International Standard Bible Encyclopedia VALIANT, VALIANTLYval'-yant, val'-yant-li (chayil; ischuros): "Valiant" in the Old Testament is for the most part the translation of chayil, "power," or "might," and is applied to the courageous and to men of war ("mighty men of valor"), as in 1 Samuel 14:52; 1 Samuel 31:12 2 Samuel 11:16, etc.; in some passages ben chayil, "a son of might" (Judges 21:10 1 Samuel 18:17 2 Samuel 2:7, etc.). A few other Hebrew words (gibbor, etc.) are thus rendered. In the New Testament the word occurs once in the King James Version (Hebrews 11:34, "valiant in fight"; the Revised Version (British and American) "mighty in war"). "Valiantly" is the translation of the same Hebrew word (Numbers 24:18 Psalm 60:12, etc.); in one case in the King James Version of chazaq (1 Chronicles 19:13, the American Standard Revised Version "play the man," the English Revised Version "men"). In some instances the Revised Version (British and American) has variations, as "man of valor" for "valiant man" (1 Samuel 16:18), "valiant" for "strong" (1 Chronicles 26:7, 9 Jeremiah 48:14, etc.). Greek 2478. ischuros -- strong, mighty ... boisterous, mighty, powerful, strong. From ischus; forcible (literally or figuratively) -- boisterous, mighty(-ier), powerful, strong(-er, man), valiant. ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/2478.htm - 8k Strong's Hebrew 47. abbir -- mighty, valiant... 46, 47. abbir. 48 . mighty, valiant. Transliteration: abbir Phonetic Spelling: (ab-beer') Short Definition: stallions. Word Origin ... /hebrew/47.htm - 6k 381. ish-chayil -- Ish-chail, an Israelite -- a valiant man 3495. Yithmah -- one of David's valiant men 2428. chayil -- strength, efficiency, wealth, army 1368. gibbor -- strong, mighty 691. erel -- perhaps a hero 3524. kabbir -- great, mighty, much 1121. ben -- son 1401. gibbar -- mighty one 45. Abi-albon -- "father of strength," one of David's heroes Library "Valiant for the Truth. " Septuagesima 117. He who Would Valiant Be Behold his Bed, which is Solomon's; Threescore Valiant Men are ... Verily I Say unto You, There Hath not Arisen among those whom ... The Adventures of Saint David of Wales. The Routing of Giant Doubt Particular Election The Will. The Scriptures. Christ's Curate in Decapolis Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary 1. (a.) Vigorous in body; strong; powerful; as, a valiant fencer.2. (a.) Intrepid in danger; courageous; brave. 3. (a.) Performed with valor or bravery; heroic. Thesaurus Valiant (66 Occurrences)... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (a.) Vigorous in body; strong; powerful; as, a valiant fencer. ... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. VALIANT, VALIANTLY. ... /v/valiant.htm - 28k Valiantly (9 Occurrences) Brave (15 Occurrences) Jabesh (21 Occurrences) 44760 (2 Occurrences) Kabzeel (3 Occurrences) Lionlike (2 Occurrences) Fighter (8 Occurrences) Exploits (8 Occurrences) Doer (25 Occurrences) Bible Concordance Valiant (66 Occurrences)Hebrews 11:34 Quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, waxed valiant in fight, turned to flight the armies of the aliens. Deuteronomy 3:18 And I commanded you at that time, saying: 'The LORD your God hath given you this land to possess it; ye shall pass over armed before your brethren the children of Israel, all the men of valour. Joshua 1:14 Your wives, your little ones, and your cattle shall abide in the land that Moses gave you on this side of the Jordan, but ye, all the valiant men, shall go over in array before your brethren and help them, Joshua 6:2 And Jehovah said to Joshua, See, I have given into thy hand Jericho, and the king thereof, and the valiant men. Joshua 8:3 And Joshua arose, and all the people of war, to go up to Ai. And Joshua chose thirty thousand valiant men, and sent them away by night. Joshua 10:7 So Joshua went up from Gilgal, he and all the people of war with him, even all the valiant men. Judges 3:29 And they smote of Moab at that time about ten thousand men, every lusty man, and every man of valour; and there escaped not a man. Judges 5:22 Then the horse hoofs stamped because of the prancings, the prancings of their strong ones. Judges 6:12 And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him, and said unto him: 'The LORD is with thee, thou mighty man of valour.' Judges 11:1 Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valour, and he was the son of a harlot; and Gilead begot Jephthah. Judges 18:2 And the children of Dan sent of their family five men from their whole number, men of valour, from Zorah, and from Eshtaol, to spy out the land, and to search it; and they said unto them: 'Go, search the land'; and they came to the hill-country of Ephraim, unto the house of Micah, and lodged there. Judges 20:44 And there fell of Benjamin eighteen thousand men; all these were men of valour. Judges 20:46 So that all who fell that day of Benjamin were twenty and five thousand men that drew the sword; all these were men of valour. Judges 21:10 The congregation sent there twelve thousand men of the most valiant, 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. 