BDB2622 [H2428]
1. strength , usually physical:
\ \ a. seldom alone (chiefly in poetry) 1Sam 2:4; Ps 18:33; Ps 18:40 = 2Sam 22:33; 2Sam 22:40 also׳ נָָּֽברוּ ח Job 21:7, compare Eccl 10:10 מֵחַיִל אֶלחָֿ֑יִל Ps 84:8 ׳ בְּכֹחַ ח 2Chr 26:13 of virility Prov 31:3 of ׳ י 's power Ps 59:12; Ps 110:3, compare Hab 3:19 strength of horse Ps 33:17 figurative of product of vine and fig-tree Joel 2:22 (|| פְּרִי ).
\ \ b. of result or display of strength׳ עשׂה ח achieve might = do valiantly Num 24:18 (J E ), 1Sam 14:48; Ps 60:14 = Ps 108:14; Ps 118:15; Ps 118:16.
\ \ c. often in phrases׳ גִּבּוֺר(הַ)ח , ׳ גִּבּוֺרֵי(הַ)ח hero(es) of strength, mighty man (men) of valour Josh 1:14 (D ), Josh 6:2; Josh 8:3; Josh 10:7 (all J E ), Judg 6:12; Judg 11:1; 1Sam 9:1; 1Sam 16:18; 1Kgs 11:28; 2Kgs 5:1; 2Kgs 15:20; 2Kgs 24:14; 2Kgs 24:16; 1Chr 5:24; 1Chr 7:2; 1Chr 7:9; 1Chr 8:40 + (very frequently in Chronicles), note especially ׳ הַגִּבּוֺרִים וכל גבורי ח 1Chr 28:1 also ׳ ח ׳ ג 2Chr 13:3 (|| מלחמה ׳ ג ); (הַ)חֲיָלִים ׳ ג 1Chr 7:5; 1Chr 7:7; 1Chr 7:11; 1Chr 7:40; 1Chr 11:26 (see also גִּבּוֺר , p. 150); ׳ בֶּןֿ(הַ)ח , ׳ בְּנֵי(הַ)ח Deut 3:18; Judg 18:2 + (see בֵּן 8, p. 121); ׳ אִישׁ ח , ׳ אַנְשֵׁי ח Judg 3:29; Judg 20:44; Judg 20:46; Judg 1:12; Judg 11:16; 2Sam 23:20 (Qr ; Kt חי , on phrase בןאֿישׁ חיל compare Dr ) = 1Chr 11:22 (Kt חיל ), 2Sam 24:9; Nah 2:4; Jer 48:15; 1Chr 10:12; Neh 11:6; Ps 76:6 ironical לִמְסֹךְ שֵׁכָר ׳ ח ׳ א Isa 5:22 = (|| גבורים לשׁתות יין ); Eccl 12:3 metaphor of legs.
\ \ a. seldom alone (chiefly in poetry) 1Sam 2:4; Ps 18:33; Ps 18:40 = 2Sam 22:33; 2Sam 22:40 also
\ \ b. of result or display of strength
\ \ c. often in phrases
2. ability, efficiency , often involving moral worth ׳ אַנְשֵׁי ח Gen 47:6 (J ), Exod 18:21; Exod 18:25 (both E ); of a woman אֵשֶׁת ׳ ח Prov 12:4; Prov 31:10; Ruth 3:11 compare 1Kgs 1:42; 1Kgs 1:52 (opposed to רעה ), and especially יִרְאֵי אלהים אַנְשֵׁי אֱמֶת שׂנְאֵי בָּ֑צַע ׳ אַנְשֵׁי ח Exod 18:21(E ); עָשָׂה חיל Prov 31:29 do worthily, efficiently , perhaps also Ruth 4:11 late (with weakened meaning of גִּבּוֺר ) גִּבּוֺרֵי חֵיל מְלֶאכֶת עֲבוֺדַת בֵּית הָאלהים 1Chr 9:13, compare בַּכִּחַ לַעֲבֹדָה ׳ אישׁ ח 1Chr 26:8. So also 1Sam 10:26 (read ׳ בְּנֵי ח , see ᵐ5 We Dr , men of worth , opposed to בני בליעל v1Sam 10:27) for ᵑ0 ׳ ח force, band .
3. wealth Gen 34:29 = Num 31:9 (both P ), Deut 8:17; Deut 8:18; Deut 33:11; Isa 8:4; Isa 10:14; Isa 30:6 (|| אוֺצְרֹתָם ), Isa 60:5 (|| הֲמוֺן יָם ) vIsa 60:11; Isa 61:6; Mic 4:13; Jer 15:13; Jer 17:3 (both || אצרות ), Zeph 1:13; Ezek 26:12; Ezek 28:4; Ezek 28:5 (twice in verse); Zech 14:14; Job 5:5; Job 15:29; Job 20:15; Job 20:18; Job 31:25; Ps 49:7; Ps 49:11; Ps 62:11; Ps 73:12; Prov 13:22.
4. force, army , very often Exod 14:4; Exod 14:9; Exod 14:17; Exod 14:28 (all P ), Exod 15:4 (song), 1Sam 17:20; 2Sam 8:9; 2Kgs 6:4; 2Kgs 6:15; 2Kgs 25:1; 2Kgs 25:5 (twice in verse); 2Kgs 25:10; 2Chr 13:3 (בְּחַיִל גִּבּוֺרֵי מלחמה ), 2Chr 14:7; 2Chr 16:7; 2Chr 23:14 +; so usually Jeremiah: Jer 32:2; Jer 34:1 +; frequently Ezekiel: Ezek 17:17; Ezek 27:10 +; Dan 11:7; Dan 11:13; Dan 11:25 (twice in verse); Dan 11:26 = a band 1Sam 10:26 (ᵑ0 , but see 2, adfin. ); of train of Queen of Sheba גדול ׳ ח 1Kgs 10:2 = 2Chr 9:1 חֵיל כָּבֵד Isa 36:1 = 2Kgs 18:17 a powerful army (on form compare Sta§ 194 c ); also (late) חֵיל הַצָּבָא 1Chr 20:1; 2Chr 26:13, חֵיל עָם Esth 8:11 הֲמוֺן חֲיָלִים Dan 11:10 ׳ שַׂרהֿח 2Sam 24:2 = captain of the host , ׳ שָׂרֵי הח v2Sam 24:4 v2Sam 24:4 שָׂרֵי הַחֲיָלִים captains of armies (bands, divisions) 1Kgs 15:20 = 2Chr 16:4; 2Kgs 25:23; Jer 40:7; Jer 40:13; Jer 41:11; Jer 41:13; Jer 41:16; Jer 42:1; Jer 42:8; Jer 43:4; Jer 43:5. פִּקּוּדֵי החִיל Num 31:14 (P ). — חֵילוּ Ezek 32:31 omitted by B Hi Co : for חֵילֵךְ Ezek 27:11 read probably a proper name, of a location, compare Da ; Co proposes חתלון (compare Ezek 47:15; Ezek 48:1), HalMÈl. Epigr. 1874, 69 חלך = Cilicia , see LagM i. 211 .
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