TBESH · H3898A
לָחַם · la.cham · to fight
1) to fight, do battle, make war 1a) (Qal) to fight, do battle 1b) (Niphal) to engage in battle, wage war
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la.cham H3898
לָחַם (la.cham) means “to fight” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
לָחַם Hebrew · H3898 177 tagged occurrences in 171 verses
Pronunciation guide: law-kham' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
Lexicon entries
TBESH · H3898B
לָחַם · la.cham · to feed on
(Qal) to eat, use as food
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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary
a primitive root; to feed on; figuratively, to consume; by implication, to battle (as destruction)
KJV glosses: devour, eat, [idiom] ever, fight(-ing), overcome, prevail, (make) war(-ring).
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How translators render H3898
Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| to fight | 34 |
| and fought | 17 |
| fought | 15 |
| and fight | 12 |
| fight | 10 |
| will fight | 6 |
| fighting | 5 |
| he waged war | 4 |
| they will fight | 4 |
| are fighting | 3 |
| they fought | 3 |
| and attacked | 2 |
| and to fight | 2 |
| eat | 2 |
| fights | 2 |
| had fought | 2 |
| he fought | 2 |
| to wage war | 2 |
| when he fought | 2 |
| who are fighting | 2 |
| who fought | 2 |
| and attack me | 1 |
| and fight him | 1 |
| and he fought | 1 |
| and let us fight | 1 |
| and made war | 1 |
| and ravaged | 1 |
| and waged war | 1 |
| as he battles | 1 |
| as he fights | 1 |
| assail | 1 |
| at war | 1 |
| attack | 1 |
| by waging war | 1 |
| feast | 1 |
| fight against those | 1 |
| he attacked | 1 |
| i have fought | 1 |
| in order to engage him in battle | 1 |
| in the battle | 1 |
| including his war | 1 |
| is fighting | 1 |
| is waging war | 1 |
| made war | 1 |
| make war | 1 |
| overcome him | 1 |
| overpower | 1 |
| so that we can fight | 1 |
| so we can fight | 1 |
| that is fighting | 1 |
| the attack | 1 |
| the king fighting | 1 |
| their attack | 1 |
| they eat | 1 |
| to dine | 1 |
| to fight him | 1 |
| waged war | 1 |
| was fighting | 1 |
| we should fight | 1 |
| were fighting | 1 |
| while fighting | 1 |
| who fight against me | 1 |
| you fight | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| to fight | 30 |
| and fought | 16 |
| fought | 14 |
| and fight | 11 |
| fight | 7 |
| and they shall fight | 5 |
| and they fought | 4 |
| that fight | 4 |
| and warred | 3 |
| he fought | 3 |
| that we may fight | 3 |
| against it and fought | 2 |
| eat | 2 |
| fighteth | 2 |
| him because he had fought | 2 |
| how he warred | 2 |
| made war | 2 |
| nor fight | 2 |
| shall fight | 2 |
| they fought | 2 |
| warring | 2 |
| when he fought | 2 |
| against me to fight | 1 |
| against them that fight | 1 |
| against whom ye fight | 1 |
| also shall fight | 1 |
| and devoured | 1 |
| and how he fought | 1 |
| and how he warred | 1 |
| and i myself will fight | 1 |
| and let me not eat | 1 |
| and made war | 1 |
| and we will fight | 1 |
| fighting | 1 |
| for me and fight | 1 |
| for they eat | 1 |
| had fought | 1 |
| he fighting | 1 |
| he shall fight | 1 |
| he that hath fought | 1 |
| him and fought | 1 |
| him to fight | 1 |
| him when he fought | 1 |
| himself that he might fight | 1 |
| i have fought | 1 |
| in making war | 1 |
| let us fight | 1 |
| make war | 1 |
| maketh war | 1 |
| neither fight | 1 |
| no more neither fought | 1 |
| not overcome | 1 |
| not prevail | 1 |
| or did he ever | 1 |
| so that they made no war | 1 |
| that fighteth | 1 |
| then fought | 1 |
| then he fought | 1 |
| though ye fight | 1 |
| to eat | 1 |
| to him and fought | 1 |
| to make war | 1 |
| to overcome | 1 |
| to war | 1 |
| us and fight | 1 |
| us and to fight | 1 |
| warred | 1 |
| when ye did fight | 1 |
| wherewith he fought | 1 |
| wherewith ye fight | 1 |
| who had fought | 1 |
| will he fight | 1 |
| with him and fought | 1 |
| with me fight | 1 |
| with us and fight | 1 |
| with you to fight | 1 |
| you he shall fight | 1 |
Verses containing H3898
Page 1 of 4. 171 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
- Exodus 1:10
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Come, let us deal shrewdly with them, or they will increase even more; and if a war breaks out, they may join our enemies, fight against us, and leave the country.”
