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 2 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.
- Judges 11:4
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Some time later, when the Ammonites fought against Israel
Read word by word - Judges 11:5
· BSB · 1 occurrence
and made war with them, the elders of Gilead went to get Jephthah from the land of Tob.
Read word by word - Judges 11:6
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“Come,” they said, “be our commander, so that we can fight against the Ammonites.”
Read word by word - Judges 11:8
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They answered Jephthah, “This is why we now turn to you, that you may go with us, fight the Ammonites, and become leader over all of us who live in Gilead.”
Read word by word - Judges 11:9
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But Jephthah asked them, “If you take me back to fight the Ammonites and the LORD gives them to me, will I really be your leader?”
Read word by word - Judges 11:12
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Then Jephthah sent messengers to the king of the Ammonites, saying, “What do you have against me that you have come to fight against my land?”
Read word by word - Judges 11:20
· BSB · 1 occurrence
But Sihon would not trust Israel to pass through his territory. So he gathered all his people, encamped in Jahaz, and fought with Israel.
Read word by word - Judges 11:25
· BSB · 2 occurrences
Are you now so much better than Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab? Did he ever contend with Israel or fight against them?
Read word by word - Judges 11:27
· BSB · 1 occurrence
I have not sinned against you, but you have done me wrong by waging war against me. May the LORD, the Judge, decide today between the Israelites and the Ammonites.”
Read word by word - Judges 11:32
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So Jephthah crossed over to the Ammonites to fight against them, and the LORD delivered them into his hand.
Read word by word - Judges 12:1
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Then the men of Ephraim assembled and crossed the Jordan to Zaphon. They said to Jephthah, “Why have you crossed over to fight the Ammonites without calling us to go with you? We will burn your house down with you inside!”
Read word by word - Judges 12:3
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When I saw that you would not save me, I risked my life and crossed over to the Ammonites, and the LORD delivered them into my hand. Why then have you come today to fight against me?”
Read word by word - Judges 12:4
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Jephthah then gathered all the men of Gilead and fought against Ephraim. And the men of Gilead struck them down because the Ephraimites had said, “You Gileadites are fugitives in Ephraim, living in the territories of Ephraim and Manasseh.”
Read word by word - 1 Samuel 4:9
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Take courage and be men, O Philistines! Otherwise, you will serve the Hebrews just as they served you. Now be men and fight!”
Read word by word - 1 Samuel 4:10
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So the Philistines fought, and Israel was defeated, and each man fled to his tent. The slaughter was very great—thirty thousand foot soldiers of Israel fell.
Read word by word - 1 Samuel 8:20
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Then we will be like all the other nations, with a king to judge us, to go out before us, and to fight our battles.”
Read word by word - 1 Samuel 12:9
· BSB · 1 occurrence
But they forgot the LORD their God, and He sold them into the hand of Sisera the commander of the army of Hazor, and into the hands of the Philistines and the king of Moab, who fought against them.
Read word by word - 1 Samuel 13:5
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Now the Philistines assembled to fight against Israel with three thousand chariots, six thousand horsemen, and troops as numerous as the sand on the seashore. They went up and camped at Michmash, east of Beth-aven.
Read word by word - 1 Samuel 14:47
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After Saul had assumed the kingship over Israel, he fought against all his enemies on every side—the Moabites, the Ammonites, the Edomites, the kings of Zobah, and the Philistines. Wherever he turned, he routed them.
Read word by word - 1 Samuel 15:18
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and sent you on a mission, saying, ‘Go and devote to destruction the sinful Amalekites. Fight against them until you have wiped them out.’
Read word by word - 1 Samuel 17:9
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If he is able to fight me and kill me, then we will be your servants. But if I prevail against him and kill him, then you shall be our servants and work for us.”
Read word by word - 1 Samuel 17:10
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Then the Philistine said, “I defy the ranks of Israel this day! Give me a man to fight!”
Read word by word - 1 Samuel 17:19
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They are with Saul and all the men of Israel in the Valley of Elah, fighting against the Philistines.”
Read word by word - 1 Samuel 17:32
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And David said to Saul, “Let no man’s heart fail on account of this Philistine. Your servant will go and fight him!”
Read word by word - 1 Samuel 17:33
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But Saul replied, “You cannot go out against this Philistine to fight him. You are just a boy, and he has been a warrior from his youth.”
Read word by word - 1 Samuel 18:17
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Saul said to David, “Here is my older daughter Merab. I will give her to you in marriage. Only be valiant for me and fight the LORD’s battles.” But Saul was thinking, “I need not raise my hand against him; let the hand of the Philistines be against him.”
