Biblica Analytica
H2428G Hebrew

חַ֫יִל

cha.yil

strength: soldiers

Lexicon Entry

Definition
strength: soldiers
Transliteration
cha.yil
Strong's Number
H2428G
Occurrences
91
Semantic Domain
Warfare & Conflict

Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.

What Original Readers Understood

Explored

The Hebrew word חַ֫יִל (cha.yil) is a crucial term in the Bible, with 91 occurrences. Its primary meaning is "strength," but more often, it refers to the manifestation of that strength in the form of soldiers or warriors. This indicates that physical power, military prowess, or the ability to wage war is a central aspect of the word. The range of usage for חַ֫יִל is quite broad, encompassing various contexts such as descriptions of armies, descriptions of individual warriors, and evaluations of people's military capabilities. This suggests that the concept of strength and military power is not limited to the physical realm but also relates to the ability to defend or protect oneself, one's community, or one's nation. The significance of חַ֫יִל lies in its connection to the themes of protection, defense, and the administration of justice within a community. The ability to muster strength and form an effective military or defense force is a demonstration of a community's ability to care for and safeguard its members, thereby establishing and maintaining social stability.

Source data & methodology
Strong's
H2428G
Lemma
חַ֫יִל
Transliteration
cha.yil
Definition
strength: soldiers
Occurrences
91
Model
cerebras
Prompt version
1

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Occurrences in Scripture

91 total occurrences across the text — showing 50

2 Chronicles 25:6

He also hired one hundred thousand mighty men of valor out of Israel for one hundred talents of silver.

2 Chronicles 26:12

The whole number of the heads of fathers’ households, even the mighty men of valor, was two thousand six hundred.

2 Chronicles 26:13

Under their hand was an army, three hundred seven thousand five hundred, who made war with mighty power, to help the king against the enemy.

2 Chronicles 26:17

Azariah the priest went in after him, and with him eighty priests of Yahweh, who were valiant men.

2 Chronicles 28:6

For Pekah the son of Remaliah killed in Judah one hundred twenty thousand in one day, all of them valiant men, because they had forsaken Yahweh, the God of their fathers.

2 Chronicles 32:21

Yahweh sent an angel, who cut off all the mighty men of valor, and the leaders and captains, in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he returned with shame of face to his own land. When he had come into the house of his god, those who came out of his own body killed him there with the sword.

Nehemiah 11:6

All the sons of Perez who lived in Jerusalem were four hundred sixty-eight valiant men.

Nehemiah 11:14

and their brothers, mighty men of valor, one hundred twenty-eight; and their overseer was Zabdiel, the son of Haggedolim.

Job 21:7

“Why do the wicked live, become old, yes, and grow mighty in power?

Psalms 18:32

the God who arms me with strength, and makes my way perfect?

Psalms 18:39

For you have armed me with strength to the battle. You have subdued under me those who rose up against me.

Psalms 33:17

A horse is a vain thing for safety, neither does he deliver any by his great power.

Psalms 59:11

Don’t kill them, or my people may forget. Scatter them by your power, and bring them down, Lord our shield.

Psalms 60:12

Through God we will do valiantly, for it is he who will tread down our adversaries.

Psalms 84:7

They go from strength to strength. Every one of them appears before God in Zion.

Psalms 84:7

They go from strength to strength. Every one of them appears before God in Zion.

Psalms 108:13

Through God, we will do valiantly. For it is he who will tread down our enemies.

Psalms 110:3

Your people offer themselves willingly in the day of your power, in holy array. Out of the womb of the morning, you have the dew of your youth.

Psalms 118:15

The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tents of the righteous. “The right hand of Yahweh does valiantly.

Psalms 118:16

The right hand of Yahweh is exalted! The right hand of Yahweh does valiantly!”

Proverbs 31:3

Don’t give your strength to women, nor your ways to that which destroys kings.

Ecclesiastes 10:10

If the ax is blunt, and one doesn’t sharpen the edge, then he must use more strength; but skill brings success.

Ecclesiastes 12:3

in the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those who look out of the windows are darkened,

Isaiah 5:22

Woe to those who are mighty to drink wine, and champions at mixing strong drink;

Jeremiah 48:14

“How do you say, ‘We are mighty men, and valiant men for the war?’

Habakkuk 3:19

Yahweh, the Lord, is my strength. He makes my feet like deer’s feet, and enables me to go in high places. For the music director, on my stringed instruments.

Zechariah 4:6

Then he answered and spoke to me, saying, “This is Yahweh’s word to Zerubbabel, saying, ‘Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit,’ says Yahweh of Armies.

Zechariah 9:4

Behold, the Lord will dispossess her, and he will strike her power in the sea; and she will be devoured with fire.

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 the land of Goshen. If you know any able men among them, then put them in charge of my livestock.”

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 such over them, to be rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.

Exodus 18:25

Moses chose able men out of all Israel, and made them heads over the people, rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.

Numbers 24:18

Edom shall be a possession. Seir, his enemies, also shall be a possession, while Israel does valiantly.

Deuteronomy 3:18

I commanded you at that time, saying, “Yahweh your God has given you this land to possess it. All of you men of valor shall pass over armed before your brothers, the children of Israel.

Joshua 1:14

Your wives, your little ones, and your livestock shall live in the land which Moses gave you beyond the Jordan; but you shall pass over before your brothers armed, all the mighty men of valor, and shall help them

Joshua 6:2

Yahweh said to Joshua, “Behold, I have given Jericho into your hand, with its king and the mighty men of valor.

Joshua 8:3

So Joshua arose, with all the warriors, to go up to Ai. Joshua chose thirty thousand men, the mighty men of valor, and sent them out by night.

Joshua 10:7

So Joshua went up from Gilgal, he, and the whole army with him, including all the mighty men of valor.

Judges 3:29

They struck at that time about ten thousand men of Moab, every strong man and every man of valor. No man escaped.

Judges 6:12

Yahweh’s angel appeared to him, and said to him, “Yahweh is with you, you mighty man of valor!”

Judges 11:1

Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valor. He was the son of a prostitute. Gilead became the father of Jephthah.

Judges 18:2

The children of Dan sent five men of their family from their whole number, men of valor, from Zorah and from Eshtaol, to spy out the land and to search it. They said to them, “Go, explore the land!” They came to the hill country of Ephraim, to the house of Micah, and lodged there.

Judges 20:44

Eighteen thousand men of Benjamin fell; all these were men of valor.

Judges 20:46

So that all who fell that day of Benjamin were twenty-five thousand men who drew the sword. All these were men of valor.

Judges 21:10

The congregation sent twelve thousand of the most valiant men there, and commanded them, saying, “Go and strike the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead with the edge of the sword, with the women and the little ones.

Ruth 2:1

Naomi had a relative of her husband’s, a mighty man of wealth, of the family of Elimelech, and his name was Boaz.

1 Samuel 2:4

“The bows of the mighty men are broken. Those who stumbled are armed with strength.

1 Samuel 10:26

Saul also went to his house to Gibeah; and the army went with him, whose hearts God had touched.

1 Samuel 14:48

He did valiantly, and struck the Amalekites, and delivered Israel out of the hands of those who plundered them.

1 Samuel 14:52

There was severe war against the Philistines all the days of Saul; and when Saul saw any mighty man, or any valiant man, he took him into his service.

1 Samuel 16:18

Then one of the young men answered, and said, “Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite who is skillful in playing, a mighty man of valor, a man of war, prudent in speech, and a handsome person; and Yahweh is with him.”