mil.cha.mah H4421

מִלְחָמָה (mil.cha.mah) means “battle” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

מִלְחָמָה Hebrew · H4421 319 tagged occurrences in 308 verses

Pronunciation guide: mil-khaw-maw' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H4421

מִלְחָמָה · mil.cha.mah · battle

battle, war

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

from H3898 (לָחַם) (in the sense of fighting); a battle (i.e. the engagement); generally, war (i.e. warfare)

KJV glosses: battle, fight(-ing), war(-rior).

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How translators render H4421

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering	Count
for battle	32
of war	29
in battle	26
war	23
the battle	17
into battle	13
to war	13
for war	11
of battle	10
to fight	10
a battle	5
to battle	5
army	4
battle	4
and the battle	3
in formation	3
in the battle	3
of the battle	3
warriors	3
a war	2
and battle	2
at war	2
battles	2
from battle	2
from war	2
in the war	2
of the wars	2
our battles	2
the battle lines	2
to make war	2
to wage war	2
when the battle	2
and as the battle	1
and fight	1
and how the war	1
and in battle	1
and the war	1
and took up their battle	1
and war	1
and weapons of war	1
as warriors	1
as well as the battle	1
but the battle	1
during the war	1
fit for battle	1
he makes wars	1
his wars	1
i am fighting	1
i would march	1
in battle formation	1
in warfare	1
in wartime	1
joined the battle	1
made war	1
military	1
nor the battle	1
now the war	1
of fighting	1
or in battle	1
or war	1
ready for battle	1
saul	1
soldiers	1
that the battle	1
the army	1
the battle cry	1
the battle is	1
the fighting	1
the onslaught	1
the soldiers	1
the war	1
the wars waged	1
their battles	1
there was war	1
there will be war	1
those who wage war	1
to the battle	1
to the soldiers	1
took their battle	1
waged war	1
want war	1
warfare	1
wars	1
when war	1
will war	1
with weapons	1
your attack	1

KJV rendering counts
Rendering	Count
of war	63
to battle	29
war	20
to the battle	12
to war	12
and the battle	10
in the battle	10
the battle	9
and there was war	8
battle	7
for the battle	7
in battle	7
for war	6
of battle	6
in war	5
to fight	5
of the battle	4
from war	3
into the battle	3
of the war	3
unto the battle	3
wars	3
and put the battle	2
by war	2
for the war	2
in the war	2
our battles	2
that the battle	2
unto battle	2
which were warriors	2
against her in battle	1
against me in battle	1
all the wars	1
also set the battle	1
and all his wars	1
and by war	1
and he had no war	1
and how the war	1
and in battles	1
and in war	1
and it came to pass while there was war	1
and set the battle	1
and there was again a battle	1
and there was yet a battle	1
and war	1
and yet again there was war	1
any war	1
battles	1
because the war	1
behold the battle	1
but the battle	1
concerning the war	1
for him in the war	1
from battle	1
from the battle	1
had put the battle	1
had war	1
had wars	1
had yet war	1
he maketh wars	1
him and they set the battle	1
into battle	1
lest in the battle	1
make thy battle	1
no more out with us to battle	1
no war	1
nor by battle	1
nor in battle	1
nor the battle	1
now for war	1
of fighting	1
of the wars	1
out of him the battle	1
set in battle	1
that there was again a battle	1
the battles	1
the war	1
the wars	1
them in the battle	1
them war	1
themselves and set their battle	1
though war	1
thy war	1
to the war	1
us unto battle	1
wherewith i have war	1
with him in battle	1
with him to battle	1
with him unto the battle	1
with me to battle	1
with thee in the war	1
with thee they that war	1
with them in battle	1
with us to battle	1
with us to the battle	1
without war	1
won in battles	1
ye war	1

