What does אִשָּׁה · חַיִל mean in the Bible?
אִשָּׁה · חַיִל is a Hebrew phrase meaning "a woman of strength, virtue, and capability".
Hebrew · H802, H2428
אֵשֶׁת־חַיִל
A woman · probably a force , whether of men, means or other resources; an army , wealth , virtue , valor , strength
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אִשָּׁה H802 a woman
Pronunciation ishah
Woman or wife; context determines meaning—marriage, gender, or relational status all collapse into one term
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חַיִל H2428 probably a force , whether of men, means or other resources; an army , wealth , virtue , valor , strength
Pronunciation ḥayil
Multivalent force: military strength, economic resources, or moral valor—power in any consequential form.
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What does אֵשֶׁת־חַיִל (eshet chayil) mean in the Bible?
אִשָּׁה · חַיִל is a Hebrew phrase meaning "a woman of strength, virtue, and capability".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for H802, H2428?
H802, H2428 is connected to 1,015 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. a woman of strength, virtue, and capability
Strong's H802, H2428
Lexical occurrences 1,015 verses Source Gloss
a woman of strength, virtue, and capability
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
אֵשֶׁת־חַיִל is built from these roots:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain