Bible Dictionary: Valour

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Strong's Hebrew

2428. chayil -- strength, efficiency, wealth, army
... band of men (soldiers), company, (great) forces, goods, host, might, power, riches,
strength, strong, substance, train, (+)valiant(-ly), valour, virtuous(-ly ...
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Library

Discretion the Better Part of Valour.
... Homily IV. Chapter V."Discretion the Better Part of Valour. "Wherefore I do not
think that any one will be able to quench such a fire as has been kindled. ...
/.../unknown/the clementine homilies/chapter v discretion the better part.htm

None Greater than John the Baptist, Yet. . .
... Yet, when the angel of the Lord appeared unto him, he said, "The Lord is with
thee, thou mighty man of valour.". "Mighty man of valour ...
//christianbookshelf.org/meyer/john the baptist/xii none greater than john.htm

A Means to Discern this Imperfect Love.
... Yet if you were desirous to exercise your heart in spiritual valour, by the
representation of divers encounters and assaults, you might profitably do so ...
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The Practice of what Has Been Said in the Preceding Chapter.
... myself to the hazards of war, I can do it, considering various motives: For the
natural motive of this action is that of strength and valour, which moves us ...
/.../francis/treatise on the love of god/chapter xiv the practice of.htm

The Death of Saint David.
... Summoning his warriors around him, he addressed them in a speech which encouraged
and animated their valour to the highest pitch. Thus he concluded:". ...
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section iii.
... It was the first stone and Basis of our Faith; none can more justly boast of
Persecutions, and glory in the number and valour of Martyrs. ...
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On the Consecration of Gods, on Account of the Benefits which they ...
... to be refuted, who not only admit that gods have been made from men, but even boast
of it as a subject of praise, either on account of their valour, as Hercules ...
/.../lactantius/the divine institutes/chap xviii on the consecration of.htm

Drill and Enthusiasm
... These are both important, but in very different degrees. Organisation without
valour is in a worse plight than valour without organisation. ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture g/drill and enthusiasm.htm

The Philosophers
... I do not admire the excess of a virtue as of valour, except I see at the same time
the excess of the opposite virtue, as in Epaminondas, who had the greatest ...
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And Now a Civil War Broke Out Between Constantine and Maxentius. . ...
... crossed the bridge. The armies met, and fought with the utmost exertions of
valour, and firmly maintained their ground. In the meantime ...
/.../lactantius/of the manner in which the persecutors died/chap xliv and now a.htm

Thesaurus

Valour (66 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Valour (66 Occurrences). Deuteronomy 3:18 And
I commanded you at that time, saying, Jehovah your God hath ...
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Warriors (75 Occurrences)
... Joshua 8:3 So Joshua arose, and all the people of war, to go up to Ai; and Joshua
chose out thirty thousand men, the mighty men of valour, and sent them forth ...
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Valiant (66 Occurrences)
... saying: 'The LORD your God hath given you this land to possess it; ye shall pass
over armed before your brethren the children of Israel, all the men of valour. ...
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Genealogies (17 Occurrences)
... 1 Chronicles 7:9 And they were reckoned by genealogy, after their generations, heads
of their fathers' houses, mighty men of valour, twenty thousand and two ...
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Treading (26 Occurrences)
... 1 Chronicles 5:18 Sons of Reuben, and the Gadite, and the half of the tribe of Manasseh,
of sons of valour, men bearing shield and sword, and treading bow, and ...
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Registered (21 Occurrences)
... 1 Chronicles 7:7 And the sons of Bela: Ezbon, and Uzzi, and Uzziel, and Jerimoth,
and Iri, five; heads of fathers' houses, mighty men of valour; and they were ...
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Inspection (23 Occurrences)
... 2 Samuel 24:9 and Joab giveth the account of the inspection of the people unto the
king, and Israel is eight hundred thousand men of valour, drawing sword, and ...
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Genealogical (26 Occurrences)
... 1 Chronicles 7:7 And the sons of Bela: Ezbon, and Uzzi, and Uzziel, and Jerimoth,
and Iri, five; heads of fathers' houses, mighty men of valour; and they were ...
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Appointeth (28 Occurrences)
... 1 Kings 11:28 and the man Jeroboam 'is' mighty in valour, and Solomon seeth the
young man that he is doing business, and appointeth him over all the burden of ...
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Artisans (7 Occurrences)
... 2 Kings 24:14 And he hath removed all Jerusalem, and all the chiefs, and all the
mighty ones of valour -- ten thousand 'is' the removal -- and every artificer ...
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Bible Concordance

