2426. chel

Strong's Concordance

chel: rampart, fortress

Original Word: חֵיל
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: chel
Phonetic Spelling: (khale)
Definition: rampart, fortress

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
from chul
Definition
rampart, fortress
NASB Translation
district (1), host (1), rampart (3), ramparts (2), walls (1).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

חֵל, חֵיל noun masculine^{Obadiah 20} rampart, fortress (perhaps originally surrounding wall, compare SabDenkm^{91n. 2}) — absolute חֵיל Nahum 3:8, חֵל Lamentations 2:8 3t.;(+ Psalm 10:10 Qr see חלכה); construct חֵל 1 Kings 21:23; suffix חֵילֵךְ Psalm 122:7, חֵילָהּ Zechariah 9:4; חֵילָה = חֵילָהּ Psalm 48:14, Ol^{§ 40 approximately 75g. 96 e} Sta^{§ 347 c}; —

1 rampart (defined by Jews as בֶּן חוֺמָה, i.e. a little wall, compare Ki under the word), of an outer fortification 2 Samuel 20:15 (others, by metonymy, of space between outer and inner fortification, including moat, see Dr Kit); Isaiah 26:1; Lamentations 2:8 (both "" חוֺמוֺת); in General of defences, or sea-power of Tyre וְהִכָּה בַיָּם חֵילָהּ Zechariah 9:4 (see Sta^{ZAW i.1881, 15}), of No-Amon (Thebes) אֲשֶׁר חֵיל יָם מִיָּם חוֺמָתָהּ Nahum 3:8; of Zion Psalm 122:7, also Psalm 48:14 (חילה = חֵילָהּ, compare above; both "" ארמנותיך). — For חֵל 1 Kings 21:23 read probably חֵלֶק, q. v.

2 fortress גָּלֻת הַחֵל הַזֶּה Obadiah 20 the exiles of this fortress (Hi-St; Or, AV RV this army, חֵל = חַיִל).

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

army, bulwark, host, poor, rampart, trench, wall

Or (shortened) chel {khale}; a collateral form of chayil; an army; also (by analogy,) an intrenchment -- army, bulwark, host, + poor, rampart, trench, wall.

see HEBREW chayil

Forms and Transliterations

בְּחֵ֣יל בְּחֵ֥יל בְּחֵילֵ֑ךְ בַּחֵ֑ל בחיל בחילך בחל הַֽחֵל־ החל־ וְחֵיל֖וֹ וְחֵיל֙ וָחֵֽל׃ וחיל וחילו וחל׃ חֵ֖יל חֵ֣יל חֵ֣יל ׀ חֵ֥יל חֵ֥ל חֵ֨יל חֵיל֔וֹ חֵילִי֙ חֵילָֽם׃ חיל חילו חילי חילם׃ חל לְחֵילֽוֹ׃ לחילו׃ ba·ḥêl baChel baḥêl bə·ḥê·lêḵ bə·ḥêl beCheil becheiLech bəḥêl bəḥêlêḵ cheil cheiLam cheiLi cheiLo chel ha·ḥêl- hachel haḥêl- ḥê·lām ḥê·lî ḥê·lōw ḥêl ḥêlām ḥêlî ḥêlōw lə·ḥê·lōw lecheiLo ləḥêlōw vaChel veCheil vecheiLo wā·ḥêl wāḥêl wə·ḥê·lōw wə·ḥêl wəḥêl wəḥêlōw

Englishman's Concordance

Exodus 14:4
HEB: בְּפַרְעֹה֙ וּבְכָל־ חֵיל֔וֹ וְיָדְע֥וּ מִצְרַ֖יִם
INT: Pharaoh and all army will know Egyptian

Exodus 14:17
HEB: בְּפַרְעֹה֙ וּבְכָל־ חֵיל֔וֹ בְּרִכְבּ֖וֹ וּבְפָרָשָֽׁיו׃
INT: Pharaoh and all army his chariots and his horsemen

Exodus 14:28
HEB: הַפָּ֣רָשִׁ֔ים לְכֹל֙ חֵ֣יל פַּרְעֹ֔ה הַבָּאִ֥ים
INT: and the horsemen entire army Pharaoh's had gone

Exodus 15:4
HEB: מַרְכְּבֹ֥ת פַּרְעֹ֛ה וְחֵיל֖וֹ יָרָ֣ה בַיָּ֑ם
INT: chariots Pharaoh's army has cast the sea

2 Samuel 8:9
HEB: אֵ֖ת כָּל־ חֵ֥יל הֲדַדְעָֽזֶר׃
INT: David all army of Hadadezer

2 Samuel 20:15
HEB: הָעִ֔יר וַֽתַּעֲמֹ֖ד בַּחֵ֑ל וְכָל־ הָעָם֙
NAS: and it stood by the rampart; and all
KJV: and it stood in the trench: and all the people
INT: the city stood the rampart and all the people

