חַיִל
chayil · khah'-yil
an army, or strength
Lexicon
Derivation: (Aramaic) corresponding to H2428 (חַיִל);
an army, or strength
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: aloud, army, [idiom] most (mighty), power.
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
7 occurrences · 7 OT · 0 NT · 7 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- aloud3 · 43%
- and power1 · 14%
- the most1 · 14%
- that were in his army1 · 14%
- in the army1 · 14%
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.