# חַיִל (chayil)

Israeli respelling: cha-yil. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H2429. 6 Old Testament occurrences.

an army, or strength

King James renderings: aloud, army, [idiom] most (mighty), power.

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/chayil-h2429

## Occurrences

- [Ezra 4:23](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezra/4/23) — Now when the copy of king Artaxerxes’ letter was read before Rehum, and Shimshai the scribe, and their companions, they went up in haste to…
- [Daniel 3:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/daniel/3/4) — Then an herald cried aloud, To you it is commanded, O people, nations, and languages,
- [Daniel 3:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/daniel/3/20) — And he commanded the most mighty men that were in his army to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, and to cast them into the burning fiery…
- [Daniel 4:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/daniel/4/14) — He cried aloud, and said thus, Hew down the tree, and cut off his branches, shake off his leaves, and scatter his fruit: let the beasts get…
- [Daniel 4:35](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/daniel/4/35) — And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabi…
- [Daniel 5:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/daniel/5/7) — The king cried aloud to bring in the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers. And the king spake, and said to the wise men of Babyl…