King James Bible
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STRONGS NUMBER H2426
Transliteration: chel
Phonetic Spelling: (khale)
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: rampart, fortress
Meaning: an army, an intrenchment
Word Summary
chel: rampart, fortress
Original Word: חֵילTransliteration: chel
Phonetic Spelling: (khale)
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: rampart, fortress
Meaning: an army, an intrenchment
Strong's 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
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H2426. chel
חֵיל חֵל, noun masculineObadiah 20 rampart, fortress (perhaps originally surrounding wall, compare SabDenkm91n. 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 חוֺמָה בֶּן, 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 חֵילָהּ בַיָּם וְהִכָּה Zechariah 9:4 (see StaZAW i.1881, 15), of No-Amon (Thebes) חוֺמָתָהּ מִיָּם יָם חֵיל אֲשֶׁר Nahum 3:8; of Zion Psalm 122:7, also 48:14 (חילה = חֵילָהּ, compare above; both "" ארמנותיך). — For חֵל 1 Kings 21:23 read probably חֵלֶק, q. v.
2 fortress הַזֶּה הַחֵל גָּלֻת Obadiah 20 the exiles of this fortress (Hi-St; Or, AV RV this army, חֵל = חַיִל).