לָחַם lacham

Hebrew word for “to fight” · Strong’s H3898 · used 177 times in 171 verses

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Meaning

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

Senses in the lexicon

• to fight (171)
• to feed on (6)

How it is translated

Glosses given for lacham in context, with how often each is used:

• fought 31
• fight 28
• will fight 20
• fighting 18
• waged war 10
• do battle 10
• engaged in battle 7
• wage war 6
• engage in battle 4
• us fight 4
• eat 4
• must do battle 3

Where it is used

Also in 6 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Judges 11 (10), Joshua 10 (9), Judges 1 (5), Judges 9 (5), 1 Samuel 17 (5), Exodus 17 (3), Numbers 21 (3), Deuteronomy 1 (3), Deuteronomy 20 (3), Joshua 24 (3)

Forms

• להלחם 42
• נלחם 25
• וילחם 20
• וילחמו 15
• נלחמים 8
• נלחמו 7
• תלחמו 6
• ונלחמו 6
• ונלחם 5
• ונלחמה 4

Words used with it

Words that share verses with lacham more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• עִם im “with” 41
• אֵת et “with” 33
• פְּלִשְׁתִּי pelishti “Philistine” 20
• מִלְחָמָה milchamah “battle” 19
• עַמּוֹן ammon “Ammon” 15
• עָלָה alah “to ascend” 22
• לָכַד lakhad “to capture” 13
• אֲרָם aram “Syria” 13
• עִיר ir “city” 21
• יְהוּדָה yehudah “Judah” 19
• יָצָא yatsa “to come out” 19
• דָּוִד david “David” 18

Key verses

The verses using lacham that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Joshua 10:42 — And all these kings and their land did Joshua take at one time, because the LORD God of Israel fought for Israel.
• 1 Samuel 25:28 — I pray thee, forgive the trespass of thine handmaid: for the LORD will certainly make my lord a sure house; because my lord fighteth the battles of the LORD,…
• 2 Chronicles 13:12 — And, behold, God himself is with us for our captain, and his priests with sounding trumpets to cry alarm against you. O children of Israel, fight ye not…
• 2 Chronicles 20:17 — Ye shall not need to fight in this set yourselves, stand ye still, and see the salvation of the LORD with you, O Judah and Jerusalem: fear not, nor be…
• 2 Chronicles 32:8 — With him is an arm of flesh; but with us is the LORD our God to help us, and to fight our battles. And the people rested themselves upon the words of Hezekiah…
• Psalms 56:1 — [To the chief Musician upon Jonath-elem-rechokim, Michtam of David, when the Philistines took him in Gath.] Be merciful unto me, O God: for man would swallow…
• Isaiah 63:10 — But they rebelled, and vexed his holy Spirit: therefore he was turned to be their enemy, and he fought against them.
• Jeremiah 15:20 — And I will make thee unto this people a fenced brasen wall: and they shall fight against thee, but they shall not prevail against thee: for I am with thee to…
• Jeremiah 21:2 — Enquire, I pray thee, of the LORD for us; for Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon maketh war against us; if so be that the LORD will deal with us according to all…
• Jeremiah 32:24 — Behold the mounts, they are come unto the city to take it; and the city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans, that fight against it, because of the sword,…
• Jeremiah 34:22 — Behold, I will command, saith the LORD, and cause them to return to this city; and they shall fight against it, and take it, and burn it with fire: and I will…
• Zechariah 10:5 — And they shall be as mighty men, which tread down their enemies in the mire of the streets in the battle: and they shall fight, because the LORD is with them,…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.