2426 - chel

Strong's Concordance

Original word: חֵיל
Transliteration: chel
Definition (short): rampart
Definition (full): an army, an intrenchment

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin: from chul
Definition: rampart, fortress
NASB Translation: district (1), host (1), rampart (3), ramparts (2), walls (1).
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

Or (shortened) chel {khale}; a collateral form of chayil; an army; also (by analogy,) an intrenchment -- army, bulwark, host, + poor, rampart, trench, wall.

see HEBREW chayil

References

Strong's 2426: 8 Occurrences
KJV: And they came and besieged him in Abel of Bethmaachah, and they cast up a bank against the city, and it stood in the trench: and all the people that were with Joab battered the wall, to throw it down.
NASB: They came and besieged him in Abel Beth-maacah, and they cast up a siege ramp against the city, and it stood by the rampart; and all the people who were with Joab were wreaking destruction in order to topple the wall.
KJV: And of Jezebel also spake the LORD, saying, The dogs shall eat Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel.
NASB: "Of Jezebel also has the LORD spoken, saying, 'The dogs will eat Jezebel in the district of Jezreel.'
KJV: Mark ye well her bulwarks, consider her palaces; that ye may tell it to the generation following.
NASB: Consider her ramparts; Go through her palaces, That you may tell it to the next generation.
KJV: Peace be within thy walls, and prosperity within thy palaces.
NASB: "May peace be within your walls, And prosperity within your palaces."
KJV: In that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah; We have a strong city; salvation will God appoint for walls and bulwarks.
NASB: In that day this song will be sung in the land of Judah: "We have a strong city; He sets up walls and ramparts for security.