Read word by word - 1 Samuel 19:8
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When war broke out again, David went out and fought the Philistines and struck them with such a mighty blow that they fled before him.
Read word by word - 1 Samuel 23:1
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Now it was reported to David, “Look, the Philistines are fighting against Keilah and looting the threshing floors.”
Read word by word - 1 Samuel 23:5
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Then David and his men went to Keilah, fought against the Philistines, and carried off their livestock, striking them with a mighty blow. So David saved the people of Keilah.
Read word by word - 1 Samuel 25:28
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Please forgive your servant’s offense, for the LORD will surely make a lasting dynasty for my lord, because he fights the LORD’s battles. May no evil be found in you as long as you live.
Read word by word - 1 Samuel 28:1
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Now in those days the Philistines gathered their forces for warfare against Israel. So Achish said to David, “You must understand that you and your men are to go out to battle with me.”
Read word by word - 1 Samuel 28:15
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Then Samuel said to Saul, “Why have you disturbed me by bringing me up?” “I am deeply distressed,” replied Saul. “The Philistines are fighting against me, and God has turned away from me. He no longer answers me, either by prophets or by dreams. So I have called on you to tell me what to do.”
Read word by word - 1 Samuel 29:8
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“But what have I done?” David replied. “What have you found against your servant, from the day I came to you until today, to keep me from going along to fight against the enemies of my lord the king?”
Read word by word - 1 Samuel 31:1
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Now the Philistines fought against Israel, and the men of Israel fled before them, and many fell slain on Mount Gilboa.
Read word by word - 2 Samuel 2:28
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So Joab blew the ram’s horn, and all the troops stopped; they no longer pursued Israel or continued to fight.
Read word by word - 2 Samuel 8:10
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he sent his son Joram to greet King David and bless him for fighting and defeating Hadadezer, who had been at war with Toi. Joram brought with him articles of silver and gold and bronze,
Read word by word - 2 Samuel 10:17
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When this was reported to David, he gathered all Israel, crossed the Jordan, and went to Helam. Then the Arameans arrayed themselves against David and fought against him.
Read word by word - 2 Samuel 11:17
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And when the men of the city came out and fought against Joab, some of David’s servants fell, and Uriah the Hittite also died.
Read word by word - 2 Samuel 11:20
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if the king’s anger flares, he may ask you, ‘Why did you get so close to the city to fight? Did you not realize they would shoot from atop the wall?
Read word by word - 2 Samuel 12:26
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Meanwhile, Joab fought against Rabbah of the Ammonites and captured the royal fortress.
Read word by word - 2 Samuel 12:27
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Then Joab sent messengers to David to say, “I have fought against Rabbah and have captured the water supply of the city.
Read word by word - 2 Samuel 12:29
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So David assembled all the troops and went to Rabbah; and he fought against it and captured it.
Read word by word - 2 Samuel 21:15
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Once again the Philistines waged war against Israel, and David and his servants went down and fought against the Philistines. But David became exhausted.
Read word by word - 1 Kings 12:21
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And when Rehoboam arrived in Jerusalem, he mobilized the whole house of Judah and the tribe of Benjamin—180,000 chosen warriors—to fight against the house of Israel and restore the kingdom to Rehoboam son of Solomon.
Read word by word - 1 Kings 12:24
· BSB · 1 occurrence
that this is what the LORD says: ‘You are not to go up and fight against your brothers, the Israelites. Each of you must return home, for this is My doing.’” So they listened to the word of the LORD and turned back according to the word of the LORD.
Read word by word - 1 Kings 14:19
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As for the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, how he waged war and how he reigned, they are indeed written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel.
Read word by word - 1 Kings 20:1
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Now Ben-hadad king of Aram assembled his entire army. Accompanied by thirty-two kings with their horses and chariots, he marched up, besieged Samaria, and waged war against it.
Read word by word - 1 Kings 20:23
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Meanwhile, the servants of the king of Aram said to him, “Their gods are gods of the hills. That is why they prevailed over us. Instead, we should fight them on the plains; surely then we will prevail.
Read word by word - 1 Kings 20:25
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And you must raise an army like the one you have lost—horse for horse and chariot for chariot—so we can fight the Israelites on the plain, where we will surely prevail.” And the king approved their plan and acted accordingly.
Read word by word - 1 Kings 22:31
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Now the king of Aram had ordered his thirty-two chariot commanders, “Do not fight with anyone, small or great, except the king of Israel.”
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