חַיִל (ḥayil) is a Hebrew noun meaning strength. It appears 234 times in 31 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H2428).

Also rendered

• soldiers

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 624a)

Root family 624: חוּל ḥûl — II, be firm, endure. (So ASV; RSV “prosper” for “be firm”; KVJ see ḥûl I.)

• חוּל ḥîl — whirl

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