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Lexicon :: Strong's H3898 - lāḥam

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לָחַם
Transliteration
lāḥam
Pronunciation
law-kham'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 1104,1105

Strong’s Definitions

לָחַם lâcham, law-kham'; a primitive root; to feed on; figuratively, to consume; by implication, to battle (as destruction):—devour, eat, × ever, fight(-ing), overcome, prevail, (make) war(-ring).


KJV Translation Count — Total: 177x

The KJV translates Strong's H3898 in the following manner: fight (149x), to war (10x), make war (8x), eat (5x), overcome (2x), devoured (1x), ever (1x), prevail (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 177x
The KJV translates Strong's H3898 in the following manner: fight (149x), to war (10x), make war (8x), eat (5x), overcome (2x), devoured (1x), ever (1x), prevail (1x).
  1. to fight, do battle, make war

    1. (Qal) to fight, do battle

    2. (Niphal) to engage in battle, wage war

  2. (Qal) to eat, use as food

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
לָחַם lâcham, law-kham'; a primitive root; to feed on; figuratively, to consume; by implication, to battle (as destruction):—devour, eat, × ever, fight(-ing), overcome, prevail, (make) war(-ring).
STRONGS H3898: Abbreviations
I. [לָחַם]171 verb fight, do battle (Late Hebrew Hithp.; ואלתחם MI11.15.19 perhaps = order the battle, compare NöZMG xl. 1886, 721; Arabic bdb053506 fit close together, so Late Hebrew לחם Pi., Syriac bdb053507 Pa. unite, bdb053508 fit also threaten; GerberVerb. Denom. 59 thinks verb in Hebrew denominative from מִלְחָמָה battle-line, but dubious); —
Qal (poetry) only Imperative masculine singular and Participle active — fight, do battle with, rare, only Psalms, apparently later usage: — לְחַם אֶתלֹֿחֲמָ֑י Psalm 35:1 do battle with those battling with me (dubious whether את is accusative sign compare preposition with, compare Ol; || רִיבָה אֶתיְֿרִיבַי); לֹחֲמִים לִי Psalm 56:3 doing battle against me; לֹחֵם Psalm 56:2 as substantive fighter.
Niph. 167 Perfect נִלְחַם Judges 9:17 +, וְנִלְחַמְתָּ֫ Judges 11:8; 1 Samuel 15:18, וְנִלְחַמְנוּ Deuteronomy 1:41 consecutive, etc.; Imperfect יִלָּהֵם Exodus 14:14; Deuteronomy 1:30; יִלָּ֫חֶם לָ֑נוּ Nehemiah 4:14, וַיִּלָּ֫חֶם Exodus 17:8 + 19 times; 3rd person feminine singular תִּלָּחֵם Zechariah 14:14; 3rd person masculine plural תִּיִּלָּֽחֲמוּ Judges 1:5 + 13 times; suffix וַיִּלָּֽחֲמוּנִי Psalm 109:3; 2nd person masculine plural תִּלָּֽחֲמוּ 1 Kings 22:31 + 4 times; תִּלָּֽחֲמוּן 1 Kings 12:24; etc.; Imperative הִלָּחֵם Exodus 17:9; 1 Samuel 18:17; הִלָּ֫חֶם בּוֺ Judges 9:38; plural הִלָּֽחֲמוּ 2 Kings 10:3; Nehemiah 4:8; Infinitive absolute נִלְחֹם Judges 11:25; construct הִלָּחֵם Judges 1:9 + 35 times; הִלָּ֫חֶם בּוֺ etc., Numbers 22:11 + 6 times; suffix הִלָּחֲמוֺ 2 Kings 8:29 + 3 times; Participle נִלְחָם Exodus 14:24 + 10 times; plural נִלְחָמִים Joshua 10:25 + 10 times (but 1 Samuel 31:1 read rather נִלְחֲמוּ, so || 1 Chronicles 10:1 We Klo Bu, compare Dr); — engage in battle (reciprocal), sometimes wage war (Joshua 10:5; Judges 11:5; 1 Kings 14:19; 1 Kings 22:46; 2 Kings 6:8; 2 Kings 14:28 etc.), often with בְּ of enemy (60 times) Exodus 1:10; Exodus 17:9, 10; Numbers 21:23, 26; Numbers 22:11 (all E), Judges 11:8, 25; 1 Samuel 15:18; 2 Samuel 8:10 + (49 times); less often with בְּ of city attacked or besieged † Judges 9:45; 1 Samuel 23:1; 2 Samuel 12:26, 27, 29; Isaiah 20:1; Joshua 10:31 (D), 1 Kings 20:1; Nehemiah 4:2; of tower Judges 1:52 [Judges 9:52]; followed by בְּאַרְצִי Judges 11:12†; also with עִם of enemy (26 times): Judges 5:20; Judges 11:4, 5, 20; Joshua 11:5 (JE), 1 Samuel 13:5; 1 Samuel 17:19, also 1 Samuel 17:32, 33 (of single combat), Deuteronomy 20:4; Joshua 9:2 (both D), 2 Kings 13:12; 2 Kings 14:15; 2 Chronicles 11:1; 17:10; 27:5; Daniel 10:20; Daniel 11:11 +; with עִם of city † Joshua 10:29 (D), Joshua 19:47 (JE) †; with אֶתֿ = with, of enemy, † Joshua 24:8 (E), 1 Samuel 17:9 (single combat), Jeremiah 21:5; 1 Kings 20:23; 2 Kings 19:9 = Isaiah 37:9; Jeremiah 37:10; also Judges 12:4; 2 Samuel 11:17; 2 Samuel 21:15; 1 Kings 22:31; 2 Kings 8:2; 2 Kings 9:15; Jeremiah 21:4; Jeremiah 32:5; Jeremiah 33:5; 2 Chronicles 18:30; 22:6, and with אוֺתָם (= אִתָּם) Joshua 10:25 (D), 1 Kings 20:25 (KöLgb. ii, 296)†; with עִל, against, of enemy only Jeremiah 21:2; elsewhere (16 times) of city: † Joshua 10:5 (JE), Isaiah 7:1; 2 Kings 12:18; 2 Kings 19:8 = Isaiah 37:8; especially D and Je: Deuteronomy 20:10, 19; Joshua 10:34, 36, 38 (all D), Jeremiah 32:24, 29; Jeremiah 34:1, 7, 8, 22†; with אֶלֿ of enemy † Jeremiah 1:19; Jeremiah 15:20†; with suffix וַיִּלָּֽחֲמוּנִיPsalm 109:3 and they have fought against me†; with יָ֑חַד i.e. fight together = with (against) one another † 1 Samuel 17:10; absolute with accusative of congnate meaning with verb מִלְחָמוֺת fight battles1 Samuel 8:20; 1 Samuel 18:17; 1 Samuel 25:28; 2 Chronicles 32:8†; absolute elsewhere Judges 5:19 (twice in verse); Judges 5:20; Deuteronomy 1:41; Zechariah 10:5 + 26 times + וַיָּסֻרוּ עָלָיו לְהִלָּחֵ֑ם 1 Kings 22:32; † with עַל for, in behalf of, Judges 9:17; 2 Kings 10:3; Nehemiah 4:8; with לְ = id., Exodus 14:14 (J), Exodus 14:25 (J; + בְּ of enemy), Deuteronomy 1:30; Deuteronomy 3:22; Deuteronomy 20:4 (+ עִם of enemy, see above), Joshua 10:14, 42; Joshua 23:3, 10 (all D), Nehemiah 4:14יָכֹל לְהִלּ׳ be able to fight, with את of enemy 1 Samuel 17:9, with בְּ of enemy Numbers 22:11, = be successful in fighting, prevail against; so with עַל of city Isaiah 7:1, and absolute 2 Kings 16:5 (after וַיָּצֻרוּ עָל besiege).

