חַיִל

chayil · Hebrew · Strong's H2428 · 233 occurrences

The KJV renders 25 different Hebrew and Greek words as “strength”

What it means

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

from H2342 (חוּל);

How the KJV renders it

able, activity, band of men, company, forces, goods, host, might, power, riches, strength, strong, substance, train, valour, virtuous, war, worthy

Where that flattens a distinction

The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.

“strength”

also renders krátos (G2904), endynamóō (G1743), ischýs (G2479), exousía (G1849), dýnamis (G1411), ʼûwl (H193), ʼôwn (H202), ʼĕyâl (H353), ʼĕyâlûwth (H360), ʼêythân (H386), ʼamtsâh (H556), dôbeʼ (H1679), chêzeq (H2391), chôçen (H2633), kôach (H3581), mâʻôwz (H4581), nitsbâh (H5326), Nêtsach (H5332), ʻôz (H5797), ʻetsem (H6106), ʻotsmâh (H6109), rahab (H7293), tᵉqôph (H8632), tôqeph (H8633)

“strong”

also renders enérgeia (G1753), mégas (G3173), stereós (G4731), dynatós (G1415), ʼabbîyr (H47), ʼêythân (H386), ʼêl (H410), bâtsar (H1219), gibbôwr (H1368), gerem (H1634), châzâq (H2389), chăçîyn (H2626), kabbîyr (H3524), mibtsâr (H4013), mâtsôwr (H4692), ʻaz (H5794), ʻôz (H5797), ʻizzûwz (H5808), ʻâtsûwm (H6099), ʻatstsumâh (H6110), ʻârîyts (H6184), taqqîyph (H8624)

“company”

also renders synodía (G4923), óchlos (G3793), sympósion (G4849), plēthos (G4128), klisía (G2828), ʼôrᵉchâh (H736), bath (H1323), hălîykâh (H1979), hâmôwn (H1995), chebel (H2256), cheber (H2267), chay (H2416), lahăqâh (H3862), machălôqeth (H4256), tsâbâʼ (H6635), qibbûwts (H6899), rôʼsh (H7218), shiphʻâh (H8229)

“power”

also renders krátos (G2904), archḗ (G746), dynatós (G1415), ischýs (G2479), exousía (G1849), dýnamis (G1411), ʼêl (H410), chayil (H2429), chêçen (H2632), yad (H3028), kôach (H3581), memshâlâh (H4475), ʻaz (H5794), ʻôz (H5797), ʻizzûwz (H5808), shilṭôwn (H7983), tôqeph (H8633)

“substance”

also renders ousía (G3776), hypárchonta (G5224), hypóstasis (G5287), hýparxis (G5223), ʼôwn (H202), havvâh (H1942), hôwn (H1952), yêsh (H3426), kôach (H3581), matstsebeth (H4678), miqneh (H4735), qîym (H7009), qinyân (H7075), rᵉkûwsh (H7399)

“might”

also renders krátos (G2904), dýnamai (G1410), ischýō (G2480), ischýs (G2479), ʼôwn (H202), ʼêl (H410), gᵉbûwrâh (H1370), yâkôl (H3201), kôach (H3581), ʻôz (H5797), tᵉqôph (H8632)

“riches”

also renders ploûtos (G4149), chrēma (G5536), hôwn (H1952), hâmôwn (H1995), chôçen (H2633), yithrâh (H3502), ʻôsher (H6239), qinyân (H7075), rᵉkûwsh (H7399), shûwaʻ (H7769)

“goods”

also renders agathós (G18), ousía (G3776), hypárchonta (G5224), skeûos (G4632), hýparxis (G5223), ʼôwn (H202), nᵉkaç (H5232), qinyân (H7075)

“war”

also renders pólemos (G4171), strateúomai (G4754), poleméō (G4170), lâchem (H3901), tsâbâʼ (H6635), qôbel (H6904), qᵉrâb (H7128), qᵉrâb (H7129)

“worthy”

also renders hikanós (G2425), cháris (G5485), kalós (G2570), ʼaddîyr (H117), ʼîysh (H376), bên (H1121)

“host”

also renders stratiá (G4756), pandocheús (G3830), xénos (G3581), chêyl (H2426), tsâbâʼ (H6635)

“able”

also renders hikanós (G2425), dynatós (G1415), kôach (H3581)

“train”

also renders shûwl (H7757)

Answers that weigh this word

Where it appears

233 occurrences in the Hebrew text, first 60 verses shown.

1 Chronicles 5:18 · HNcmsa

The sons of Reuben, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, of valiant men, men able to bear buckler and sword, able to shoot with bow, and skillful in war, were forty-four thousand seven hundred sixty that were able to go out to war.

1 Chronicles 5:24 · HNcmsa

These were the heads of their fathers’ houses: Epher, Ishi, Eliel, Azriel, Jeremiah, Hodaviah, and Jahdiel—mighty men of valor, famous men, heads of their fathers’ houses.

1 Chronicles 7:2 · HNcmsa

The sons of Tola: Uzzi, Rephaiah, Jeriel, Jahmai, Ibsam, and Shemuel, heads of their fathers’ houses, of Tola; mighty men of valor in their generations. Their number in the days of David was twenty-two thousand six hundred.

1 Chronicles 7:5 · HNcmpa

Their brothers among all the families of Issachar, mighty men of valor, listed in all by genealogy, were eighty-seven thousand.

1 Chronicles 7:7 · HNcmpa

The sons of Bela: Ezbon, Uzzi, Uzziel, Jerimoth, and Iri, five; heads of fathers’ houses, mighty men of valor; and they were listed by genealogy twenty-two thousand thirty-four.

1 Chronicles 7:9 · HNcmsa

They were listed by genealogy, after their generations, heads of their fathers’ houses, mighty men of valor, twenty thousand two hundred.

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