Strong's Concordance H2428

Original Word: חַיִל
Transliteration: chayil
Phonetic Spelling: khah'-yil
from H2342; probably a force, whether of men, means or other resources; an army, wealth, virtue, valor, strength; able, activity, ( ) army, band of men (soldiers), company, (great) forces, goods, host, might, power, riches, strength, strong, substance, train, ( ) valiant(-ly), valour, virtuous(-ly), war, worthy(-ily).

Usages throughout the bible

Psalms 136:15 - But overthrew Pharaoh and his host H2428 in the Red sea: for his mercy endureth for ever.

Proverbs 12:4 - A virtuous H2428 woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.

Proverbs 13:22 - A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children's children: and the wealth H2428 of the sinner is laid up for the just.

Proverbs 31:3 - Give not thy strength H2428 unto women, nor thy ways to that which destroyeth kings.

Proverbs 31:10 - Who can find a virtuous H2428 woman? for her price is far above rubies.

Proverbs 31:29 - Many daughters have done virtuously, H2428 but thou excellest them all.

Ecclesiastes 10:10 - If the iron be blunt, and he do not whet the edge, then must he put to more strength: H2428 but wisdom is profitable to direct.

Ecclesiastes 12:3 - In the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong H2428 men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look out of the windows be darkened,

Isaiah 5:22 - Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength H2428 to mingle strong drink:

Isaiah 8:4 - For before the child shall have knowledge to cry, My father, and my mother, the riches H2428 of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria shall be taken away before the king of Assyria.

Isaiah 10:14 - And my hand hath found as a nest the riches H2428 of the people: and as one gathereth eggs that are left, have I gathered all the earth; and there was none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or peeped.

Isaiah 30:6 - The burden of the beasts of the south: into the land of trouble and anguish, from whence come the young and old lion, the viper and fiery flying serpent, they will carry their riches H2428 upon the shoulders of young asses, and their treasures upon the bunches of camels, to a people that shall not profit them.

Isaiah 43:17 - Which bringeth forth the chariot and horse, the army H2428 and the power; they shall lie down together, they shall not rise: they are extinct, they are quenched as tow.

Isaiah 60:5 - Then thou shalt see, and flow together, and thine heart shall fear, and be enlarged; because the abundance of the sea shall be converted unto thee, the forces H2428 of the Gentiles shall come unto thee.

Isaiah 60:11 - Therefore thy gates shall be open continually; they shall not be shut day nor night; that men may bring unto thee the forces H2428 of the Gentiles, and that their kings may be brought.

Isaiah 61:6 - But ye shall be named the Priests of the LORD: men shall call you the Ministers of our God: ye shall eat the riches H2428 of the Gentiles, and in their glory shall ye boast yourselves.

Jeremiah 15:13 - Thy substance H2428 and thy treasures will I give to the spoil without price, and that for all thy sins, even in all thy borders.

Jeremiah 17:3 - O my mountain in the field, I will give thy substance H2428 and all thy treasures to the spoil, and thy high places for sin, throughout all thy borders.

Jeremiah 32:2 - For then the king of Babylon's army H2428 besieged Jerusalem: and Jeremiah the prophet was shut up in the court of the prison, which was in the king of Judah's house.

Jeremiah 34:1 - The word which came unto Jeremiah from the LORD, when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and all his army, H2428 and all the kingdoms of the earth of his dominion, and all the people, fought against Jerusalem, and against all the cities thereof, saying,

Jeremiah 34:7 - When the king of Babylon's army H2428 fought against Jerusalem, and against all the cities of Judah that were left, against Lachish, and against Azekah: for these defenced cities remained of the cities of Judah.

Jeremiah 34:21 - And Zedekiah king of Judah and his princes will I give into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of them that seek their life, and into the hand of the king of Babylon's army, H2428 which are gone up from you.

Jeremiah 35:11 - But it came to pass, when Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon came up into the land, that we said, Come, and let us go to Jerusalem for fear of the army H2428 of the Chaldeans, and for fear of the army H2428 of the Syrians: so we dwell at Jerusalem.

Jeremiah 37:5 - Then Pharaoh's army H2428 was come forth out of Egypt: and when the Chaldeans that besieged Jerusalem heard tidings of them, they departed from Jerusalem.