Verses containing H4421

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Genesis 14:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
went to war against Bera king of Sodom, Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar).
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Genesis 14:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the king of Sodom, the king of Gomorrah, the king of Admah, the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar) marched out and arrayed themselves for battle in the Valley of Siddim
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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.”
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Exodus 13:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When Pharaoh let the people go, God did not lead them along the road through the land of the Philistines, though it was shorter. For God said, “If the people face war, they might change their minds and return to Egypt.”
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Exodus 15:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The LORD is a warrior, the LORD is His name.
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Exodus 17:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Indeed,” he said, “a hand was lifted up toward the throne of the LORD. The LORD will war against Amalek from generation to generation.”
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Exodus 32:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When Joshua heard the sound of the people shouting, he said to Moses, “The sound of war is in the camp.”
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Numbers 10:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When you enter into battle in your land against an adversary who attacks you, sound short blasts on the trumpets, and you will be remembered before the LORD your God and saved from your enemies.
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Numbers 21:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Therefore it is stated in the Book of the Wars of the LORD: “Waheb in Suphah and the wadis of the Arnon,
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Numbers 21:33 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then they turned and went up the road to Bashan, and Og king of Bashan and his whole army came out to meet them in battle at Edrei.
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Numbers 31:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But Moses was angry with the officers of the army—the commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds—who were returning from the battle.
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Numbers 31:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Eleazar the priest said to the soldiers who had gone into battle, “This is the statute of the law which the LORD has commanded Moses:
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Numbers 31:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then divide the captives between the troops who went out to battle and the rest of the congregation.
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Numbers 31:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Set aside a tribute for the LORD from what belongs to the soldiers who went into battle: one out of every five hundred, whether persons, cattle, donkeys, or sheep.
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Numbers 31:49 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and said, “Your servants have counted the soldiers under our command, and not one of us is missing.
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Numbers 32:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But Moses asked the Gadites and Reubenites, “Shall your brothers go to war while you sit here?
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Numbers 32:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Moses replied, “If you will do this—if you will arm yourselves before the LORD for battle,
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Numbers 32:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But your servants are equipped for war, and every man will cross over to the battle before the LORD, just as our lord says.”
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Numbers 32:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And Moses said to them, “If the Gadites and Reubenites cross the Jordan with you, with every man armed for battle before the LORD, and the land is subdued before you, then you are to give them the land of Gilead as a possession.
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Deuteronomy 1:41 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“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.
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Deuteronomy 2:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the LORD said to me, “Do not harass the Moabites or provoke them to war, for I will not give you any of their land, because I have given Ar to the descendants of Lot as their possession.”
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Deuteronomy 2:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The time we spent traveling from Kadesh-barnea until we crossed over the Brook of Zered was thirty-eight years, until that entire generation of fighting men had perished from the camp, as the LORD had sworn to them.
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Deuteronomy 2:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now when all the fighting men among the people had died,
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Deuteronomy 2:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Arise, set out, and cross the Arnon Valley. See, I have delivered into your hand Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land. Begin to take possession of it and engage him in battle.
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Deuteronomy 2:32 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So Sihon and his whole army came out for battle against us at Jahaz.
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Deuteronomy 3:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then we turned and went up the road to Bashan, and Og king of Bashan and his whole army came out to meet us in battle at Edrei.
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Deuteronomy 4:34 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Or has any god tried to take as his own a nation out of another nation—by trials, signs, wonders, and war, by a strong hand and an outstretched arm, and by great terrors—as the LORD your God did for you in Egypt, before your eyes?
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Deuteronomy 20:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When you go out to war against your enemies and see horses, chariots, and an army larger than yours, do not be afraid of them; for the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, is with you.
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Deuteronomy 20:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When you are about to go into battle, the priest is to come forward and address the army,
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Deuteronomy 20:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
saying to them, “Hear, O Israel, today you are going into battle with your enemies. Do not be fainthearted or afraid; do not be alarmed or terrified because of them.
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Deuteronomy 20:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Furthermore, the officers are to address the army, saying, “Has any man built a new house and not dedicated it? Let him return home, or he may die in battle and another man dedicate it.
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Deuteronomy 20:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Has any man planted a vineyard and not begun to enjoy its fruit? Let him return home, or he may die in battle and another man enjoy its fruit.
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Deuteronomy 20:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Has any man become pledged to a woman and not married her? Let him return home, or he may die in battle and another man marry her.”
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Deuteronomy 20:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But if they refuse to make peace with you and wage war against you, lay siege to that city.
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Deuteronomy 20:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But you may destroy the trees that you know do not produce fruit. Use them to build siege works against the city that is waging war against you, until it falls.
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Deuteronomy 21:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When you go to war against your enemies and the LORD your God delivers them into your hand and you take them captive,
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Deuteronomy 29:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When you reached this place, Sihon king of Heshbon and Og king of Bashan came out against us in battle, but we defeated them.
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Source alternate reference: 29.6
Joshua 4:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
About 40,000 troops armed for battle crossed over before the LORD into the plains of Jericho.
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Joshua 5:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now this is why Joshua circumcised them: All those who came out of Egypt—all the men of war—had died on the journey in the wilderness after they had left Egypt.
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Joshua 5:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For the Israelites had wandered in the wilderness forty years, until all the nation’s men of war who had come out of Egypt had died, since they did not obey the LORD. So the LORD vowed never to let them see the land He had sworn to their fathers to give us, a land flowing with milk and honey.
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Joshua 6:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
March around the city with all the men of war, circling the city one time. Do this for six days.
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Joshua 8:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the LORD said to Joshua, “Do not be afraid or discouraged. Take the whole army with you, and go up and attack Ai. See, I have delivered into your hand the king of Ai, his people, his city, and his land.
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Joshua 8:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So Joshua and the whole army set out to attack Ai. Joshua chose 30,000 mighty men of valor and sent them out at night
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Joshua 8:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then all the troops who were with him marched up and approached the city. They arrived in front of Ai and camped to the north of it, with the valley between them and the city.
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Joshua 8:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When the king of Ai saw the Israelites, he hurried out early in the morning with the men of the city to engage them in battle at an appointed place overlooking the Arabah. But he did not know that an ambush had been set up against him behind the city.
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Joshua 10:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So Joshua and his whole army, including all the mighty men of valor, came from Gilgal.
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Joshua 10:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When they had brought the kings to Joshua, he summoned all the men of Israel and said to the army commanders who had accompanied him, “Come here and put your feet on the necks of these kings.” So the commanders came forward and put their feet on their necks.
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Joshua 11:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So by the waters of Merom, Joshua and his whole army came upon them suddenly and attacked them,
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Joshua 11:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Joshua waged war against all these kings for a long period of time.
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Joshua 11:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
No city made peace with the Israelites except the Hivites living in Gibeon; all others were taken in battle.
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