H381: אִישׁ־חַיִל
ʼÎysh-Chayil · pronounced eesh-khah'-yil · “hero”
Definition
Ishchail (or Ish-chai), an Israelite
KJV translates it as: a valiant man.
Word origin: 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;
Extended definition
a mighty man, valiant man
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).