1 Samuel 4:9 Shew yourselves valiant and be men, ye Philistines, that ye may not have to be servants to the Hebrews, as they have been servants to you: be men, and fight. 1 Samuel 10:26 And Saul also went to his house to Gibeah; and there went with him the men of valour, whose hearts God had touched. 1 Samuel 14:52 There was sore war against the Philistines all the days of Saul: and when Saul saw any mighty man, or any valiant man, he took him to him. 1 Samuel 16:18 Then answered one of the servants, and said, Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite, that is cunning in playing, and a mighty valiant man, and a man of war, and prudent in matters, and a comely person, and the LORD is with him. 1 Samuel 18:17 Saul said to David, "Behold, my elder daughter Merab, I will give her to you as wife. Only be valiant for me, and fight Yahweh's battles." For Saul said, "Don't let my hand be on him, but let the hand of the Philistines be on him." 1 Samuel 26:15 And David said to Abner, Art not thou a valiant man? and who is like to thee in Israel? wherefore then hast thou not kept thy lord the king? for there came one of the people in to destroy the king thy lord. 1 Samuel 31:12 all the valiant men arose, and went all night, and took the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Beth Shan; and they came to Jabesh, and burnt them there. 2 Samuel 2:7 Now therefore let your hands be strong, and be valiant; for Saul your lord is dead, and also the house of Judah have anointed me king over them." 2 Samuel 10:12 Be strong, and let us shew ourselves valiant for our people and for the cities of our God; and Jehovah do what is good in his sight. 2 Samuel 11:16 It happened, when Joab kept watch on the city, that he assigned Uriah to the place where he knew that valiant men were. 2 Samuel 13:28 Absalom commanded his servants, saying, "Mark now, when Amnon's heart is merry with wine; and when I tell you,'Strike Amnon,' then kill him. Don't be afraid. Haven't I commanded you? Be courageous, and be valiant!" 2 Samuel 17:10 Even he who is valiant, whose heart is as the heart of a lion, will utterly melt; for all Israel knows that your father is a mighty man, and those who are with him are valiant men. 2 Samuel 23:20 Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel, who had done mighty deeds, he killed the two sons of Ariel of Moab: he went down also and killed a lion in the midst of a pit in time of snow. 2 Samuel 24:9 Joab gave up the sum of the numbering of the people to the king: and there were in Israel eight hundred thousand valiant men who drew the sword; and the men of Judah were five hundred thousand men. 1 Kings 1:42 And while he yet spake, behold, Jonathan the son of Abiathar the priest came; and Adonijah said unto him, Come in; for thou art a valiant man, and bringest good tidings. 1 Kings 11:28 and the man Jeroboam was strong and valiant; and Solomon saw the young man that he was industrious, and he made him ruler over all the charge of the house of Joseph. 2 Kings 2:16 and said to him, Behold now, there are with thy servants fifty valiant men; let them go, we pray thee, and seek thy master, lest perhaps the Spirit of Jehovah have taken him up, and cast him upon some mountain, or into some ravine. And he said, Ye shall not send. 2 Kings 5:1 Now Naaman, captain of the host of the king of Aram, was a great man with his master, and held in esteem, because by him the LORD had given victory unto Aram; he was also a mighty man of valour, but he was a leper. 1 Chronicles 5:18 The sons of Reuben, and the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, of valiant men, men able to bear buckler and sword, and to shoot with bow, and skillful in war, were forty-four thousand seven hundred and sixty, that were able to go forth to war. 1 Chronicles 7:2 And the sons of Tola; Uzzi, and Rephaiah, and Jeriel, and Jahmai, and Jibsam, and Shemuel, heads of their father's house, to wit, of Tola: they were valiant men of might in their generations; whose number was in the days of David two and twenty thousand and six hundred. 