1 Kings 20:1
HEB: אֶת־ כָּל־ חֵיל֔וֹ וּשְׁלֹשִׁ֨ים וּשְׁנַ֥יִם
INT: gathered all army thirty and two

2 Kings 18:17
HEB: הַמֶּ֧לֶךְ חִזְקִיָּ֛הוּ בְּחֵ֥יל כָּבֵ֖ד יְרוּשָׁלִָ֑ם
KJV: with a great host against Jerusalem.
INT: King Hezekiah host A large to Jerusalem

1 Chronicles 18:9
HEB: אֶת־ כָּל־ חֵ֖יל הֲדַדְעֶ֥זֶר מֶֽלֶךְ־
INT: David all army of Hadadezer king

1 Chronicles 20:1
HEB: יוֹאָב֩ אֶת־ חֵ֨יל הַצָּבָ֜א וַיַּשְׁחֵ֣ת ׀
INT: led Joab army of the army and ravaged

2 Chronicles 16:7
HEB: כֵּ֗ן נִמְלַ֛ט חֵ֥יל מֶֽלֶךְ־ אֲרָ֖ם
INT: after that has escaped army of the king of Aram

2 Chronicles 24:23
HEB: עָלָ֣ה עָלָיו֮ חֵ֣יל אֲרָם֒ וַיָּבֹ֗אוּ
INT: came against army of the Arameans came

2 Chronicles 24:24
HEB: אֲנָשִׁ֜ים בָּ֣אוּ ׀ חֵ֣יל אֲרָ֗ם וַֽיהוָה֙
INT: of men came army of the Arameans the LORD

2 Chronicles 26:13
HEB: וְעַל־ יָדָם֩ חֵ֨יל צָבָ֜א שְׁלֹ֧שׁ
INT: against their hand army appointed time three

Nehemiah 4:2
HEB: לִפְנֵ֣י אֶחָ֗יו וְחֵיל֙ שֹֽׁמְר֔וֹן וַיֹּ֕אמֶר
INT: the presence of his brothers army Samaria and said

Esther 1:3
HEB: שָׂרָ֖יו וַעֲבָדָ֑יו חֵ֣יל ׀ פָּרַ֣ס וּמָדַ֗י
INT: his princes and attendants army Persia and Media

Esther 8:11
HEB: אֶת־ כָּל־ חֵ֨יל עַ֧ם וּמְדִינָ֛ה
INT: annihilate the entire army people province

Psalm 122:7
HEB: יְהִֽי־ שָׁל֥וֹם בְּחֵילֵ֑ךְ שַׁ֝לְוָ֗ה בְּאַרְמְנוֹתָֽיִךְ׃
NAS: May peace be within your walls, And prosperity
KJV: Peace be within thy walls, [and] prosperity
INT: become may peace your walls and prosperity your palaces

Isaiah 26:1
HEB: יָשִׁ֖ית חוֹמ֥וֹת וָחֵֽל׃
NAS: up walls and ramparts for security.
KJV: [for] walls and bulwarks.
INT: sets walls and ramparts

Isaiah 36:2
HEB: הַמֶּ֥לֶךְ חִזְקִיָּ֖הוּ בְּחֵ֣יל כָּבֵ֑ד וַֽיַּעֲמֹ֗ד
KJV: with a great army. And he stood
INT: King Hezekiah army A large stood

Lamentations 2:8
HEB: מִבַּלֵּ֑עַ וַיַּֽאֲבֶל־ חֵ֥ל וְחוֹמָ֖ה יַחְדָּ֥ו
NAS: from destroying, And He has caused rampart and wall
KJV: from destroying: therefore he made the rampart and the wall
INT: destroying to lament rampart and wall together

Ezekiel 29:19
HEB: וְהָיְתָ֥ה שָׂכָ֖ר לְחֵילֽוֹ׃
INT: become will be wages army

Joel 2:11
HEB: קוֹלוֹ֙ לִפְנֵ֣י חֵיל֔וֹ כִּ֣י רַ֤ב
INT: his voice before army Surely great

Joel 2:22
HEB: וָגֶ֖פֶן נָתְנ֥וּ חֵילָֽם׃
INT: and the vine have yielded army

Joel 2:25
HEB: וְהֶחָסִ֣יל וְהַגָּזָ֑ם חֵילִי֙ הַגָּד֔וֹל אֲשֶׁ֥ר
INT: the stripping and the gnawing army my great which

27 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 2426
27 Occurrences

ba·ḥêl — 1 Occ.
bə·ḥêl — 2 Occ.
bə·ḥê·lêḵ — 1 Occ.
ḥêl — 11 Occ.
ḥê·lām — 1 Occ.
ḥê·lî — 1 Occ.
ḥê·lōw — 4 Occ.
ḥêl — 1 Occ.
ha·ḥêl- — 1 Occ.
lə·ḥê·lōw — 1 Occ.
wā·ḥêl — 1 Occ.
wə·ḥêl — 1 Occ.
wə·ḥê·lōw — 1 Occ.