Read word by word - Exodus 14:14
· BSB · 1 occurrence
The LORD will fight for you; you need only to be still.”
Read word by word - Exodus 14:25
· BSB · 1 occurrence
He caused their chariot wheels to wobble, so that they had difficulty driving. “Let us flee from the Israelites,” said the Egyptians, “for the LORD is fighting for them against Egypt!”
Read word by word - Exodus 17:8
· BSB · 1 occurrence
After this, the Amalekites came and attacked the Israelites at Rephidim.
Read word by word - Exodus 17:9
· BSB · 1 occurrence
So Moses said to Joshua, “Choose some of our men and go out to fight the Amalekites. Tomorrow I will stand on the hilltop with the staff of God in my hand.”
Read word by word - Exodus 17:10
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Joshua did as Moses had instructed him and fought against the Amalekites, while Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill.
Read word by word - Numbers 21:1
· BSB · 1 occurrence
When the Canaanite king of Arad, who lived in the Negev, heard that Israel was coming along the road to Atharim, he attacked Israel and captured some prisoners.
Read word by word - Numbers 21:23
· BSB · 1 occurrence
But Sihon would not let Israel pass through his territory. Instead, he gathered his whole army and went out to confront Israel in the wilderness. When he came to Jahaz, he fought against Israel.
Read word by word - Numbers 21:26
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Heshbon was the city of Sihon king of the Amorites, who had fought against the former king of Moab and taken all his land as far as the Arnon.
Read word by word - Numbers 22:11
· BSB · 1 occurrence
‘Behold, a people has come out of Egypt, and they cover the face of the land. Now come and put a curse on them for me. Perhaps I may be able to fight against them and drive them away.’”
Read word by word - Deuteronomy 1:30
· BSB · 1 occurrence
The LORD your God, who goes before you, will fight for you, just as you saw Him do for you in Egypt
Read word by word - Deuteronomy 1:41
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“We have sinned against the LORD,” you replied. “We will go up and fight, as the LORD our God has commanded us.” Then each of you put on his weapons of war, thinking it easy to go up into the hill country.
Read word by word - Deuteronomy 1:42
· BSB · 1 occurrence
But the LORD said to me, “Tell them not to go up and fight, for I am not with you to keep you from defeat by your enemies.”
Read word by word - Deuteronomy 3:22
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Do not be afraid of them, for the LORD your God Himself will fight for you.”
Read word by word - Deuteronomy 20:4
· BSB · 1 occurrence
For the LORD your God goes with you to fight for you against your enemies, to give you the victory.”
Read word by word - Deuteronomy 20:10
· BSB · 1 occurrence
When you approach a city to fight against it, you are to make an offer of peace.
Read word by word - Deuteronomy 20:19
· BSB · 1 occurrence
When you lay siege to a city for an extended time while fighting against it to capture it, you must not destroy its trees by putting an axe to them, because you can eat their fruit. You must not cut them down. Are the trees of the field human, that you should besiege them?
Read word by word - Deuteronomy 32:24
· BSB · 1 occurrence
They will be wasted from hunger and ravaged by pestilence and bitter plague; I will send the fangs of wild beasts against them, with the venom of vipers that slither in the dust.
Read word by word - Joshua 9:2
· BSB · 1 occurrence
they came together to wage war against Joshua and Israel.
Read word by word - Joshua 10:5
· BSB · 1 occurrence
So the five kings of the Amorites—the kings of Jerusalem, Hebron, Jarmuth, Lachish, and Eglon—joined forces and advanced with all their armies. They camped before Gibeon and made war against it.
Read word by word - Joshua 10:14
· BSB · 1 occurrence
There has been no day like it before or since, when the LORD listened to the voice of a man, because the LORD fought for Israel.
Read word by word - Joshua 10:25
· BSB · 1 occurrence
“Do not be afraid or discouraged,” Joshua said. “Be strong and courageous, for the LORD will do this to all the enemies you fight.”
Read word by word - Joshua 10:29
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Joshua and all Israel with him moved on from Makkedah to Libnah and fought against Libnah.
