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Job 20:15
“He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again: God shall cast them out of his belly.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
חַיִלchayil · khah'-yil
H2428 · Hebrew
H2428 · Hebrew
- Definition
- probably a force, whether of men, means or other resources; an army, wealth, virtue, valor, strength
- Derivation
- from H2342 (חוּל);
- KJV renderings
- able, activity, ([phrase]) army, band of men (soldiers), company, (great) forces, goods, host, might, power, riches, strength, strong, substance, train, ([phrase]) valiant(-ly), valour, virtuous(-ly), war, worthy(-ily).
- Grammar
- חַ֣יִל — common noun, masculine, singular, absolute
- Usage
- Occurs 234 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 34:29Genesis 47:6Exodus 14:4Exodus 14:9Exodus 14:17
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read חַיִל here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.