Hebrew noun (masculine) · H2427
חִיל
chilkheel
agony; agony
7 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: chîyl
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H2427is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 5 of 39Old Testament books
- 4spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H2427
a throe (expectant of childbirth)
The King James renders it: pain, pang, sorrow.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
chil is rendered "agony; agony". It stands 7 times in the Hebrew text, across five books.
- Three of the uses stand in Jeremiah, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "agony".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Exodus 15:14The nations will hear and tremble; anguish will grip the dwellers of Philistia.
- The Greek text spells it four different ways.
The first use
The nations will hear and tremble; anguish will grip the dwellers of Philistia.
Exodus 15:14חִ֣יל
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
The word carries two meanings: agony, and agony.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| agonyStrong's entry A | Tagged aslisted under the table | WhereExodus 15:14The nations will hear and tremble; anguish will grip the dwellers of Philistia. |
| agonyStrong's entry B | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein the ledger below |
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- anguish6
- in anguish1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 7, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
4 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- חִ֖יל4
- בְ֭חִילָה1
- חִ֝֗יל1
- חִ֣יל1
The grammar of each form
- noun · masculine singular6HNcmsa
- preposition + noun · feminine singular1HR/Ncfsa
Exodus
one use
The nations will hear and tremble; anguish will grip the dwellers of Philistia.
- חִ֣ילchilnoun · masculine singulartagged: anguish
Job
one use
It still brings me comfort, and joy through unrelenting pain, that I have not denied the words of the Holy One.
- בְ֭חִילָהvechilahpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: in anguish
Psalms
one use
Trembling seized them there, anguish like a woman in labor.
- חִ֝֗ילchilnoun · masculine singulartagged: anguish
Jeremiah
three uses
We have heard the report; our hands hang limp. Anguish has gripped us, pain like that of a woman in labor.
- חִ֖ילchilnoun · masculine singulartagged: anguish
O inhabitant of Lebanon, nestled in the cedars, how you will groan when pangs of anguish come upon you, agony like a woman in labor.”
- חִ֖ילchilnoun · masculine singulartagged: anguish
The king of Babylon has heard the report, and his hands hang limp. Anguish has gripped him, pain like that of a woman in labor.
- חִ֖ילchilnoun · masculine singulartagged: anguish
Micah
one use
Why do you now cry aloud? Is there no king among you? Has your counselor perished so that anguish grips you like a woman in labor?
- חִ֖ילchilnoun · masculine singulartagged: anguish
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.