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מִלְחָמָה H4421

H4421 is the Hebrew word מִלְחָמָה, transliterated milchâmâh and said mil-khaw-maw'. The King James Version most often renders it war.

Word: מִלְחָמָהTransliteration: milchâmâhSaid: mil-khaw-maw'Language: HebrewIn the KJV: 274 verses

What it means

a battle (i.e. the engagement); generally, war (i.e. warfare).

Where it comes from

from H3898 (לָחַם) (in the sense of fighting).

How the King James Version translates it

Across 256 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

war 118×battle 109×wars 8×battles 5×fight 4×put the battle 3×set the battle 2×again a battle 2×no war 2×even the people of war 1×now for war 1×themselves and set their battle 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: battle, fight(-ing), war(-rior).

Verses using מִלְחָמָה

The first 40 of 274 verses, quoted in full.

Genesis 14:2 · KJV

That these made war with Bera king of Sodom, and with Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, and Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela, which is Zoar.

Genesis 14:8 · KJV

And there went out the king of Sodom, and the king of Gomorrah, and the king of Admah, and the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (the same is Zoar;) and they joined battle with them in the vale of Siddim;

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 13:17 · KJV

And it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God led them not through the way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near; for God said, Lest peradventure the people repent when they see war, and they return to Egypt:

Exodus 15:3 · KJV

The LORD is a man of war: the LORD is his name.

Exodus 17:16 · KJV

For he said, Because the LORD hath sworn that the LORD will have war with Amalek from generation to generation.

Exodus 32:17 · KJV

And when Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted, he said unto Moses, There is a noise of war in the camp.

Numbers 10:9 · KJV

And if ye go to war in your land against the enemy that oppresseth you, then ye shall blow an alarm with the trumpets; and ye shall be remembered before the LORD your God, and ye shall be saved from your enemies.

Numbers 21:14 · KJV

Wherefore it is said in the book of the wars of the LORD, What he did in the Red sea, and in the brooks of Arnon,

Numbers 21:33 · KJV

And they turned and went up by the way of Bashan: and Og the king of Bashan went out against them, he, and all his people, to the battle at Edrei.

Numbers 31:21 · KJV

And Eleazar the priest said unto the men of war which went to the battle, This is the ordinance of the law which the LORD commanded Moses;

Numbers 31:27 · KJV

And divide the prey into two parts; between them that took the war upon them, who went out to battle, and between all the congregation:

Numbers 31:28 · KJV

And levy a tribute unto the Lord of the men of war which went out to battle: one soul of five hundred, both of the persons, and of the beeves, and of the asses, and of the sheep:

Numbers 31:49 · KJV

And they said unto Moses, Thy servants have taken the sum of the men of war which are under our charge, and there lacketh not one man of us.

Numbers 32:6 · KJV

And Moses said unto the children of Gad and to the children of Reuben, Shall your brethren go to war, and shall ye sit here?

Numbers 32:27 · KJV

But thy servants will pass over, every man armed for war, before the LORD to battle, as my lord saith.

Numbers 32:29 · KJV

And Moses said unto them, If the children of Gad and the children of Reuben will pass with you over Jordan, every man armed to battle, before the LORD, and the land shall be subdued before you; then ye shall give them the land of Gilead for a possession:

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 2:9 · KJV

And the LORD said unto me, Distress not the Moabites, neither contend with them in battle: for I will not give thee of their land for a possession; because I have given Ar unto the children of Lot for a possession.

Deuteronomy 2:14 · KJV

And the space in which we came from Kadeshbarnea, until we were come over the brook Zered, was thirty and eight years; until all the generation of the men of war were wasted out from among the host, as the LORD sware unto them.

Deuteronomy 2:16 · KJV

So it came to pass, when all the men of war were consumed and dead from among the people,

Deuteronomy 2:32 · KJV

Then Sihon came out against us, he and all his people, to fight at Jahaz.

Deuteronomy 3:1 · KJV

Then we turned, and went up the way to Bashan: and Og the king of Bashan came out against us, he and all his people, to battle at Edrei.

Deuteronomy 4:34 · KJV

Or hath God assayed to go and take him a nation from the midst of another nation, by temptations, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand, and by a stretched out arm, and by great terrors, according to all that the LORD your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?

Deuteronomy 20:1 · KJV

When thou goest out to battle against thine enemies, and seest horses, and chariots, and a people more than thou, be not afraid of them: for the LORD thy God is with thee, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.

Deuteronomy 20:2 · KJV

And it shall be, when ye are come nigh unto the battle, that the priest shall approach and speak unto the people,

Deuteronomy 20:3 · KJV

And shall say unto them, Hear, O Israel, ye approach this day unto battle against your enemies: let not your hearts faint, fear not, and do not tremble, neither be ye terrified because of them;

Deuteronomy 20:5 · KJV

And the officers shall speak unto the people, saying, What man is there that hath built a new house, and hath not dedicated it? let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man dedicate it.

Deuteronomy 20:6 · KJV

And what man is he that hath planted a vineyard, and hath not yet eaten of it? let him also go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man eat of it.

Deuteronomy 20:7 · KJV

And what man is there that hath betrothed a wife, and hath not taken her? let him go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man take her.

Deuteronomy 20:12 · KJV

And if it will make no peace with thee, but will make war against thee, then thou shalt besiege it:

Deuteronomy 20:20 · KJV

Only the trees which thou knowest that they be not trees for meat, thou shalt destroy and cut them down; and thou shalt build bulwarks against the city that maketh war with thee, until it be subdued.

Deuteronomy 21:10 · KJV

When thou goest forth to war against thine enemies, and the LORD thy God hath delivered them into thine hands, and thou hast taken them captive,

Deuteronomy 29:7 · KJV

And when ye came unto this place, Sihon the king of Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, came out against us unto battle, and we smote them:

Joshua 4:13 · KJV

About forty thousand prepared for war passed over before the LORD unto battle, to the plains of Jericho.

Joshua 5:4 · KJV

And this is the cause why Joshua did circumcise: All the people that came out of Egypt, that were males, even all the men of war, died in the wilderness by the way, after they came out of Egypt.

Joshua 5:6 · KJV

For the children of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness, till all the people that were men of war, which came out of Egypt, were consumed, because they obeyed not the voice of the LORD: unto whom the LORD sware that he would not shew them the land, which the LORD sware unto their fathers that he would give us, a land that floweth with milk and honey.

Joshua 6:3 · KJV

And ye shall compass the city, all ye men of war, and go round about the city once. Thus shalt thou do six days.

Joshua 8:1 · KJV

And the LORD said unto Joshua, Fear not, neither be thou dismayed: take all the people of war with thee, and arise, go up to Ai: see, I have given into thy hand the king of Ai, and his people, and his city, and his land:

Joshua 8:3 · KJV

So Joshua arose, and all the people of war, to go up against Ai: and Joshua chose out thirty thousand mighty men of valour, and sent them away by night.

Common questions

What does Strong's H4421 mean?

H4421 is the Hebrew word מִלְחָמָה (milchâmâh), meaning a battle (i.e. the engagement); generally, war (i.e. warfare).

How is H4421 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it war (118 times), battle (109 times), wars (8 times), battles (5 times), fight (4 times), among others.

How many times does H4421 appear in the Bible?

מִלְחָמָה (milchâmâh) is tagged in 274 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H4421 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: from H3898 (לָחַם) (in the sense of fighting).

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