{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H2428",
  "lemma": "חַיִל",
  "transliteration": "chayil",
  "definition": "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…",
  "occurrences": 230,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "builtFrom": [
    {
      "id": "H2342",
      "lemma": "חוּל",
      "transliteration": "chûwl",
      "meaning": "to twist or whirl",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/word/H2342"
    }
  ],
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "חַ֫יִל 244 n.m. strength, efficiency, wealth, army",
    "1. strength, usu. physical",
    "2. ability, efficiency, often involving moral worth",
    "3. wealth",
    "4. force, army"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 34:29",
      "text": "and all their wealth. They took captive all their little ones and their wives, and took as plunder everything that was…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/34?v=29"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 47:6",
      "text": "The land of Egypt is before you. Make your father and your brothers dwell in the best of the land. Let them dwell in…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/47?v=6"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Exodus 14:4",
      "text": "I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and he will follow after them; and I will get honor over Pharaoh, and over all his…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/14?v=4"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Exodus 14:9",
      "text": "The Egyptians pursued them. All the horses and chariots of Pharaoh, his horsemen, and his army overtook them encamping…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/14?v=9"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Exodus 14:17",
      "text": "Behold, I myself will harden the hearts of the Egyptians, and they will go in after them. I will get myself honor over…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/14?v=17"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Exodus 14:28",
      "text": "The waters returned, and covered the chariots and the horsemen, even all Pharaoh’s army that went in after them into…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/14?v=28"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Exodus 15:4",
      "text": "He has cast Pharaoh’s chariots and his army into the sea. His chosen captains are sunk in the Sea of Suf.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/15?v=4"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Exodus 18:21",
      "text": "Moreover you shall provide out of all the people able men which fear God: men of truth, hating unjust gain; and place…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/18?v=21"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Exodus 18:25",
      "text": "Moses chose able men out of all Israel, and made them heads over the people, rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/18?v=25"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Numbers 24:18",
      "text": "Edom shall be a possession. Seir, his enemy, also shall be a possession, while Israel does valiantly.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/numbers/24?v=18"
    }
  ],
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}