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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1 Kings 22:30 · BSB · 2 occurrences
And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “I will disguise myself and go into battle, but you wear your royal robes.” So the king of Israel disguised himself and went into battle.
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1 Kings 22:35 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The battle raged throughout that day, and the king was propped up in his chariot facing the Arameans. And the blood from his wound ran out onto the floor of the chariot, and that evening he died.
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2 Kings 3:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And he sent a message to Jehoshaphat king of Judah: “The king of Moab has rebelled against me. Will you go with me to fight against Moab?” “I will go,” replied Jehoshaphat. “I am as you are, my people are your people, and my horses are your horses.”
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2 Kings 3:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When the king of Moab saw that the battle was too fierce for him, he took with him seven hundred swordsmen to break through to the king of Edom, but they could not prevail.
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2 Kings 8:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Ahaziah went with Joram son of Ahab to fight against Hazael king of Aram at Ramoth-gilead, and the Arameans wounded Joram.
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2 Kings 13:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Jehoash son of Jehoahaz took back from Ben-hadad son of Hazael the cities that Hazael had taken in battle from his father Jehoahaz. Jehoash defeated Ben-hadad three times, and so recovered the cities of Israel.
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2 Kings 14:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Amaziah struck down 10,000 Edomites in the Valley of Salt. He took Sela in battle and called it Joktheel, which is its name to this very day.
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2 Kings 16:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Rezin king of Aram and Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel came up to wage war against Jerusalem. They besieged Ahaz but could not overcome him.
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2 Kings 18:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You claim to have a strategy and strength for war, but these are empty words. In whom are you now trusting, that you have rebelled against me?
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2 Kings 24:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The king of Babylon also brought into exile to Babylon all seven thousand men of valor and a thousand craftsmen and metalsmiths—all strong and fit for battle.
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2 Kings 25:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the city was breached; and though the Chaldeans had surrounded the city, all the men of war fled by night by way of the gate between the two walls near the king’s garden. They headed toward the Arabah,
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2 Kings 25:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Of those still in the city, he took a court official who had been appointed over the men of war, as well as five royal advisors. He also took the scribe of the captain of the army, who had enlisted the people of the land, and sixty men who were found in the city.
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1 Chronicles 5:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
During the days of Saul they waged war against the Hagrites, who were defeated at their hands, and they occupied the dwellings of the Hagrites throughout the region east of Gilead.
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1 Chronicles 5:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh had 44,760 warriors—valiant men who carried the shield and sword, drew the bow, and were trained for battle.
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1 Chronicles 5:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
They waged war against the Hagrites, as well as Jetur, Naphish, and Nodab.
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1 Chronicles 5:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And because they cried out to God in battle, they were helped against their enemies, and the Hagrites and all their allies were delivered into their hands. Because they put their trust in God, He answered their prayers.
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1 Chronicles 5:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and many others fell slain, because the battle belonged to God. And they occupied the land until the exile.
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1 Chronicles 7:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
In addition to them, according to their genealogy, they had 36,000 troops for battle, for they had many wives and children.
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1 Chronicles 7:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
All these sons of Jediael were heads of their families, mighty men of valor; there were 17,200 fit for battle.
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1 Chronicles 7:40 · BSB · 1 occurrence
All these were the descendants of Asher—heads of their families, choice and mighty men of valor, and chiefs among the leaders. The number of men fit for battle, recorded in their genealogies, was 26,000.
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1 Chronicles 10:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When the battle intensified against Saul, the archers overtook him and wounded him.
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1 Chronicles 11:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He was with David at Pas-dammim when the Philistines gathered there for battle. At a place with a field full of barley, the troops fled from the Philistines.
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1 Chronicles 12:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now these were the men who came to David at Ziklag, while he was still banished from the presence of Saul son of Kish (they were among the mighty men who helped him in battle;
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1 Chronicles 12:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Some Gadites defected to David at his stronghold in the wilderness. They were mighty men of valor, trained for battle, experts with the shield and spear, whose faces were like the faces of lions and who were as swift as gazelles on the mountains:
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Source alternate reference: 12.9
1 Chronicles 12:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Some from Manasseh defected to David when he went with the Philistines to fight against Saul. (They did not help the Philistines because the Philistine rulers consulted and sent David away, saying, “It will cost us our heads if he defects to his master Saul.”)
