Strength
חַ֫יִלStrong’s H2429chayil (cha-yil)
Appears in 6 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Chayil is the Aramaic word usually translated “power”, “army his” and “army of”. It appears in 6 verses of the Old Testament.
“Then an herald cried aloud, To you it is commanded, O people, nations, and languages,”
Meaning
- Strength, army, powerpower · force, army
How it's translated
- with power 3
- and power 1
- power 1
- in army his 1
- with army of 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Daniel 5
- Ezra 1
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Daniel 3:20In contextAnd 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 furnace.
- Daniel 4:14In contextHe 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 away from under it, and the fowls from his branches:
- Daniel 4:35In contextAnd 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 inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou?
- Daniel 5:7In contextThe king cried aloud to bring in the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers. And the king spake, and said to the wise men of Babylon, Whosoever shall read this writing, and shew me the interpretation thereof, shall be clothed with scarlet, and have a chain of gold about his neck, and shall be the third ruler in the kingdom.
- Ezra 4:23Now when the copy of king Artaxerxes’ letter was read before Rehum, and Shimshai the scribe, and their companions, they went up in haste to Jerusalem unto the Jews, and made them to cease by force and power.
Aramaic dictionary
חַ֫יִל chayil · strength
1) strength, army, power 1a) power 1b) force, army
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “strength” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
STRENGTH, noun
[See Strong.]
- That property or quality of an animal body by which it is enabled to move itself or other bodies.
- Firmness; solidity or toughness; the quality of bodies by which they sustain the application of force without breaking or yielding.
- Power or vigor of any kind.
- Power of resisting attacks; fastness; as the strength of a castle or fort.
All definitions and other forms of “strength”
- Support; that which supports; that which supplies strength; security.“God is our refuge and strength” Psalms 46:1
- Power of mind; intellectual force; the power of any faculty; as strength of memory; strength of reason; strength of judgment.
- Spirit; animation.
- Force of writing; vigor; nervous diction.
- Vividness; as strength of colors or coloring.
- Spirit; the quality of any liquor which has the power of affecting the taste, or of producing sensible effects on other bodies; as the strength of wine or spirit; the strength of an acid.
- The virtue or spirit of any vegetable, or of its juices or qualities.
- Legal or moral force; validity; the quality of binding, uniting or securing; as the strength of social or legal obligations; the strength of law; the strength of public opinion or custom.
- Vigor; natural force; as the strength of natural affection.
- That which supports; confidence.
- Amount of force, military or naval; an army or navy; number of troops or ships well appointed.
- Soundness; force; the quality that convinces, persuades or commands assent; as the strength of an argument or of reasoning; the strength of evidence.
- Vehemence; force proceeding from motion and proportioned to it; as the strength of wind or a current of water.
- Degree of brightness or vividness; as the strength of light.
- Fortification; fortress; as an inaccessible strength [Not in use.]
- Support; maintenance of power.
STRENGTH, verb intransitive
To strengthen. [Not in use.]
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 Aramaic, not from any one translation.