Chîyl — H2427

H2427 · Hebrew — חיל

Pronunciation: kheel

Definition

masculine noun

a throe (expectant of childbirth)

  1. pain, agony, sorrow, a writhing, anguish
    1. writhing (of fear)
    2. anguish

Usually translated as

pain, sorrow, pang

Origin

and (feminine) chîylâh; from H2342

Greek equivalents

Occurrences

Chîyl occurs 7 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Exodus (1), Job (1), Psalms (1), Jeremiah (3), Micah (1)

Strong's Lexicon — C