1 Chronicles 7:5 And their brethren among all the families of Issachar were valiant men of might, reckoned in all by their genealogies fourscore and seven thousand. 1 Chronicles 10:12 all the valiant men arose, and took away the body of Saul, and the bodies of his sons, and brought them to Jabesh, and buried their bones under the oak in Jabesh, and fasted seven days. 1 Chronicles 11:10 And these are the chief of the mighty men whom David had, who shewed themselves valiant with him in his kingdom, with all Israel, to make him king, according to the word of Jehovah concerning Israel. 1 Chronicles 11:22 Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel, who had done mighty deeds, he killed the two sons of Ariel of Moab: he went down also and killed a lion in the midst of a pit in time of snow. 1 Chronicles 11:26 Also the valiant men of the armies were, Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem, 1 Chronicles 12:28 and Zadok, a valiant young man, and his father's house two and twenty chief men. 1 Chronicles 19:13 Be of good courage, and let us behave ourselves valiantly for our people, and for the cities of our God: and let the LORD do that which is good in his sight. 1 Chronicles 26:7 The sons of Shemaiah: Othni, and Rephael, and Obed, Elzabad, whose brothers were valiant men, Elihu, and Semachiah. 1 Chronicles 26:9 Meshelemiah had sons and brothers, valiant men, eighteen. 2 Chronicles 13:3 Abijah joined battle with an army of valiant men of war, even four hundred thousand chosen men: and Jeroboam set the battle in array against him with eight hundred thousand chosen men, who were mighty men of valor. 2 Chronicles 14:8 And Asa had an army that bore bucklers and spears, out of Judah three hundred thousand; and out of Benjamin, that bore shields and drew bows, two hundred and fourscore thousand; all these were mighty men of valour. 2 Chronicles 17:13 And he had much business in the cities of Judah; and men of war, strong and valiant, in Jerusalem. 2 Chronicles 17:14 And this was the numbering of them according to their fathers' houses: of Judah, the captains of thousands: Adnah the captain, and with him mighty men of valour three hundred thousand; 2 Chronicles 17:16 and next to him Amasiah the son of Zichri, who willingly offered himself unto the LORD, and with him two hundred thousand mighty men of valour; 2 Chronicles 17:17 and of Benjamin: Eliada a mighty man of valour, and with him two hundred thousand armed with bow and shield; 2 Chronicles 25:6 He hired also a hundred thousand mighty men of valour out of Israel for a hundred talents of silver. 2 Chronicles 26:12 The whole number of the heads of fathers' houses, even the mighty men of valour, was two thousand and six hundred. 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. Nehemiah 11:6 All the sons of Perez who lived in Jerusalem were four hundred sixty-eight valiant men. Nehemiah 11:14 and their brethren, mighty men of valour, a hundred twenty and eight; and their overseer was Zabdiel, the son of Haggedolim. Job 24:22 Yet God preserves the mighty by his power. He rises up who has no assurance of life. Psalms 76:5 Valiant men lie plundered, they have slept their last sleep. None of the men of war can lift their hands. Song of Songs 3:7 Behold his bed, which is Solomon's; threescore valiant men are about it, of the valiant of Israel. Isaiah 5:22 Woe unto them that are mighty for drinking wine, and men valiant to mix strong drink; Isaiah 10:13 For he has said, "By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom; for I have understanding: and I have removed the boundaries of the peoples, and have robbed their treasures. Like a valiant man I have brought down their rulers. Isaiah 33:7 Behold, their valiant ones cry outside; the ambassadors of peace weep bitterly. Jeremiah 9:3 And they bend their tongues like their bow for lies: but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith the LORD. Jeremiah 46:15 Why are thy valiant men swept away? they stood not, because the LORD did drive them. Jeremiah 48:14 How do you say, We are mighty men, and valiant men for the war? Daniel 3:20 He commanded certain mighty men who were in his army to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, and to cast them into the burning fiery furnace. Nahum 2:3 The shield of his mighty men is made red. The valiant men are in scarlet. The chariots flash with steel in the day of his preparation, and the pine spears are brandished. Subtopics Related Terms Links Bible Concordance • Bible Dictionary • Bible Encyclopedia • Topical Bible • Bible Thesuarus |
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