Valour (66 Occurrences)

Deuteronomy 3:18 And I commanded you at that time, saying, Jehovah your God hath given you this land to possess it: ye shall pass over armed before your brethren the children of Israel, all the men of valor.
(See JPS)

Joshua 1:14 Your wives, your little ones, and your cattle, shall abide in the land which Moses gave you beyond the Jordan; but ye shall pass over before your brethren armed, all the mighty men of valor, and shall help them;
(See JPS YLT)

Joshua 6:2 And Jehovah said unto Joshua, See, I have given into thy hand Jericho, and the king thereof, and the mighty men of valor.
(See JPS YLT)

Joshua 8:3 So Joshua arose, and all the people of war, to go up to Ai: and Joshua chose out thirty thousand men, the mighty men of valor, and sent them forth by night.
(See JPS YLT)

Joshua 10:7 So Joshua went up from Gilgal, he, and all the people of war with him, and all the mighty men of valor.
(See JPS YLT)

Judges 3:29 And they smote of Moab at that time about ten thousand men, every lusty man, and every man of valor; and there escaped not a man.
(See JPS YLT)

Judges 6:12 And the angel of Jehovah appeared unto him, and said unto him, Jehovah is with thee, thou mighty man of valor.
(See JPS YLT)

Judges 11:1 Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valor, and he was the son of a harlot: and Gilead begat Jephthah.
(See JPS YLT)

Judges 18:2 And the children of Dan sent of their family five men from their whole number, men of valor, from Zorah, and from Eshtaol, to spy out the land, and to search it; and they said unto them, Go, search the land. And they came to the hill-country of Ephraim, unto the house of Micah, and lodged there.
(See JPS YLT)

Judges 20:44 And there fell of Benjamin eighteen thousand men; all these were men of valor.
(See JPS YLT)

Judges 20:46 So that all who fell that day of Benjamin were twenty and five thousand men that drew the sword; all these were men of valor.
(See JPS YLT)

Judges 21:10 And the company send there twelve thousand men of the sons of valour, and command them, saying, 'Go -- and ye have smitten the inhabitants of Jabesh-Gilead by the mouth of the sword, even the women and the infants.
(YLT)

Ruth 2:1 And Naomi had a kinsman of her husband's, a mighty man of wealth, of the family of Elimelech, and his name was Boaz.
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1 Samuel 9:1 Now there was a man of Benjamin, whose name was Kish, the son of Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of Becorath, the son of Aphiah, the son of a Benjamite, a mighty man of valor.
(See JPS YLT)

1 Samuel 10:26 And Saul also went to his house to Gibeah; and there went with him the host, whose hearts God had touched.
(See JPS)

1 Samuel 14:52 And the war is severe against the Philistines all the days of Saul; when Saul hath seen any mighty man, and any son of valour, then he doth gather him unto himself.
(YLT)

1 Samuel 16:18 Then answered one of the young men, and said, Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Beth-lehemite, that is skilful in playing, and a mighty man of valor, and a man of war, and prudent in speech, and a comely person; and Jehovah is with him.
(See JPS)

1 Samuel 31:12 and all the men of valour arise, and go all the night, and take the body of Saul, and the bodies of his sons, from the wall of Beth-Shan, and come in to Jabesh, and burn them there,
(YLT)

2 Samuel 2:7 and now, are your hands strong, and be ye for sons of valour, for your lord Saul. 'is' dead, and also -- me have the house of Judah anointed for king over them.'
(YLT)

2 Samuel 13:28 And Absalom commandeth his young men, saying, 'See, I pray thee, when the heart of Amnon 'is' glad with wine, and I have said unto you, Smite Amnon, that ye have put him to death; fear not; is it not because I have commanded you? be strong, yea, become sons of valour.'
(YLT)

2 Samuel 17:10 and he also, the son of valour, whose heart 'is' as the heart of the lion, doth utterly melt, for all Israel doth know that thy father is a hero, and sons of valour 'are' those with him.
(YLT)

2 Samuel 23:20 And Benaiah son of Jehoiada (son of a man of valour, great in deeds from Kabzeel), he hath smitten two lion-like men of Moab, and he hath gone down and smitten the lion in the midst of the pit in a day of snow.
(YLT)

2 Samuel 24:9 and Joab giveth the account of the inspection of the people unto the king, and Israel is eight hundred thousand men of valour, drawing sword, and the men of Judah five hundred thousand men.
(YLT)

