Know the Word.

Hebrew word

chêyl

khale

חֵיל

What it means

an army

an army; also (by analogy,) an intrenchment

Where it comes from

or (shortened) חֵל; a collateral form of chayil (חַיִל)

How the King James translates it

  • host2
  • rampart2
  • trench1
  • wall1
  • poor1
  • walls1
  • army1

Every place it appears 9

2 Samuel20:15
1 Kings21:23
2 Kings18:17
Isaiah36:2
Lamentations2:8
Obadiah1:20
Nahum3:8
chêyl — Hebrew word meaning “an army”