חִיל chîyl

Meaning

a throe (expectant of childbirth)

In the King James Version: pain, pang, sorrow.

Derivation: and (feminine) חִילָה; from H2342 (חוּל);

Where it is used

• Exodus 15:14 The nations will hear and tremble; anguish will grip the dwellers of Philistia.
• Job 6:10 It still brings me comfort, and joy through unrelenting pain, that I have not denied the words of the Holy One.
• Psalms 48:6 Trembling seized them there, anguish like a woman in labor.
• Jeremiah 6:24 We have heard the report; our hands hang limp. Anguish has gripped us, pain like that of a woman in labor.
• Jeremiah 22:23 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 50:43 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 4:9 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?