בֶּן־חַיִלBen-Chayil
proper name, masculine: a prince of Jehoshaphat (2 Chronicles 17:7)
Pronunciation: ben-khah'-yil · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H1134
Same root
- בֵּןbên · H1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)
- חַיִלchayil · H2428probably a force, whether of men, means or other resources; an army, wealth, virtue, valor, strength
Where it appears
Appears 2 times in the Bible.
- 2 Chronicles 17:7 In the third year of his reign Jehoshaphat sent his officials to teach in all the towns of Judah. These officials included Ben-hail, Obadiah, Zechariah, Nethanel, and Micaiah.
See every passage
- 2 Chronicles 17:7
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).