Jeremiah 37:7 - Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; Thus shall ye say to the king of Judah, that sent you unto me to enquire of me; Behold, Pharaoh's army, H2428 which is come forth to help you, shall return to Egypt into their own land.

Jeremiah 37:10 - For though ye had smitten the whole army H2428 of the Chaldeans that fight against you, and there remained but wounded men among them, yet should they rise up every man in his tent, and burn this city with fire.

Jeremiah 37:11 - And it came to pass, that when the army H2428 of the Chaldeans was broken up from Jerusalem for fear of Pharaoh's army, H2428

Jeremiah 38:3 - Thus saith the LORD, This city shall surely be given into the hand of the king of Babylon's army, H2428 which shall take it.

Jeremiah 39:1 - In the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, came Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon and all his army H2428 against Jerusalem, and they besieged it.

Jeremiah 39:5 - But the Chaldeans' army H2428 pursued after them, and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho: and when they had taken him, they brought him up to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to Riblah in the land of Hamath, where he gave judgment upon him.

Jeremiah 40:7 - Now when all the captains of the forces H2428 which were in the fields, even they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam governor in the land, and had committed unto him men, and women, and children, and of the poor of the land, of them that were not carried away captive to Babylon;

Jeremiah 40:13 - Moreover Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces H2428 that were in the fields, came to Gedaliah to Mizpah,

Jeremiah 41:11 - But when Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces H2428 that were with him, heard of all the evil that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had done,

Jeremiah 41:13 - Now it came to pass, that when all the people which were with Ishmael saw Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces H2428 that were with him, then they were glad.

Jeremiah 41:16 - Then took Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces H2428 that were with him, all the remnant of the people whom he had recovered from Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, from Mizpah, after that he had slain Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, even mighty men of war, and the women, and the children, and the eunuchs, whom he had brought again from Gibeon:

Jeremiah 42:1 - Then all the captains of the forces, H2428 and Johanan the son of Kareah, and Jezaniah the son of Hoshaiah, and all the people from the least even unto the greatest, came near,

Jeremiah 42:8 - Then called he Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces H2428 which were with him, and all the people from the least even to the greatest,

Jeremiah 43:4 - So Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces, H2428 and all the people, obeyed not the voice of the LORD, to dwell in the land of Judah.

Jeremiah 43:5 - But Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces, H2428 took all the remnant of Judah, that were returned from all nations, whither they had been driven, to dwell in the land of Judah;

Jeremiah 46:2 - Against Egypt, against the army H2428 of Pharaohnecho king of Egypt, which was by the river Euphrates in Carchemish, which Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon smote in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah.

Jeremiah 46:22 - The voice thereof shall go like a serpent; for they shall march with an army, H2428 and come against her with axes, as hewers of wood.

Jeremiah 48:14 - How say ye, We are mighty and strong H2428 men for the war?

Jeremiah 52:4 - And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon came, he and all his army, H2428 against Jerusalem, and pitched against it, and built forts against it round about.

Jeremiah 52:8 - But the army H2428 of the Chaldeans pursued after the king, and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho; and all his army H2428 was scattered from him.

Jeremiah 52:14 - And all the army H2428 of the Chaldeans, that were with the captain of the guard, brake down all the walls of Jerusalem round about.

Ezekiel 17:17 - Neither shall Pharaoh with his mighty army H2428 and great company make for him in the war, by casting up mounts, and building forts, to cut off many persons:

Ezekiel 26:12 - And they shall make a spoil of thy riches, H2428 and make a prey of thy merchandise: and they shall break down thy walls, and destroy thy pleasant houses: and they shall lay thy stones and thy timber and thy dust in the midst of the water.

Ezekiel 27:10 - They of Persia and of Lud and of Phut were in thine army, H2428 thy men of war: they hanged the shield and helmet in thee; they set forth thy comeliness.

Ezekiel 27:11 - The men of Arvad with thine army H2428 were upon thy walls round about, and the Gammadims were in thy towers: they hanged their shields upon thy walls round about; they have made thy beauty perfect.

Ezekiel 28:4 - With thy wisdom and with thine understanding thou hast gotten thee riches, H2428 and hast gotten gold and silver into thy treasures: