H381 Hebrew

אִישׁ־חַיִל

ʼÎysh-Chayil (eesh-khah'-yil)
Ishchail (or Ish-chai), an Israelite

KJV Translations of H381

a valiant man.

Word Origin & Derivation

from H376 (אִישׁ) and H2428 (חַיִל); man of might; by defective transcription (2 Samuel 23:20) אִישׁ־חַיxlit ʼÎsh-Chay corrected to ʼÎysh-Chay; as if from H376 (אִישׁ) and H2416 (חַי); living man;

H376 אִישׁ (ʼîysh)

a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)

H2428 חַיִל (chayil)

probably a force, whether of men, means or other resources; an army, wealth, virtue, valor, strength

H2416 חַי (chay)

alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or livin...