חֵיל chêyl

Hebrew · Strong's H2426 · pronounced khale · used 7 times in 7 verses

Meaning

an army; also (by analogy,) an intrenchment

In the King James Version: army, bulwark, host, [phrase] poor, rampart, trench, wall.

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

2 Samuel 20:15 And Joab’s troops came and besieged Sheba in Abel-beth-maacah and built a siege ramp against the outer rampart of the city. As all the troops with Joab were battering the wall to topple it,
1 Kings 21:23 And the LORD also speaks concerning Jezebel: ‘The dogs will devour Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel.’
Psalms 122:7 May there be peace within your walls, and prosperity inside your fortresses.”
Isaiah 26:1 In that day this song will be sung in the land of Judah: We have a strong city; salvation is established as its walls and ramparts.
Lamentations 2:8 The LORD determined to destroy the wall of the Daughter of Zion. He stretched out a measuring line and did not withdraw His hand from destroying. He made the ramparts and walls lament; together they waste away.
Obadiah 1:20 And the exiles of this host of the Israelites will possess the land of the Canaanites as far as Zarephath; and the exiles from Jerusalem who are in Sepharad will possess the cities of the Negev.
Nahum 3:8 Are you better than Thebes, stationed by the Nile with water around her, whose rampart was the sea, whose wall was the water?