Hebrew Lexicon Strong's Concordance Definition

Strong's H2428: חַיִל (chayil) Definition

Strong's number
H2428
Lemma
חַיִל
Transliteration
chayil
Pronunciation
khah'-yil
Strong's definition
probably a force, whether of men, means or other resources; an army, wealth, virtue, valor, strength 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). from H2342 (חוּל);

229 instances of the word חַיִל chayil (H2428)


  • Jeremiah 15:13 - Thy substance and thy treasures to the spoil will I give without price and that for all thy sins even in all thy borders

  • Jeremiah 17:3 - O my mountain in the field thy substance and all thy treasures to the spoil I will give and thy high places for sin throughout all thy borders

  • Jeremiah 32:2 - army For then the king of Babylon's besieged Jerusalem and Jeremiah the prophet was shut up in the court of the prison house For then the king of Judah's

  • Jeremiah 34:1 - The word which came unto Jeremiah from the LORD when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and all his army and all the kingdoms of the earth of his dominion and all the people fought against Jerusalem and against all the cities thereof saying

  • Jeremiah 34:7 - army When the king of Babylon's fought against Jerusalem and against all the cities of Judah that were left against Lachish and against Azekah remained and against all the cities of Judah and against all the cities for these defenced

  • Jeremiah 34:21 - And Zedekiah king of Judah and his princes will I give and into the hand of their enemies and into the hand of them that seek their life and into the hand army king of Babylon's which are gone up

  • Jeremiah 35:11 - came up But it came to pass when Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon into the land that we said Come Come at Jerusalem and for fear of the army of the Chaldeans and for fear of the army of the Syrians so we dwell at Jerusalem

  • Jeremiah 37:5 - army Then Pharaoh's was come forth out of Egypt heard and when the Chaldeans that besieged Jerusalem tidings of them they departed Jerusalem

  • Jeremiah 37:7 - Thus saith the LORD the God of Israel Thus saith to the king of Judah that sent you unto me to enquire army of me Behold Pharaoh's which is come forth to help you shall return into their own land to Egypt

  • Jeremiah 37:10 - For though ye had smitten the whole army of the Chaldeans that fight against you and there remained every man but wounded every man in his tent among them yet should they rise up and burn this city with fire

  • Jeremiah 37:11 - was broken up And it came to pass that when the army of the Chaldeans from Jerusalem for fear And it came to pass that when the army of Pharaoh's

  • Jeremiah 38:3 - Thus saith the LORD be given be given This city into the hand army of the king of Babylon's which shall take

  • Jeremiah 39:1 - year In the ninth of Zedekiah king of Judah month in the tenth came Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon and all his army against Jerusalem and they besieged

  • Jeremiah 39:5 - pursued army But the Chaldeans after them and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho and when they had taken him they brought him up to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to Riblah in the land of Hamath where he gave judgment

  • Jeremiah 40:7 - heard Now when all the captains of the forces which were in the fields and had committed that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam in the land and had committed and women and children and of the poor in the land of them that were not carried away captive of Babylon

  • Jeremiah 40:13 - Moreover Johanan the son of Kareah and all the captains of the forces that were in the fields came to Gedaliah to Mizpah

  • Jeremiah 41:11 - that were with him heard But when Johanan the son of Kareah and all the captains of the forces of all the evil had done that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah

  • Jeremiah 41:13 - saw Now it came to pass that when all the people which were with Ishmael Johanan the son of Kareah and all the captains of the forces that were with him then they were glad

  • Jeremiah 41:16 - Then took Johanan the son of Kareah and all the captains of the forces that were with him all the remnant of the people whom he had brought again from Ishmael the son of Nethaniah from Mizpah after that he had slain Gedaliah the son of Ahikam even mighty of war and the women and the children and the eunuchs whom he had brought again from Gibeon

  • Jeremiah 42:1 - came near Then all the captains of the forces and Johanan the son of Kareah and Jezaniah the son of Hoshaiah and all the people from the least even unto the greatest