Strong’s
H2427aNoun, masculine6 times in the Hebrew BibleWhere it occurs
Translated as
In the text
- Exodus 15:14חִיל
The nations will hear and tremble; anguish will grip the dwellers of Philistia.
- Psalm 48:6חִיל
Trembling seized them there, anguish like a woman in labor.
- Jeremiah 6:24חִיל
We have heard the report; our hands hang limp. Anguish has gripped us, pain like that of a woman in labor.
- Micah 4:9חִיל
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?
Brown-Driver-Briggs
חִיל n.m. a writhing, anguish
Sources: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906, public domain) from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon (CC BY 4.0), glosses from STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAHOT (Hebrew Bible, Leningrad Codex, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.