H2426 - חֵיל (chêyl)

H2426 חֵיל (chêyl) khale

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

rampart

Strong's Definition

an army; also (by analogy,) an intrenchment

Derivation: or (shortened) חֵל; a collateral form of H2428 (חַיִל);

KJV Usage: army, bulwark, host, [phrase] poor, rampart, trench, wall.

TWOT Reference: 623d

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) rampart, fortress, wall

1a) rampart

1b) fortress

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G746

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

1) rampart, fortress, wall 1a) rampart 1b) fortress Also means: che.lah (חֵילָה "bulwark" H2430)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

חֵל / חֵיל chêyl / chêl BDB Definition: 1) rampart, fortress, wall 1a) rampart 1b) fortress Part of Speech: noun masculine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: a collateral form of H2428 Same Word by TWOT Number: 623d Total KJV Occurrences: 10

Bible Occurrences (8)

20:15

21:23

122:7

26:1

2:8

29:19

1:20

3:8

2 Samuel 20:15

And Joab’s troops came and besieged [Sheba] in Abel-beth-maacah...... and built a siege ramp... against the outer rampart of the city.... As all the troops with Joab were battering the wall to topple it,

1 Kings 21:23

And the LORD... also speaks concerning Jezebel: The dogs will devour Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel.

Isaiah 26:1

In that day this song will be sung in the land of Judah: We have a strong city; salvation is established as its walls and ramparts.

Lamentations 2:8

The LORD determined to destroy the wall of the Daughter of Zion. He stretched out a measuring line and did not withdraw His hand from destroying. He made the ramparts and walls lament; together they waste away.

Ezekiel 29:19

Therefore this is what the Lord GOD... says: I will give the land of Egypt to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, who will carry off its wealth, seize its spoil, and remove its plunder. This will be the wages for his army.

Obadiah 1:20

And the exiles of this host of the Israelites [will possess the land] of the Canaanites as far as Zarephath; and the exiles from Jerusalem who are in Sepharad will possess the cities of the Negev.

Nahum 3:8

Are you better than Thebes..., stationed by the Nile with water around her, whose rampart was the sea, whose wall was the water?