Read word by word - Joshua 10:31
· BSB · 1 occurrence
And Joshua and all Israel with him moved on from Libnah to Lachish. They laid siege to it and fought against it.
Read word by word - Joshua 10:34
· BSB · 1 occurrence
So Joshua moved on from Lachish to Eglon, and all Israel with him. They laid siege to it and fought against it.
Read word by word - Joshua 10:36
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Joshua and all Israel with him went up from Eglon to Hebron and fought against it.
Read word by word - Joshua 10:38
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Finally Joshua and all Israel with him turned toward Debir and fought against it.
Read word by word - Joshua 10:42
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And because the LORD, the God of Israel, fought for Israel, Joshua captured all these kings and their land in one campaign.
Read word by word - Joshua 11:5
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All these kings joined forces and encamped at the waters of Merom to fight against Israel.
Read word by word - Joshua 19:47
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(Later, when the territory of the Danites was lost to them, they went up and fought against Leshem, captured it, and put it to the sword. So they took possession of Leshem, settled there, and renamed it after their father Dan.)
Read word by word - Joshua 23:3
· BSB · 1 occurrence
“and you have seen everything that the LORD your God has done to all these nations for your sake, because it was the LORD your God who fought for you.
Read word by word - Joshua 23:10
· BSB · 1 occurrence
One of you can put a thousand to flight, because the LORD your God fights for you, just as He promised.
Read word by word - Joshua 24:8
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Later, I brought you to the land of the Amorites who lived beyond the Jordan. They fought against you, but I delivered them into your hand, that you should possess their land when I destroyed them before you.
Read word by word - Joshua 24:9
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Balak son of Zippor, the king of Moab, set out to fight against Israel. He sent for Balaam son of Beor to curse you,
Read word by word - Joshua 24:11
· BSB · 1 occurrence
After this, you crossed the Jordan and came to Jericho. The people of Jericho fought against you, as did the Amorites, Perizzites, Canaanites, Hittites, Girgashites, Hivites, and Jebusites, and I delivered them into your hand.
Read word by word - Judges 1:1
· BSB · 1 occurrence
After the death of Joshua, the Israelites inquired of the LORD, “Who will be the first to go up and fight for us against the Canaanites?”
Read word by word - Judges 1:3
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Then the men of Judah said to their brothers the Simeonites, “Come up with us to our allotted territory, and let us fight against the Canaanites. And we likewise will go with you to your territory.” So the Simeonites went with them.
Read word by word - Judges 1:5
· BSB · 1 occurrence
And there they found Adoni-bezek and fought against him, striking down the Canaanites and Perizzites.
Read word by word - Judges 1:8
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the men of Judah fought against Jerusalem and captured it. They put the city to the sword and set it on fire.
Read word by word - Judges 1:9
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Afterward, the men of Judah marched down to fight against the Canaanites living in the hill country, in the Negev, and in the foothills.
Read word by word - Judges 5:19
· BSB · 2 occurrences
Kings came and fought; then the kings of Canaan fought at Taanach by the waters of Megiddo, but they took no plunder of silver.
Read word by word - Judges 5:20
· BSB · 2 occurrences
From the heavens the stars fought; from their courses they fought against Sisera.
Read word by word - Judges 8:1
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the men of Ephraim said to Gideon, “Why have you done this to us? Why did you fail to call us when you went to fight against Midian?” And they contended with him violently.
Read word by word - Judges 9:17
· BSB · 1 occurrence
for my father fought for you and risked his life to deliver you from the hand of Midian,
Read word by word - Judges 9:38
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“Where is your gloating now?” Zebul replied. “You said, ‘Who is Abimelech that we should serve him?’ Are these not the people you ridiculed? Go out now and fight them!”
Read word by word - Judges 9:39
· BSB · 1 occurrence
So Gaal went out before the leaders of Shechem and fought against Abimelech,
Read word by word - Judges 9:45
· BSB · 1 occurrence
And all that day Abimelech fought against the city until he had captured it and killed its people. Then he demolished the city and sowed it with salt.
Read word by word - Judges 9:52
· BSB · 1 occurrence
When Abimelech came to attack the tower, he approached its entrance to set it on fire.
Read word by word - Judges 10:9
· BSB · 1 occurrence
The Ammonites also crossed the Jordan to fight against Judah, Benjamin, and the house of Ephraim, and Israel was in deep distress.
Read word by word - Judges 10:18
· BSB · 1 occurrence
And the rulers of Gilead said to one another, “Whoever will launch the attack against the Ammonites will be the head of all who live in Gilead.”
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