Chêyl — H2426

Definition

masculine noun

an army; also (by analogy,) an intrenchment

1. rampart, fortress, wall
1. rampart
2. fortress

Usually translated as

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

Origin

or (shortened) chêl; a collateral form of H2428

• Chayil (H2428)

Greek equivalents

• archḗ (G746)

Occurrences

Chêyl occurs 8 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 2 Samuel (1), 1 Kings (1), 2 Kings (1), Psalms (1), Isaiah (1), Lamentations (1), Obadiah (1), Nahum (1)

• 2 Samuel 20:15 — And they came and besieged him in Abel of Beth-maachah, and they cast up a bank against the city, and it stood in the trench (בַּחֵ֑ל): and all the people that were with Joab battered the wall, to throw it down.
• 1 Kings 21:23 — And of Jezebel also spake the LORD, saying, The dogs shall eat Jezebel by the wall (בְּחֵ֥ל) of Jezreel.
• 2 Kings 18:17 — And the king of Assyria sent Tartan and Rabsaris and Rab-shakeh from Lachish to king Hezekiah with a great host against Jerusalem. And they went up and came to Jerusalem. And when they were come up, they came and stood by the conduit of the upper pool, which is in the highway of the fuller’s field.
• Psalms 122:7 — Peace be within thy walls (בְּחֵילֵ֑ךְ), and prosperity within thy palaces.
• Isaiah 26:1 — In that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah; We have a strong city; salvation will God appoint for walls and bulwarks (וָחֵֽל).
• Lamentations 2:8 — The LORD hath purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion: he hath stretched out a line, he hath not withdrawn his hand from destroying: therefore he made the rampart (חֵ֥ל) and the wall to lament; they languished together.
• Obadiah 1:20 — And the captivity of this host (הַֽחֵל) of the children of Israel shall possess that of the Canaanites, even unto Zarephath; and the captivity of Jerusalem, which is in Sepharad, shall possess the cities of the south.
• Nahum 3:8 — Art thou better than populous No, that was situate among the rivers, that had the waters round about it, whose rampart (חֵ֣יל) was the sea, and her wall was from the sea?