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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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Psalms 76:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The valiant lie plundered; they sleep their last sleep. No men of might could lift a hand.
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Source alternate reference: 76.6
Psalms 84:7 · BSB · 2 occurrences
They go from strength to strength, until each appears before God in Zion.
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Source alternate reference: 84.8
Psalms 108:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
With God we will perform with valor, and He will trample our enemies.
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Source alternate reference: 108.14
Psalms 110:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Your people shall be willing on Your day of battle. Arrayed in holy splendor, from the womb of the dawn, to You belongs the dew of Your youth.
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Psalms 118:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Shouts of joy and salvation resound in the tents of the righteous: “The right hand of the LORD performs with valor!
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Psalms 118:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The right hand of the LORD is exalted! The right hand of the LORD performs with valor!”
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Psalms 136:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
but swept Pharaoh and his army into the Red Sea. His loving devotion endures forever.
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Proverbs 12:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
A wife of noble character is her husband’s crown, but she who causes shame is like decay in his bones.
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Proverbs 13:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children, but the sinner’s wealth is passed to the righteous.
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Proverbs 31:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Do not spend your strength on women or your vigor on those who ruin kings.
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Proverbs 31:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
A wife of noble character, who can find? She is far more precious than rubies.
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Proverbs 31:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Many daughters have done noble things, but you surpass them all!”
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Ecclesiastes 10:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
If the axe is dull and the blade unsharpened, more strength must be exerted, but skill produces success.
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Ecclesiastes 12:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
on the day the keepers of the house tremble and the strong men stoop, when those grinding cease because they are few and those watching through windows see dimly,
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Isaiah 5:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Woe to those who are heroes in drinking wine and champions in mixing strong drink,
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Isaiah 8:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For before the boy knows how to cry ‘Father’ or ‘Mother,’ the wealth of Damascus and the plunder of Samaria will be carried off by the king of Assyria.”
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Isaiah 10:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
My hand reached as into a nest to seize the wealth of the nations. Like one gathering abandoned eggs, I gathered all the earth. No wing fluttered, no beak opened or chirped.’”
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Isaiah 30:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
This is the burden against the beasts of the Negev: Through a land of hardship and distress, of lioness and lion, of viper and flying serpent, they carry their wealth on the backs of donkeys and their treasures on the humps of camels, to a people of no profit to them.
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Isaiah 36:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And the king of Assyria sent the Rabshakeh, with a great army, from Lachish to King Hezekiah at Jerusalem. And he stopped by the aqueduct of the upper pool, on the road to the Launderer’s Field.
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Isaiah 43:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
who brings out the chariots and horses, the armies and warriors together, to lie down, never to rise again; to be extinguished, snuffed out like a wick:
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Isaiah 60:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then you will look and be radiant, and your heart will tremble and swell with joy, because the riches of the sea will be brought to you, and the wealth of the nations will come to you.
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Isaiah 60:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Your gates will always stand open; they will never be shut, day or night, so that the wealth of the nations may be brought into you, with their kings being led in procession.
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Isaiah 61:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But you will be called the priests of the LORD; they will speak of you as ministers of our God; you will feed on the wealth of nations, and you will boast in their riches.
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Jeremiah 15:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Your wealth and your treasures I will give up as plunder, without charge for all your sins within all your borders.
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Jeremiah 17:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
O My mountain in the countryside, I will give over your wealth and all your treasures as plunder, because of the sin of your high places, within all your borders.
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Jeremiah 32:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
At that time the army of the king of Babylon was besieging Jerusalem, and Jeremiah the prophet was imprisoned in the courtyard of the guard, which was in the palace of the king of Judah.
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Jeremiah 34:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, all his army, all the earthly kingdoms under his control, and all the other nations were fighting against Jerusalem and all its surrounding cities.
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Jeremiah 34:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
as the army of the king of Babylon was fighting against Jerusalem and the remaining cities of Judah—against Lachish and Azekah. For these were the only fortified cities remaining in Judah.
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Jeremiah 34:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And I will deliver Zedekiah king of Judah and his officials into the hands of their enemies who seek their lives, to the army of the king of Babylon that had withdrawn from you.
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Jeremiah 35:11 · BSB · 2 occurrences
So when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched into the land, we said: ‘Come, let us go into Jerusalem to escape the armies of the Chaldeans and the Arameans.’ So we have remained in Jerusalem.”
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Jeremiah 37:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Pharaoh’s army had left Egypt, and when the Chaldeans who were besieging Jerusalem heard the report, they withdrew from Jerusalem.
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Jeremiah 37:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says that you are to tell the king of Judah, who sent you to Me: Behold, Pharaoh’s army, which has marched out to help you, will go back to its own land of Egypt.
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Jeremiah 37:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Indeed, if you were to strike down the entire army of the Chaldeans that is fighting against you, and only wounded men remained in their tents, they would still get up and burn this city down.”
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Jeremiah 37:11 · BSB · 2 occurrences
When the Chaldean army withdrew from Jerusalem for fear of Pharaoh’s army,
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Jeremiah 38:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
This is what the LORD says: This city will surely be delivered into the hands of the army of the king of Babylon, and he will capture it.”
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Jeremiah 39:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
In the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched against Jerusalem with his entire army and laid siege to the city.
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Jeremiah 39:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But the army of the Chaldeans pursued them and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho. They seized him and brought him up to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon at Riblah in the land of Hamath, where he pronounced judgment on him.
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Jeremiah 40:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When all the commanders and men of the armies in the field heard that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah son of Ahikam over the land and that he had put him in charge of the men, women, and children who were the poorest of the land and had not been exiled to Babylon,
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Jeremiah 40:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Meanwhile, Johanan son of Kareah and all the commanders of the armies in the field came to Gedaliah at Mizpah
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Jeremiah 41:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When Johanan son of Kareah and all the commanders of the armies with him heard of all the crimes that Ishmael son of Nethaniah had committed,
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Jeremiah 41:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When all the people with Ishmael saw Johanan son of Kareah and all the commanders of the army with him, they rejoiced,
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Jeremiah 41:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Johanan son of Kareah and all the commanders of the armies with him took the whole remnant of the people from Mizpah whom he had recovered from Ishmael son of Nethaniah after Ishmael had killed Gedaliah son of Ahikam: the soldiers, women, children, and court officials he had brought back from Gibeon.
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Jeremiah 42:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then all the commanders of the forces, along with Johanan son of Kareah, Jezaniah son of Hoshaiah, and all the people from the least to the greatest, approached
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Jeremiah 42:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and he summoned Johanan son of Kareah, all the commanders of the forces who were with him, and all the people from the least to the greatest.
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Jeremiah 43:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So Johanan son of Kareah and all the commanders of the forces disobeyed the command of the LORD to stay in the land of Judah.
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Jeremiah 43:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Instead, Johanan son of Kareah and all the commanders of the forces took the whole remnant of Judah, those who had returned to the land of Judah from all the nations to which they had been scattered,
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Jeremiah 46:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
concerning Egypt and the army of Pharaoh Neco king of Egypt, which was defeated at Carchemish on the Euphrates River by Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah:
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Jeremiah 46:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Egypt will hiss like a fleeing serpent, for the enemy will advance in force; with axes they will come against her like woodsmen cutting down trees.
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Jeremiah 48:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
How can you say, ‘We are warriors, mighty men ready for battle’?
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Jeremiah 52:4 · 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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