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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 - Now it happened that when the commanders of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, 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 which he showed 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 -

Now all the Moabites heard that the kings had come up to fight H3898 against them. And they summoned all who were able to [fn]put on armor and older, and they stood on the border.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:8 -

Now the king of Aram was warring H3898 against Israel; and he [fn]counseled with his servants saying, “In such and such a place shall be my camp.”

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:29 - So King Joram returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Arameans had caused by striking him at Ramah when he fought H3898 against Hazael king of Aram. Then 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 [fn]Joram had returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Arameans had struck him with when he fought H3898 with Hazael king of Aram. So Jehu said, “If this is your mind, then let no one escape or [fn]leave the city to go declare it in Jezreel.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:3 - look for the best and [fn]fittest 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 Aram went up and fought H3898 against Gath and captured it, and Hazael set his face to go up to Jerusalem.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:12 - Now the rest of the acts of Joash and all that he did and his might with which 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 fought H3898 and how he restored Damascus and Hamath to Judah in 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 Aram and Pekah son of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up to Jerusalem to wage war; and they besieged Ahaz, but could not [fn]overcome H3898 him.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:8 -

Then Rabshakeh returned and found the king of Assyria fighting H3898 against Libnah, for he had heard that [fn]the king had set out from Lachish.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:9 - Then he heard them say concerning Tirhakah king of [fn]Ethiopia, “Behold, he has come out to fight H3898 against you.” So he sent messengers again to 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 slain on Mount Gilboa.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 18:10 - so he sent [fn]Hadoram his son to King David to [fn]greet him and to bless him, because he had fought H3898 against Hadadezer and struck him down; for Hadadezer had been at war with Tou. And Hadoram brought all kinds of articles of gold and silver and bronze.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:17 - And it was told to David, so he gathered all Israel together and crossed the Jordan, and came upon them and arranged for battle against them. So David arranged them in battle to meet the Arameans. And they fought H3898 against him.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:1 -

Then Rehoboam came to Jerusalem and assembled the house of Judah and Benjamin, 180,000 chosen men who could wage war, to fight H3898 against Israel to return the kingdom to Rehoboam.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:4 - ‘Thus says Yahweh, “You shall not go up and fight H3898 against your brothers; return every man to his house, for this thing is from Me.”’” So they listened to the words of Yahweh and returned from going against Jeroboam.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:12 - “And behold, God is with us at our head and His priests with the signal trumpets to raise the shout of war against you. O sons of Israel, do not fight H3898 against Yahweh, the God of your fathers, for you will not succeed.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 17:10 -

Now the dread of Yahweh was on all the kingdoms of the lands which were around Judah, so that they did not make H3898 war H3898 against Jehoshaphat.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:30 - Now the king of Aram had commanded the commanders of his chariots, saying, “Do not fight H3898 with small or great, but with the king of Israel alone.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:31 - Now it happened that when the commanders of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, they said, “It is the king of Israel,” and they turned to fight H3898 against him. But Jehoshaphat cried out, and Yahweh helped him, and God incited them away from him.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:17 - ‘You need not fight H3898 in this battle; take your stand—stand and see the salvation of Yahweh on your behalf, O Judah and Jerusalem.’ Do not fear or be dismayed; tomorrow go out to face them, for Yahweh is with you.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:29 - And the dread of God was on all the kingdoms of the lands when they heard that Yahweh had fought H3898 against the enemies of Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 22:6 - So he returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which they caused by striking him at Ramah, when he fought H3898 against Hazael king of Aram. And [fn]Ahaziah, the son of Jehoram king of Judah, went down to see Jehoram the son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he was sick.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:6 -

Then he went out and fought H3898 against the Philistines, and broke down the wall of Gath and the wall of Jabneh and the wall of Ashdod; and he built cities in the area of Ashdod and among the Philistines.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 27:5 - He fought H3898 also with the king of the sons of Ammon and prevailed over them. So the sons of Ammon gave him during that year [fn]100 talents of silver, [fn]10,000 kors of wheat, and 10,000 of barley. The sons of Ammon also brought back to him this amount in the second and in the third year.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:8 - “With him is only an arm of flesh, but with us is Yahweh our God to help us and to fight H3898 our battles.” And the people were sustained by the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:20 -

After all this, when Josiah had set the [fn]house in order, Neco king of Egypt went up to make H3898 war H3898 at Carchemish on the Euphrates, and Josiah went out to meet him.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:22 - However, Josiah would not turn [fn]away from him, but disguised himself in order to make H3898 war H3898 with him; nor did he listen to the words of Neco from the mouth of God, but came to make H3898 war H3898 on the plain of Megiddo.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:8 - All of them joined together to come and fight H3898 against Jerusalem and to cause a disturbance in it.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:14 - Then I saw their fear. And I arose and said to the nobles, the officials, and the rest of the people: “Do not fear them; remember the Lord who is great and fearsome, and fight H3898 for your brothers, your sons, your daughters, your wives, and your houses.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:20 - “At whatever place you hear the sound of the trumpet, there gather together to us. Our God will fight H3898 for us.”
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:1 -

Of David.

Contend, O Yahweh, with those who contend with me;

Fight H3898 against those who fight H3898 against me.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 56:1 -

For the choir director. According to [fn]Jonath Elem Rehokim. A [fn]Mikhtam of David. [fn]When the Philistines seized him in Gath.

Be gracious to me, O God, for man has [fn]trampled upon me;

All day long, an attacker H3898 oppresses me.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 56:2 -

My foes have [fn]trampled upon me all day long,

For many attack H3898 me proudly.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:3 -

They have also surrounded me with words of hatred,

And fought H3898 against me without cause.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 141:4 -

Do not incline my heart to any evil thing,

To practice deeds in wickedness

With men who are workers of iniquity;

And do not let me eat H3898 of their delicacies.

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 I have mixed.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:1 -

When you sit down to dine H3898 with a ruler,

Understand well [fn]what is before you,

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:6 -

Do not eat H3898 the bread of [fn]a selfish man,

And do not desire his delicacies;

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:1 -

Now it happened in the days of Ahaz, the son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, that Rezin the king of Aram and Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up to Jerusalem to wage war against it, but could not [fn]conquer H3898 it.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:2 -

“So I will incite Egyptians against Egyptians;

And they will each fight H3898 against his brother and each against his neighbor,

City against city and kingdom against kingdom.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 20:1 -

In the year that the [fn]commander came to Ashdod, when Sargon the king of Assyria sent him and he fought H3898 against Ashdod and captured it,

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:32 -

And every [fn]blow of the [fn]appointed staff,

Which Yahweh will cause to rest upon him,

Will be with the music of tambourines and lyres;

And in battles, waving weapons He will fight H3898 them.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:8 -

Then Rabshakeh returned and found the king of Assyria fighting H3898 against Libnah, for he had heard that [fn]the king had set out from Lachish.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:9 - Then he heard them say concerning Tirhakah king of [fn]Ethiopia, “He has come out to fight H3898 against you.” So he heard it and sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying,
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 63:10 -

But they rebelled

And grieved His Holy Spirit;

Therefore He turned Himself to become their enemy;

He fought H3898 against them.


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