Definition
and (feminine) חִילָה; from H2342; a throe (expectant of childbirth)
Traditional renderings: pain, pang, sorrow.
Traditional renderings: pain, pang, sorrow.
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders חִיל:
- αὐτόςautos“it/s/he”always
Usage patterns
Occurrences
7 total
- Exodus 15:14חִ֣יל · anguishThe nations will hear and tremble; anguish will grip the dwellers of Philistia.
- Job 6:10בְ֭חִילָה · painIt still brings me comfort, and joy through unrelenting pain, that I have not denied the words of the Holy One.
- Psalm 48:6חִ֝֗יל · anguishTrembling seized them there, anguish like a woman in labor.
- Jeremiah 6:24חִ֖יל · painWe have heard the report; our hands hang limp. Anguish has gripped us, pain like that of a woman in labor.
- Jeremiah 22:23חִ֖יל · agonyO inhabitant of Lebanon, nestled in the cedars, how you will groan when pangs of anguish come upon you, agony like a woman in labor.”
- Jeremiah 50:43חִ֖יל · painThe king of Babylon has heard the report, and his hands hang limp. Anguish has gripped him, pain like that of a woman in labor.
- Micah 4:9חִ֖יל · anguishWhy do you now cry aloud? Is there no king among you? Has your counselor perished so that anguish grips you like a woman in labor?