Definition

an army; also (by analogy,) an intrenchment

Etymology

or (shortened) חֵל; a collateral form of H2428 (חַיִל);

Where the KJV renders it

• army
• bulwark
• host
• poor
• rampart
• trench
• wall

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.

What the first audience heard

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