חִיל H2427

H2427 is the Hebrew word חִיל, transliterated chîyl and said kheel. The King James Version most often renders it pain.

Word: חִילTransliteration: chîylSaid: kheelLanguage: HebrewIn the KJV: 7 verses

What it means

a throe (expectant of childbirth).

and (feminine) חִילָה; from H2342 (חוּל).

Across 7 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

pain 3×pangs 2×sorrow 1×myself in sorrow 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: pain, pang, sorrow.

All 7 verses, quoted in full.

The people shall hear, and be afraid: sorrow shall take hold on the inhabitants of Palestina.

Then 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.

Fear took hold upon them there, and pain, as of a woman in travail.

We have heard the fame thereof: our hands wax feeble: anguish hath taken hold of us, and pain, as of a woman in travail.

O 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!

The 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.

Now 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.

What does Strong's H2427 mean?

H2427 is the Hebrew word חִיל (chîyl), meaning a throe (expectant of childbirth).

How is H2427 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it pain (3 times), pangs (2 times), sorrow (1 time), myself in sorrow (1 time).

How many times does H2427 appear in the Bible?

חִיל (chîyl) is tagged in 7 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H2427 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: and (feminine) חִילָה; from H2342 (חוּל).