# H2427 חִיל

חִיל (chîyl), Strong’s H2427: a throe (expectant of childbirth) KJV: pain, pang, sorrow.. Occurs 7 times.

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*chîyl* — a throe (expectant of childbirth)

KJV: pain, pang, sorrow.

Derived from [חוּל chûwl](https://besorah.bible/word/H2342) (to twist or whirl)

Occurs 7 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- חִיל n.m. a writhing, anguish
- חִילָה n.f
- חִילָה n.f. anguish, Jb 6:10.

## Where it occurs
- [Exodus 15:14](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/15?v=14) — The peoples have heard. They tremble. Pangs have taken hold of the inhabitants of Philistia.
- [Jeremiah 6:24](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/jeremiah/6?v=24) — We have heard its report. Our hands become feeble. Anguish has taken hold of us, and pains as of a woman in labor.
- [Jeremiah 22:23](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/jeremiah/22?v=23) — Inhabitant of Lebanon, who makes your nest in the cedars, how greatly to be pitied you will be when pangs come on you…
- [Jeremiah 50:43](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/jeremiah/50?v=43) — The king of Babylon has heard the news of them, and his hands become feeble. Anguish has taken hold of him, pains as of…
- [Micah 4:9](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/micah/4?v=9) — Now why do you cry out aloud? Is there no king in you? Has your counselor perished, that pains have taken hold of you…
- [Psalms 48:7](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/psalms/48?v=7) — Trembling took hold of them there, pain, as of a woman in travail.
- [Job 6:10](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/job/6?v=10) — Let it still be my consolation, yes, let me exult in pain that doesn’t spare, that I have not denied the words of the…