Definition
or (shortened) חֵל; a collateral form of H2428; an army; also (by analogy,) an intrenchment
Traditional renderings: army, bulwark, host, poor, rampart, trench, wall.
Traditional renderings: army, bulwark, host, poor, rampart, trench, wall.
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders חֵל:
Usage patterns
Occurrences
8 total
- 2 Samuel 20:15בַּחֵ֑ל · against the outer rampartAnd 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 21:23בְּחֵ֥ל · by the wallAnd the LORD also speaks concerning Jezebel: ‘The dogs will devour Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel.’
- Psalm 122:7בְּחֵילֵ֑ךְ · within your wallsMay there be peace within your walls, and prosperity inside your fortresses.”
- Isaiah 26:1וָחֵֽל׃ · and rampartsIn 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 2:8חֵ֥ל · He made the rampartsThe 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 29:19לְחֵילֽוֹ׃ · for his armyTherefore 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 1:20הַֽחֵל־ · hostAnd 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 3:8חֵ֣יל · rampartAre you better than Thebes, stationed by the Nile with water around her, whose rampart was the sea, whose wall was the water?