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ḥayil חַ֫יִל ‘strength’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from ḥūl חוּל ‘to twist / be firm’
Roots: חול חיל

ḥayil n, m
1) strength, might, efficiency, wealth, army
 1a) strength
 1b) ability, efficiency
 1c) wealth
 1d) force, army

Mentioned in Genesis 47:6, 34:29 Exodus 14:9, 18:21, 18:25 Numbers 24:18, 31:14, 31:9 Deuteronomy 8:18, 11:4, 3:18, 8:17, 33:11 Joshua 1:14, 8:3, 6:2, 10:7 Judges 3:29, 18:2, 20:44, 20:46, 21:10, 6:12, 11:1 1 Samuel 9:1, 2:4, 16:18, 14:52, 31:12, 18:17, 17:20, 10:26, 14:48 2 Samuel 17:10, 13:28, 2:7, 11:16, 22:40, 24:9, 22:33, 24:2, 24:4 1 Kings 1:42, 15:20, 10:2, 20:19, 21:23, 11:28, 1:52, 20:25 2 Kings 2:16, 5:1, 6:15, 7:6, 15:20, 11:15, 25:5, 25:23, 9:5, 24:14, 24:16, 25:10, 25:1, 6:14, 25:26 Isaiah 8:4, 30:6, 60:5, 61:6, 60:11, 5:22, 10:14, 43:17 Jeremiah 37:10, 15:13, 17:3, 32:2, 40:7, 41:16, 39:5, 52:8, 34:21, 48:14, 34:1, 34:7, 35:11, 37:7, 39:1, 40:13, 42:8, 38:3, 43:4, 43:5, 41:11, 41:13, 46:2, 52:14, 37:5, 52:4, 46:22, 42:1, 37:11 Ezekiel 26:12, 29:18, 32:31, 28:4, 27:10, 27:11, 37:10, 17:17, 38:4, 38:15, 28:5 Obadiah 1:11, 1:13 Micah 4:13 Nahum 2:4 Habakkuk 3:19 Zephaniah 1:13 Zechariah 9:4, 4:6, 14:14 Psalms 49:11, 76:6, 59:12, 118:15, 18:33, 18:40, 33:16, 62:11, 84:8, 73:12, 60:14, 108:14, 49:7, 10:10, 110:3, 33:17, 118:16, 136:15 Proverbs 31:3, 12:4, 31:10, 31:29, 13:22 Job 5:5, 20:15, 31:25, 15:29, 20:18, 21:7 Ruth 2:1, 3:11, 4:11 Ecclesiastes 12:3, 10:10 Daniel 11:26, 11:7, 11:10, 11:13, 11:25 Ezra 8:22 Nehemiah 2:9, 11:14, 11:6 1 Chronicles 5:24, 7:2, 7:7, 7:9, 7:11, 7:40, 9:13, 12:29, 12:31, 26:6, 26:31, 26:32, 8:40, 7:5, 11:26, 26:7, 26:8, 26:9, 26:30, 10:12, 11:22, 12:9, 28:1, 5:18, 12:26, 12:22 2 Chronicles 17:2, 17:14, 24:24, 26:12, 28:6, 13:3, 16:4, 9:1, 23:14, 26:17, 33:14, 26:13, 17:13, 14:8, 14:7, 32:21, 17:17, 17:16, 25:6, 26:11, 16:8

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