H2428 חַיִל
chayil — probably a force, whether of men, means or other resources; an army, wealth, virtue, valor, strength
KJV: able, activity, ([phrase]) army, band of men (soldiers), company, (great) forces…
Derived from חוּל chûwl (to twist or whirl)
Occurs 230 times. Every verse with this word
Brown–Driver–Briggs
- חַ֫יִל 244 n.m. strength, efficiency, wealth, army
- 1 strength, usu. physical
- 2 ability, efficiency, often involving moral worth
- 3 wealth
- 4 force, army
Where it occurs
- Genesis 34:29 — and all their wealth. They took captive all their little ones and their wives, and took as plunder everything that was…
- Genesis 47:6 — The land of Egypt is before you. Make your father and your brothers dwell in the best of the land. Let them dwell in…
- Exodus 14:4 — I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and he will follow after them; and I will get honor over Pharaoh, and over all his…
- Exodus 14:9 — The Egyptians pursued them. All the horses and chariots of Pharaoh, his horsemen, and his army overtook them encamping…
- Exodus 14:17 — Behold, I myself will harden the hearts of the Egyptians, and they will go in after them. I will get myself honor over…
- Exodus 14:28 — The waters returned, and covered the chariots and the horsemen, even all Pharaoh’s army that went in after them into…
- Exodus 15:4 — He has cast Pharaoh’s chariots and his army into the sea. His chosen captains are sunk in the Sea of Suf.
- Exodus 18:21 — Moreover you shall provide out of all the people able men which fear God: men of truth, hating unjust gain; and place…
- Exodus 18:25 — Moses chose able men out of all Israel, and made them heads over the people, rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds…
- Numbers 24:18 — Edom shall be a possession. Seir, his enemy, also shall be a possession, while Israel does valiantly.