Ben-hail
בֶּן־חַ֫יִלStrong’s H1134ben-chayil (ben-cha-yil)
Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament
In short
Ben-chayil is the Hebrew word usually translated “ben-” and “hail”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.
“Also in the third year of his reign he sent to his princes, even to Benhail, and to Obadiah, and to Zechariah, and to Nethaneel, and to Michaiah, to teach in the cities of Judah.”
Meaning
- A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 2Ch.17.7
How it's translated
- ben- 1
- hail 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 2 Chronicles 1
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
Hebrew dictionary
בֶּן־חַ֫יִל ben-chayil · Ben-hail
A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 2Ch.17.7 § Ben-hail = "son of strength" or "son (man) of might" a ruler (prince) under Jehoshaphat
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “ben” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
BEN or BEN'-NUT, noun
A purgative fruit or nut, the largest of which resembles a filbert, yielding an oil used in pharmacy.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.