חַיִל
chayil · khah'-yil
probably a force, whether of men, means or other resources; an army, wealth, virtue, valor, strength
Lexicon
Derivation: from H2342 (חוּל);
probably a force, whether of men, means or other resources; an army, wealth, virtue, valor, strength
- probably a force, whether of men, means or other resources
- an army, wealth, virtue, valor, strength
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: 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).
Letters
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to separate and protect › the hand that works › authority, the one who leads
To separate and protect of the hand that works of authority, the one who leads.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of חַיִל above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
246 occurrences · 246 OT · 0 NT · 107 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of valour30 · 25%
- army15 · 12%
- of the forces9 · 7%
- of the host6 · 5%
- men of valour5 · 4%
- and all his army5 · 4%
- valiantly5 · 4%
- of might4 · 3%
- host4 · 3%
- with an army3 · 2%
- and the army3 · 2%
- me with strength3 · 2%
- able3 · 2%
- of the army3 · 2%
- the riches3 · 2%
- of the armies3 · 2%
- and all the army2 · 2%
- strong2 · 2%
- of a valiant2 · 2%
- all the host2 · 2%
- all the valiant2 · 2%
- valiant2 · 2%
- of wealth2 · 2%
- and his host2 · 2%
- and upon all his host2 · 2%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.