Definition

an army, or strength

Etymology

(Aramaic) corresponding to H2428 (חַיִל);

Word family

• חַיִל chayil

How the KJV renders it

• aloud
• army
• most (mighty)
• power

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.