 7:40 · BSB · 1 occurrence
All these were the descendants of Asher—heads of their families, choice and mighty men of valor, and chiefs among the leaders. The number of men fit for battle, recorded in their genealogies, was 26,000.
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1 Chronicles 8:40 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The sons of Ulam were mighty men of valor, archers, and they had many sons and grandsons—150 in all. All these were the descendants of Benjamin.
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1 Chronicles 9:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and 1,760 of their relatives, the heads of their families, able men for the work of the service of the house of God.
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1 Chronicles 10:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
all their men of valor set out and retrieved the bodies of Saul and his sons and brought them to Jabesh. And they buried their bones under the oak in Jabesh and fasted seven days.
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1 Chronicles 11:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And Benaiah son of Jehoiada was a man of valor from Kabzeel, a man of many exploits. He struck down two champions of Moab, and on a snowy day he went down into a pit and killed a lion.
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1 Chronicles 11:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now these were the mighty men: Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan son of Dodo of Bethlehem,
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1 Chronicles 12:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Some Gadites defected to David at his stronghold in the wilderness. They were mighty men of valor, trained for battle, experts with the shield and spear, whose faces were like the faces of lions and who were as swift as gazelles on the mountains:
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Source alternate reference: 12.9
1 Chronicles 12:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
They helped David against the raiders, for they were all mighty men of valor and commanders in the army.
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Source alternate reference: 12.22
1 Chronicles 12:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
From Simeon: 7,100 mighty men of valor, ready for battle.
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Source alternate reference: 12.26
1 Chronicles 12:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and Zadok, a mighty young man of valor, with 22 commanders from his own family.
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Source alternate reference: 12.29
1 Chronicles 12:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence
From Ephraim: 20,800 mighty men of valor, famous among their own clans.
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Source alternate reference: 12.31
1 Chronicles 18:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When King Tou of Hamath heard that David had defeated the entire army of Hadadezer king of Zobah,
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1 Chronicles 20:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
In the spring, at the time when kings march out to war, Joab led out the army and ravaged the land of the Ammonites. He came to Rabbah and besieged it, but David remained in Jerusalem. And Joab attacked Rabbah and demolished it.
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1 Chronicles 26:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Also to his son Shemaiah were born sons who ruled over their families because they were strong, capable men.
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1 Chronicles 26:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Shemaiah’s sons were Othni, Rephael, Obed, and Elzabad; his brothers were Elihu and Semachiah, also capable men.
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1 Chronicles 26:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
All these were descendants of Obed-edom; they and their sons and brothers were capable men with strength to do the work—62 in all from Obed-edom.
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1 Chronicles 26:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Meshelemiah also had sons and brothers who were capable men—18 in all.
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1 Chronicles 26:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence
From the Hebronites, Hashabiah and his relatives, 1,700 capable men, had charge of the affairs of Israel west of the Jordan for all the work of the LORD and for the service of the king.
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