Strong's Lexicon

H2427

H2427 — חִיל חִילָה

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewchiylnoun mascOccurrences: 7TWOT: 623b

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H2427
Word:	חִיל חִילָה
Part of Speech:	noun masc
Etymology:	from H2342
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	7
Transliteration:	chiyl
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	kheel (and (feminine) chiylah {khee-law'}) n-m.
Meaning:	1. a throe (expectant of childbirth)
KJV Renderings:	pain, pang, sorrow.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB2610

חִיל noun masculine^{Exod 15:14} a writhing, anguish; — ׳ ח absolute Exod 15:14 + 5 t. —

1. writhing (contortions of fear) Exod 15:14 (|| verb רָגַז).

2. anguish, always in simile כַּיּוֺלֵדָה Ps 48:7 (allied kings against Jerusalem); Zion, before Assyrians Mic 4:9 before Scythians or Chaldeans Jer 6:24 (|| צָרָה), = Jer 50:43 (of king of Babylon; || צָרָה); Jer 22:23 (|| חבלים q. v.)

BDB2611

חִילָה noun feminine anguish, Job 6:10.

Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

חיל (g’heel)

Micah 4:9

KJV: 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.

EHCC: for pangs have taken thee as a woman