† II. [לָחַם] verb use as food, eat, poetic (so Thes Buhl, compare Frä30 GuidiDella Sede 33; this would explain different between לֶחֶם and bdb053603; yet verb rare and chiefly late); —
Qal Perfect 3rd person plural לָֽחֲמוּ Proverbs 4:17; Imperfect 2nd person masculine singular תִּלְחַם Proverbs 23:6, 1st person singular אֶלְחַם Psalm 141:4; Imperative masculine plural לַחֲמוּ Proverbs 9:5; Infinitive construct לְחוֺם Proverbs 23:1; Passive participle plural construct לְחֻמֵי Deuteronomy 32:24; eat (mostly Proverbs), absolute Proverbs 23:1; followed by accusative of congnate meaning with verb לֶחֶם Proverbs 4:17; Proverbs 23:6; followed by בְּלַחְמִי Proverbs 9:5; followed by בְּמַנְעַמֵּיהֶם Psalm 141:4 eat of their dainties; לְחֻמֵי רֶשֶׁף Deuteronomy 32:24 (poem) eaten up with the Fire-bolt, figurative of pestilence (Dr).
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Strong's Number H3898 matches the Hebrew לָחַם (lāḥam),
which occurs 177 times in 171 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 3 / 4 (1Ki 22:32–Isa 63:10)

