Chil חִיל
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| חִיל | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | chil |
| Strong's number | H2427 (H2427A, H2427B) |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | masculine noun |
| Gloss | agony |
| Occurrences | 7 in 7 verses |
| Most frequent in | Jeremiah (3) |
Chil (Hebrew חִיל, Strong's H2427) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “agony”. It occurs 7 times in 7 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
H2427A: agony
1) pain, agony, sorrow, a writhing, anguish
1a) writhing (of fear)
1b) anguish
Also means: chi.lah (חִילָה "agony" H2427B)
1a) writhing (of fear)
1b) anguish
Also means: chi.lah (חִילָה "agony" H2427B)
H2427B: agony
1) pain, agony, sorrow, a writhing, anguish
1a) writhing (of fear)
1b) anguish
1a) writhing (of fear)
1b) anguish
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | pain (3), sorrow (2), pangs (2) |
|---|---|
| BSB | anguish (3), pain (3), agony (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Chil, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Exodus
- Exodus 15:14The people shall hear, and be afraid: sorrow shall take hold on the inhabitants of Palestina.The nations will hear and tremble; anguish will grip the dwellers of Philistia.
Job
- Job 6:10Then should I yet have comfort; yea, I would harden myself in sorrow: let him not spare; for I have not concealed the words of the Holy One.It still brings me comfort, and joy through unrelenting pain, that I have not denied the words of the Holy One.
Psalms
- Psalm 48:6Fear took hold upon them there, and pain, as of a woman in travail.Trembling seized them there, anguish like a woman in labor.
Jeremiah
- Jeremiah 6:24We have heard the fame thereof: our hands wax feeble: anguish hath taken hold of us, and pain, as of a woman in travail.We have heard the report; our hands hang limp. Anguish has gripped us, pain like that of a woman in labor.
- Jeremiah 22:23O inhabitant of Lebanon, that makest thy nest in the cedars, how gracious shalt thou be when pangs come upon thee, the pain as of a woman in travail!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.”
- Jeremiah 50:43The king of Babylon hath heard the report of them, and his hands waxed feeble: anguish took hold of him, and pangs as of a woman in travail.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.
Micah
- Micah 4:9Now why dost thou cry out aloud? is there no king in thee? is thy counsellor perished? for pangs have taken thee as a woman in travail.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?
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).