Hebrew word

chayil

khah'-yil

חַיִל

What it means

probably a force, whether of men, means or other resources

probably a force, whether of men, means or other resources; an army, wealth, virtue, valor, strength

Where it comes from

from chûwl (חוּל)

How the King James translates it

army48
valour32
host28
forces14
valiant13
strength10
wealth9
riches9

Every place it appears 217

Genesis34:29 47:6

Exodus14:4 14:9 14:17 14:28 15:4 18:21 18:25

Numbers31:14

Deuteronomy8:18 11:4 33:11

Joshua1:14 8:3

Judges3:29 11:1 18:2

Ruth2:1 3:11 4:11

1 Samuel2:4 9:1 10:26 14:48 14:52 16:18 17:20 31:12

2 Samuel8:9 11:16 17:10 22:33 22:40 23:20 24:2 24:4 24:9

1 Kings1:42 1:52 10:2 11:28 15:20 20:1 20:19 20:25

2 Kings2:16 5:1 6:14 6:15 7:6 9:5 11:15 15:20 24:14 24:16 25:1 25:5 25:10 25:23 25:26

1 Chronicles5:18 5:24 7:2 7:5 7:7 7:9 7:11 7:40 8:40 9:13 10:12 11:22 11:26 12:8 12:21 12:25 12:28 12:30 18:9 20:1 26:6 26:7 26:8 26:9 26:30 26:31 26:32 28:1

2 Chronicles9:1 13:3 14:8 14:9 16:4 16:7 16:8 17:2 17:13 17:14 17:16 17:17 23:14 24:23 24:24 25:6 26:11 26:12 26:13 26:17 28:6 32:21 33:14

Ezra8:22

Nehemiah2:9 4:2 11:6 11:14

Esther1:3 8:11

Job15:29 20:15 20:18 31:25

Psalms18:32 18:39 33:16 49:6 49:10 59:11 60:12 62:10 76:5 84:7 108:13 110:3 136:15

Proverbs12:4 13:22 31:3 31:10 31:29

Ecclesiastes10:10 12:3

Isaiah5:22 8:4 10:14 30:6 43:17 60:5 60:11 61:6

Jeremiah15:13 17:3 32:2 34:1 34:7 34:21 35:11 37:5 37:7 37:10 37:11 38:3 39:1 39:5 40:7 40:13 41:11 41:13 41:16 42:1 42:8 43:4 43:5 46:2 46:22 48:14 52:4 52:8 52:14

Ezekiel17:17 26:12 27:10 27:11 28:4 28:5 29:18 32:31 38:4

Daniel11:7 11:10 11:13 11:25 11:26

Joel2:11 2:25

Obadiah1:11 1:13

Micah4:13

Nahum2:3

Habakkuk3:19

Zephaniah1:13

Zechariah4:6 9:4 14:14