1 Kings 1:42 He is yet speaking, and lo, Jonathan son of Abiathar the priest hath come in, and Adonijah saith, 'Come in, for a man of valour thou 'art', and thou bearest good tidings.'
(YLT)

1 Kings 11:28 And the man Jeroboam was a mighty man of valor; and Solomon saw the young man that he was industrious, and he gave him charge over all the labor of the house of Joseph.
(See JPS YLT)

2 Kings 2:16 and say unto him, 'Lo, we pray thee, there are with thy servants fifty men, sons of valour: let them go, we pray thee, and they seek thy lord, lest the Spirit of Jehovah hath taken him up, and doth cast him on one of the hills, or into one of the valleys;' and he saith, 'Ye do not send.'
(YLT)

2 Kings 5:1 Now Naaman, captain of the host of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master, and honorable, because by him Jehovah had given victory unto Syria: he was also a mighty man of valor, but he was a leper.
(See JPS DBY YLT)

1 Chronicles 5:24 And these were the heads of their fathers houses: even Epher, and Ishi, and Eliel, and Azriel, and Jeremiah, and Hodaviah, and Jahdiel, mighty men of valor, famous men, heads of their fathers houses.
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1 Chronicles 7:2 And the sons of Tola: Uzzi, and Rephaiah, and Jeriel, and Jahmai, and Ibsam, and Shemuel, heads of their fathers houses, to wit , of Tola; mighty men of valor in their generations: their number in the days of David was two and twenty thousand and six hundred.
(See JPS YLT)

1 Chronicles 7:5 And their brethren among all the families of Issachar, mighty men of valor, reckoned in all by genealogy, were fourscore and seven thousand.
(See JPS YLT)

1 Chronicles 7:7 And the sons of Bela: Ezbon, and Uzzi, and Uzziel, and Jerimoth, and Iri, five; heads of fathers houses, mighty men of valor; and they were reckoned by genealogy twenty and two thousand and thirty and four.
(See JPS DBY YLT)

1 Chronicles 7:9 And they were reckoned by genealogy, after their generations, heads of their fathers houses, mighty men of valor, twenty thousand and two hundred.
(See JPS DBY YLT)

1 Chronicles 7:40 All these were the children of Asher, heads of the fathers houses, choice and mighty men of valor, chief of the princes. And the number of them reckoned by genealogy for service in war was twenty and six thousand men.
(See JPS DBY YLT)

1 Chronicles 8:40 And the sons of Ulam were mighty men of valor, archers, and had many sons, and sons'sons, a hundred and fifty. All these were of the sons of Benjamin.
(See JPS DBY YLT)

1 Chronicles 9:13 And their brethren, heads to the house of their fathers, a thousand and seven hundred and sixty, mighty in valour, 'are' for the work of the service of the house of God.
(YLT)

1 Chronicles 10:12 and all the men of valour rise and bear away the body of Saul, and the bodies of his sons, and bring them in to Jabesh, and bury their bones under the oak in Jabesh, and fast seven days.
(YLT)

1 Chronicles 11:22 Benaiah son of Jehoiada, son of a man of valour, of great deeds, from Kabzeel: he hath smitten the two lion-like Moabites, and he hath gone down and smitten the lion in the midst of the pit, in the day of snow.
(YLT)

1 Chronicles 11:26 Also the mighty men of the armies: Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan the son of Dodo of Beth-lehem,
(See JPS)

1 Chronicles 12:8 And of the Gadites there separated themselves unto David to the stronghold in the wilderness, mighty men of valor, men trained for war, that could handle shield and spear; whose faces were like the faces of lions, and they were as swift as the roes upon the mountains;
(See JPS DBY YLT)

1 Chronicles 12:21 And they helped David against the band of rovers: for they were all mighty men of valor, and were captains in the host.
(See JPS DBY YLT)

1 Chronicles 12:25 Of the children of Simeon, mighty men of valor for the war, seven thousand and one hundred.
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1 Chronicles 12:28 and Zadok, a young man mighty of valor, and of his father's house twenty and two captains.
(See JPS YLT)

1 Chronicles 12:30 And of the children of Ephraim twenty thousand and eight hundred, mighty men of valor, famous men in their fathers houses.
(See JPS DBY YLT)

1 Chronicles 26:6 Also unto Shemaiah his son were sons born, that ruled over the house of their father; for they were mighty men of valor.
(See JPS DBY YLT)

