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לָחַם H3898
H3898 is the Hebrew word לָחַם, transliterated lâcham and said law-kham'. The King James Version most often renders it fight.
What it means
to feed on; figuratively, to consume; by implication, to battle (as destruction).
Where it comes from
a primitive root.
How the King James Version translates it
Across 139 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: devour, eat, [idiom] ever, fight(-ing), overcome, prevail, (make) war(-ring).
Verses using לָחַם
The first 40 of 156 verses, quoted in full.
Exodus 1:10 · KJV
Come on, let us deal wisely with them; lest they multiply, and it come to pass, that, when there falleth out any war, they join also unto our enemies, and fight against us, and so get them up out of the land.
Exodus 14:14 · KJV
The LORD shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.
Exodus 14:25 · KJV
And took off their chariot wheels, that they drave them heavily: so that the Egyptians said, Let us flee from the face of Israel; for the LORD fighteth for them against the Egyptians.
Exodus 17:8 · KJV
Then came Amalek, and fought with Israel in Rephidim.
Exodus 17:9 · KJV
And Moses said unto Joshua, Choose us out men, and go out, fight with Amalek: to morrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the rod of God in mine hand.
Exodus 17:10 · KJV
So Joshua did as Moses had said to him, and fought with Amalek: and Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill.
Numbers 21:1 · KJV
And when king Arad the Canaanite, which dwelt in the south, heard tell that Israel came by the way of the spies; then he fought against Israel, and took some of them prisoners.
Numbers 21:23 · KJV
And Sihon would not suffer Israel to pass through his border: but Sihon gathered all his people together, and went out against Israel into the wilderness: and he came to Jahaz, and fought against Israel.
Numbers 21:26 · KJV
For Heshbon was the city of Sihon the king of the Amorites, who had fought against the former king of Moab, and taken all his land out of his hand, even unto Arnon.
Numbers 22:11 · KJV
Behold, there is a people come out of Egypt, which covereth the face of the earth: come now, curse me them; peradventure I shall be able to overcome them, and drive them out.
Deuteronomy 1:30 · KJV
The LORD your God which goeth before you, he shall fight for you, according to all that he did for you in Egypt before your eyes;
Deuteronomy 1:41 · KJV
Then ye answered and said unto me, We have sinned against the LORD, we will go up and fight, according to all that the LORD our God commanded us. And when ye had girded on every man his weapons of war, ye were ready to go up into the hill.
Deuteronomy 1:42 · KJV
And the LORD said unto me, Say unto them, Go not up, neither fight; for I am not among you; lest ye be smitten before your enemies.
Deuteronomy 20:4 · KJV
For the LORD your God is he that goeth with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.
Deuteronomy 20:10 · KJV
When thou comest nigh unto a city to fight against it, then proclaim peace unto it.
Deuteronomy 20:19 · KJV
When thou shalt besiege a city a long time, in making war against it to take it, thou shalt not destroy the trees thereof by forcing an axe against them: for thou mayest eat of them, and thou shalt not cut them down (for the tree of the field is man’s life) to employ them in the siege:
Deuteronomy 32:24 · KJV
They shall be burnt with hunger, and devoured with burning heat, and with bitter destruction: I will also send the teeth of beasts upon them, with the poison of serpents of the dust.
Joshua 9:2 · KJV
That they gathered themselves together, to fight with Joshua and with Israel, with one accord.
Joshua 10:14 · KJV
And there was no day like that before it or after it, that the LORD hearkened unto the voice of a man: for the LORD fought for Israel.
Joshua 10:29 · KJV
Then Joshua passed from Makkedah, and all Israel with him, unto Libnah, and fought against Libnah:
Joshua 10:42 · KJV
And all these kings and their land did Joshua take at one time, because the LORD God of Israel fought for Israel.
Joshua 11:5 · KJV
And when all these kings were met together, they came and pitched together at the waters of Merom, to fight against Israel.
Joshua 19:47 · KJV
And the coast of the children of Dan went out too little for them: therefore the children of Dan went up to fight against Leshem, and took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and possessed it, and dwelt therein, and called Leshem, Dan, after the name of Dan their father.
Joshua 23:10 · KJV
One man of you shall chase a thousand: for the LORD your God, he it is that fighteth for you, as he hath promised you.
Joshua 24:8 · KJV
And I brought you into the land of the Amorites, which dwelt on the other side Jordan; and they fought with you: and I gave them into your hand, that ye might possess their land; and I destroyed them from before you.
Joshua 24:9 · KJV
Then Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, arose and warred against Israel, and sent and called Balaam the son of Beor to curse you:
Joshua 24:11 · KJV
And ye went over Jordan, and came unto Jericho: and the men of Jericho fought against you, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Girgashites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; and I delivered them into your hand.
Judges 1:3 · KJV
And Judah said unto Simeon his brother, Come up with me into my lot, that we may fight against the Canaanites; and I likewise will go with thee into thy lot. So Simeon went with him.
Judges 1:5 · KJV
And they found Adonibezek in Bezek: and they fought against him, and they slew the Canaanites and the Perizzites.
Judges 1:8 · KJV
Now the children of Judah had fought against Jerusalem, and had taken it, and smitten it with the edge of the sword, and set the city on fire.
Judges 1:9 · KJV
And afterward the children of Judah went down to fight against the Canaanites, that dwelt in the mountain, and in the south, and in the valley.
Judges 5:19 · KJV
The kings came and fought, then fought the kings of Canaan in Taanach by the waters of Megiddo; they took no gain of money.
Judges 5:20 · KJV
They fought from heaven; the stars in their courses fought against Sisera.
Judges 8:1 · KJV
And the men of Ephraim said unto him, Why hast thou served us thus, that thou calledst us not, when thou wentest to fight with the Midianites? And they did chide with him sharply.
Judges 9:17 · KJV
(For my father fought for you, and adventured his life far, and delivered you out of the hand of Midian:
Judges 9:39 · KJV
And Gaal went out before the men of Shechem, and fought with Abimelech.
Judges 9:45 · KJV
And Abimelech fought against the city all that day; and he took the city, and slew the people that was therein, and beat down the city, and sowed it with salt.
Judges 9:52 · KJV
And Abimelech came unto the tower, and fought against it, and went hard unto the door of the tower to burn it with fire.
Judges 10:9 · KJV
Moreover the children of Ammon passed over Jordan to fight also against Judah, and against Benjamin, and against the house of Ephraim; so that Israel was sore distressed.
Judges 10:18 · KJV
And the people and princes of Gilead said one to another, What man is he that will begin to fight against the children of Ammon? he shall be head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.
Common questions
What does Strong's H3898 mean?
H3898 is the Hebrew word לָחַם (lâcham), meaning to feed on; figuratively, to consume; by implication, to battle (as destruction).
How is H3898 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it fight (65 times), fought (47 times), eat (5 times), warred (4 times), fighteth (3 times), among others.
How many times does H3898 appear in the Bible?
לָחַם (lâcham) is tagged in 156 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H3898 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: a primitive root.
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