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Source alternate reference: 12.20
1 Chronicles 12:33 · BSB · 2 occurrences
From Zebulun: 50,000 fit for service, trained for battle with all kinds of weapons of war, who with one purpose were devoted to David.
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Source alternate reference: 12.34
1 Chronicles 12:35 · BSB · 1 occurrence
From Dan: 28,600 prepared for battle.
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Source alternate reference: 12.36
1 Chronicles 12:36 · BSB · 1 occurrence
From Asher: 40,000 fit for service, prepared for battle.
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Source alternate reference: 12.37
1 Chronicles 12:37 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And from east of the Jordan, from Reuben, Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh there: 120,000 armed with every kind of weapon of war.
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Source alternate reference: 12.38
1 Chronicles 12:38 · BSB · 1 occurrence
All these men of war, arrayed for battle, came to Hebron fully determined to make David king over all Israel. And all the rest of the Israelites were of one mind to make David king.
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Source alternate reference: 12.39
1 Chronicles 14:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
As soon as you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the balsam trees, move out to battle, because this will mean that God has gone out before you to strike the camp of the Philistines.”
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1 Chronicles 18:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
he sent his son Hadoram to greet King David and bless him for fighting and defeating Hadadezer, who had been at war with Tou. Hadoram brought all kinds of articles of gold and silver and bronze,
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1 Chronicles 19:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So they hired for themselves thirty-two thousand chariots, as well as the king of Maacah with his troops, who came and camped near Medeba while the Ammonites were mustered from their cities and marched out for battle.
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1 Chronicles 19:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The Ammonites marched out and arrayed themselves for battle at the entrance to the city, while the kings who had come stayed by themselves in the open country.
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1 Chronicles 19:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When Joab saw the battle lines before him and behind him, he selected some of the best men of Israel and arrayed them against the Arameans.
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1 Chronicles 19:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So Joab and his troops advanced to fight the Arameans, who fled before him.
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1 Chronicles 19:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When this was reported to David, he gathered all Israel, crossed the Jordan, advanced toward the Arameans, and arrayed for battle against them. When David lined up to engage them in battle, they fought against him.
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1 Chronicles 20:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Some time later, war broke out with the Philistines at Gezer. At that time Sibbecai the Hushathite killed Sippai, a descendant of the Rephaim, and the Philistines were subdued.
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1 Chronicles 20:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Once again there was a battle with the Philistines, and Elhanan son of Jair killed Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the shaft of whose spear was like a weaver’s beam.
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1 Chronicles 20:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And there was also a battle at Gath, where there was a man of great stature with six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot—twenty-four in all. He too was descended from Rapha,
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1 Chronicles 22:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
but this word of the LORD came to me: ‘You have shed much blood and waged great wars. You are not to build a house for My Name because you have shed so much blood on the ground before Me.
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1 Chronicles 26:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence
They had dedicated some of the plunder from their battles to the repair of the house of the LORD.
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1 Chronicles 28:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
but God said to me, ‘You are not to build a house for My Name, because you are a man of war who has shed blood.’
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2 Chronicles 6:34 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When Your people go to war against their enemies, wherever You send them, and when they pray to You in the direction of this city You have chosen and the house I have built for Your Name,
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2 Chronicles 8:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But Solomon did not consign any of the Israelites to slave labor, because they were his men of war, the leaders of his captains, and the commanders of his chariots and cavalry.
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2 Chronicles 11:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When Rehoboam arrived in Jerusalem, he mobilized the house of Judah and Benjamin—180,000 chosen warriors—to fight against Israel and restore the kingdom to Rehoboam.
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2 Chronicles 12:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now the acts of Rehoboam, from first to last, are they not written in the records of Shemaiah the Prophet and of Iddo the Seer concerning the genealogies? There was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam throughout their days.
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2 Chronicles 13:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and he reigned in Jerusalem three years. His mother’s name was Micaiah daughter of Uriel; she was from Gibeah. And there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.
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2 Chronicles 13:3 · BSB · 3 occurrences
Abijah went into battle with an army of 400,000 chosen men, while Jeroboam drew up in formation against him with 800,000 chosen and mighty men of valor.
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2 Chronicles 13:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When Judah turned and discovered that the battle was both before and behind them, they cried out to the LORD. Then the priests blew the trumpets,
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