1 Chronicles 26:7 Sons of Shemaiah 'are' Othni, and Rephael, and Obed, Elzabad; his brethren 'are' sons of valour, Elihu and Semachiah,
(YLT)

1 Chronicles 26:8 all these 'are' of the sons of Obed-Edom; they, and their sons, and their brethren, men of valour with might for service, 'are' sixty and two of Obed-Edom.
(YLT)

1 Chronicles 26:9 And Meshelemiah had sons And brethren, men of valour, eighteen.
(DBY YLT)

1 Chronicles 26:30 Of the Hebronites, Hashabiah and his brethren, men of valor, a thousand and seven hundred, had the oversight of Israel beyond the Jordan westward, for all the business of Jehovah, and for the service of the king.
(See JPS DBY YLT)

1 Chronicles 26:31 Of the Hebronites was Jerijah the chief, even of the Hebronites, according to their generations by fathers houses . In the fortieth year of the reign of David they were sought for, and there were found among them mighty men of valor at Jazer of Gilead.
(See JPS DBY YLT)

1 Chronicles 26:32 And his brethren, men of valor, were two thousand and seven hundred, heads of fathers houses , whom king David made overseers over the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half-tribe of the Manassites, for every matter pertaining to God, and for the affairs of the king.
(See JPS DBY YLT)

1 Chronicles 28:1 And David assembled all the princes of Israel, the princes of the tribes, and the captains of the companies that served the king by course, and the captains of thousands, and the captains of hundreds, and the rulers over all the substance and possessions of the king and of his sons, with the officers, and the mighty men, even all the mighty men of valor, unto Jerusalem.
(See JPS DBY YLT)

2 Chronicles 13:3 And Abijah joined battle with an army of valiant men of war, even four hundred thousand chosen men: and Jeroboam set the battle in array against him with eight hundred thousand chosen men, who were mighty men of valor.
(See JPS DBY YLT)

2 Chronicles 14:8 And Asa had an army that bare bucklers and spears, out of Judah three hundred thousand; and out of Benjamin, that bare shields and drew bows, two hundred and fourscore thousand: all these were mighty men of valor.
(See JPS DBY YLT)

2 Chronicles 17:13 And he had many works in the cities of Judah; and men of war, mighty men of valor, in Jerusalem.
(See JPS YLT)

2 Chronicles 17:14 And this was the numbering of them according to their fathers houses: Of Judah, the captains of thousands: Adnah the captain, and with him mighty men of valor three hundred thousand;
(See JPS DBY YLT)

2 Chronicles 17:16 and next to him Amasiah the son of Zichri, who willingly offered himself unto Jehovah; and with him two hundred thousand mighty men of valor.
(See JPS DBY YLT)

2 Chronicles 17:17 And of Benjamin: Eliada a mighty man of valor, and with him two hundred thousand armed with bow and shield;
(See JPS DBY YLT)

2 Chronicles 25:6 He hired also a hundred thousand mighty men of valor out of Israel for a hundred talents of silver.
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2 Chronicles 26:12 The whole number of the heads of fathers houses , even the mighty men of valor, was two thousand and six hundred.
(See JPS DBY YLT)

2 Chronicles 26:17 And Azariah the priest goeth in after him, and with him priests of Jehovah eighty, sons of valour,
(YLT)

2 Chronicles 28:6 And Pekah son of Remaliah slayeth in Judah a hundred and twenty thousand in one day (the whole 'are' sons of valour), because of their forsaking Jehovah, God of their fathers.
(YLT)

2 Chronicles 32:21 And Jehovah sent an angel, who cut off all the mighty men of valor, and the leaders and captains, in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he returned with shame of face to his own land. And when he was come into the house of his god, they that came forth from his own bowels slew him there with the sword.
(See JPS DBY YLT)

Nehemiah 11:6 all the sons of Perez who are dwelling in Jerusalem 'are' four hundred sixty and eight, men of valour.
(YLT)

Nehemiah 11:14 And their brethren, mighty men of valour, an hundred twenty and eight: and their overseer was Zabdiel, the son of one of the great men.
(KJV JPS DBY YLT)

Proverbs 31:10 A worthy woman who can find? For her price is far above rubies.
(See JPS)

Jeremiah 48:14 How do ye say, We are mighty, and men of valour for the war?
(DBY)

Subtopics

Valour

Related Terms

Warriors (75 Occurrences)

Valiant (66 Occurrences)

Genealogies (17 Occurrences)

Treading (26 Occurrences)

Registered (21 Occurrences)

Inspection (23 Occurrences)

Genealogical (26 Occurrences)