H2426 — חֵיל (chêyl)

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Strong's H2426 (Hebrew)

Hebrew: חֵיל (chêyl)

Pronunciation: khale

Morphology: n-m

Derivation: or (shortened) חֵל (chêl); a collateral form of חַיִל (chayil) [H2428];

Definition: an army; also (by analogy,) an intrenchment

KJV Renderings: army, bulwark, host, [phrase] poor, rampart, trench, wall.

Senses

  1. rampart, fortress, wall
    1. rampart
    2. fortress

Cross References

Strong's Original Transliteration Derivation Definition KJV Renderings
G746 ἀρχή archḗ from G756 (properly abstract) a commencement, or (concretely) chief (in various applications of order, time, place, or rank) beginning, corner, (at the, the) first (estate), magistrate, power, principality, principle, rule
H2428 חַיִל chayil from חוּל (chûwl) H2342 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)

Sources. The definition, derivation and KJV renderings are James Strong's own wording from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890) — public domain. The numbered senses and the Hebrew–Greek cross-references are the editorial work of the OpenScriptures Strong's dictionary, licensed CC BY-SA 3.0; their sense-outline conventions match the Outline of Biblical Usage (Online Bible, Larry Pierce), noted as a convention match rather than a documented claim.