Lacham לָחַם

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Lacham
לָחַם
Transliterationlacham
Strong's numberH3898 (H3898A, H3898B)
LanguageHebrew
Part of speechverb
Glossto fight
Occurrences177 in 171 verses
Most frequent inJudges (28)

Lacham (Hebrew לָחַם, Strong's H3898) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to fight”. It occurs 177 times in 171 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

H3898A: to fight

1) to fight, do battle, make war
1a) (Qal) to fight, do battle
1b) (Niphal) to engage in battle, wage war

H3898B: to feed on

(Qal) to eat, use as food

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVfight (85), fought (58), war (9), warred (7), eat (5), fighteth (3), overcome (2), fighting (2), warring (2), devoured (1), ever fight (1), prevail (1)
BSBfight (58), fought (32), will fight (6), fighting (6), he fought (5), he waged war (4), they will fight (4), they fought (3), are fighting (3), is fighting (2), attacked (2), had fought (2), and 38 other renderings

Topics

Verses

Every verse with Lacham, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Exodus

Numbers

Deuteronomy

Joshua

Judges

1 Samuel

2 Samuel

1 Kings

2 Kings

1 Chronicles

2 Chronicles

Nehemiah

Psalms

Proverbs

Isaiah

Jeremiah

Daniel

Zechariah

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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