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:32 - And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they said, Surely it is the king of Israel. And they turned aside to fight H3898 against him: and Jehoshaphat cried out.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:45 - Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, and his might that he shewed, and how he warred, H3898 are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:21 - And when all the Moabites heard that the kings were come up to fight H3898 against them, they gathered all that were able to put on armour, and upward, and stood in the border.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:8 - Then the king of Syria warred H3898 against Israel, and took counsel with his servants, saying, In such and such a place shall be my camp.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:29 - And king Joram went back to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians had given him at Ramah, when he fought H3898 against Hazael king of Syria. And Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see Joram the son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he was sick.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:15 - But king Joram was returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians had given him, when he fought H3898 with Hazael king of Syria.) And Jehu said, If it be your minds, then let none go forth nor escape out of the city to go to tell it in Jezreel.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:3 - Look even out the best and meetest of your master's sons, and set him on his father's throne, and fight H3898 for your master's house.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 12:17 - Then Hazael king of Syria went up, and fought H3898 against Gath, and took it: and Hazael set his face to go up to Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:12 - And the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, and his might wherewith he fought H3898 against Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:15 - Now the rest of the acts of Jehoash which he did, and his might, and how he fought H3898 with Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:28 - Now the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, and all that he did, and his might, how he warred, H3898 and how he recovered Damascus, and Hamath, which belonged to Judah, for Israel, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 16:5 - Then Rezin king of Syria and Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel came up to Jerusalem to war: and they besieged Ahaz, but could not overcome H3898 him.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:8 - So Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring H3898 against Libnah: for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:9 - And when he heard say of Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, Behold, he is come out to fight H3898 against thee: he sent messengers again unto Hezekiah, saying,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 10:1 - Now the Philistines fought H3898 against Israel; and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 18:10 - He sent Hadoram his son to king David, to enquire of his welfare, and to congratulate him, because he had fought H3898 against Hadarezer, and smitten him; (for Hadarezer had war with Tou;) and with him all manner of vessels of gold and silver and brass.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:17 - And it was told David; and he gathered all Israel, and passed over Jordan, and came upon them, and set the battle in array against them. So when David had put the battle in array against the Syrians, they fought H3898 with him.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:1 - And when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he gathered of the house of Judah and Benjamin an hundred and fourscore thousand chosen men, which were warriors, to fight H3898 against Israel, that he might bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:4 - Thus saith the LORD, Ye shall not go up, nor fight H3898 against your brethren: return every man to his house: for this thing is done of me. And they obeyed the words of the LORD, and returned from going against Jeroboam.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 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 H3898 ye not against the LORD God of your fathers; for ye shall not prosper.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 17:10 - And the fear of the LORD fell upon all the kingdoms of the lands that were round about Judah, so that they made no war H3898 against Jehoshaphat.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:30 - Now the king of Syria had commanded the captains of the chariots that were with him, saying, Fight H3898 ye not with small or great, save only with the king of Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:31 - And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they said, It is the king of Israel. Therefore they compassed about him to fight: H3898 but Jehoshaphat cried out, and the LORD helped him; and God moved them to depart from him.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:17 - Ye shall not need to fight H3898 in this battle: set yourselves, stand ye still, and see the salvation of the LORD with you, O Judah and Jerusalem: fear not, nor be dismayed; to morrow go out against them: for the LORD will be with you.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:29 - And the fear of God was on all the kingdoms of those countries, when they had heard that the LORD fought H3898 against the enemies of Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 22:6 - And he returned to be healed in Jezreel because of the wounds which were given him at Ramah, when he fought H3898 with Hazael king of Syria. And Azariah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see Jehoram the son of Ahab at Jezreel, because he was sick.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:6 - And he went forth and warred H3898 against the Philistines, and brake down the wall of Gath, and the wall of Jabneh, and the wall of Ashdod, and built cities about Ashdod, and among the Philistines.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 27:5 - He fought H3898 also with the king of the Ammonites, and prevailed against them. And the children of Ammon gave him the same year an hundred talents of silver, and ten thousand measures of wheat, and ten thousand of barley. So much did the children of Ammon pay unto him, both the second year, and the third.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:8 - With him is an arm of flesh; but with us is the LORD our God to help us, and to fight H3898 our battles. And the people rested themselves upon the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:20 - After all this, when Josiah had prepared the temple, Necho king of Egypt came up to fight H3898 against Carchemish by Euphrates: and Josiah went out against him.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:22 - Nevertheless Josiah would not turn his face from him, but disguised himself, that he might fight H3898 with him, and hearkened not unto the words of Necho from the mouth of God, and came to fight H3898 in the valley of Megiddo.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:8 - And conspired all of them together to come and to fight H3898 against Jerusalem, and to hinder it.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:14 - And I looked, and rose up, and said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, Be not ye afraid of them: remember the Lord, which is great and terrible, and fight H3898 for your brethren, your sons, and your daughters, your wives, and your houses.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:20 - In what place therefore ye hear the sound of the trumpet, resort ye thither unto us: our God shall fight H3898 for us.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:1 - [[A Psalm of David.]] Plead my cause, O LORD, with them that strive with me: fight H3898 against them that fight H3898 against me.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 56:1 - [[To the chief Musician upon Jonathelemrechokim, Michtam of David, when the Philistines took him in Gath.]] Be merciful unto me, O God: for man would swallow me up; he fighting H3898 daily oppresseth me.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 56:2 - Mine enemies would daily swallow me up: for they be many that fight H3898 against me, O thou most High.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:3 - They compassed me about also with words of hatred; and fought H3898 against me without a cause.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 141:4 - Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practise wicked works with men that work iniquity: and let me not eat H3898 of their dainties.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:17 - For they eat H3898 the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 9:5 - Come, eat H3898 of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mingled.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:1 - When thou sittest to eat H3898 with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee:
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:6 - Eat H3898 thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainty meats:
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:1 - And it came to pass in the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, that Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up toward Jerusalem to war against it, but could not prevail H3898 against it.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:2 - And I will set the Egyptians against the Egyptians: and they shall fight H3898 every one against his brother, and every one against his neighbour; city against city, and kingdom against kingdom.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 20:1 - In the year that Tartan came unto Ashdod, (when Sargon the king of Assyria sent him,) and fought H3898 against Ashdod, and took it;
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:32 - And in every place where the grounded staff shall pass, which the LORD shall lay upon him, it shall be with tabrets and harps: and in battles of shaking will he fight H3898 with it.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:8 - So Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring H3898 against Libnah: for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:9 - And he heard say concerning Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, He is come forth to make war H3898 with thee. And when he heard it, he sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying,
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 63:10 - But they rebelled, and vexed his holy Spirit: therefore he was turned to be their enemy, and he fought H3898 against them.

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