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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 וַיִּלָּֽחֲמוּנִי † Psalm 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 battles † 1 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 4:14 † יָכֹל 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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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

1:10; 14:14; 14:14; 14:24; 14:25; 17:8; 17:9; 17:9; 17:10

Numbers

21:23; 21:26; 22:11; 22:11; 22:11

Deuteronomy

1:30; 1:30; 1:41; 1:41; 3:22; 20:4; 20:4; 20:10; 20:19; 32:24; 32:24

Joshua

9:2; 10:5; 10:5; 10:14; 10:25; 10:25; 10:29; 10:31; 10:34; 10:36; 10:38; 10:42; 11:5; 19:47; 23:3; 23:10; 24:8

Judges

1:5; 1:9; 5:19; 5:20; 5:20; 9:17; 9:17; 9:38; 9:45; 9:52; 11:4; 11:5; 11:5; 11:8; 11:8; 11:12; 11:20; 11:25; 11:25; 12:4

1 Samuel

8:20; 13:5; 15:18; 15:18; 17:9; 17:9; 17:10; 17:19; 17:32; 17:33; 18:17; 18:17; 23:1; 25:28; 31:1

2 Samuel

8:10; 11:17; 12:26; 12:27; 12:29; 21:15

1 Kings

12:24; 14:19; 20:1; 20:23; 20:25; 22:31; 22:31; 22:32; 22:46

2 Kings

6:8; 8:2; 8:29; 9:15; 10:3; 10:3; 12:18; 13:12; 14:15; 14:28; 16:5; 19:8; 19:9

1 Chronicles

10:1

2 Chronicles

11:1; 17:10; 18:30; 22:6; 27:5; 32:8

Nehemiah

4:2; 4:8; 4:8; 4:14; 4:14

Psalms

35:1; 56:2; 56:3; 109:3; 109:3; 141:4; 141:4

Proverbs

4:17; 4:17; 9:5; 9:5; 23:1; 23:1; 23:6; 23:6

Isaiah

7:1; 7:1; 20:1; 37:8; 37:9

Jeremiah

1:19; 15:20; 21:2; 21:4; 21:5; 32:5; 32:24; 32:29; 33:5; 34:1; 34:7; 34:8; 34:22; 37:10

Daniel

10:20; 11:11

Zechariah

10:5; 14:14

H3898

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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 4 / 4 (Jer 1:19–Zec 14:14)

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:19 - And they shall fight H3898 against thee; but they shall not prevail against thee; for I am with thee, saith the LORD, to deliver thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 15:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:20 - And I will make thee unto this people a fenced brasen wall: and they shall fight H3898 against thee, but they shall not prevail against thee: for I am with thee to save thee and to deliver thee, saith the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 21:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 21:2 - Enquire, I pray thee, of the LORD for us; for Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon maketh war H3898 against us; if so be that the LORD will deal with us according to all his wondrous works, that he may go up from us.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 21:4 - Thus saith the LORD God of Israel; Behold, I will turn back the weapons of war that are in your hands, wherewith ye fight H3898 against the king of Babylon, and against the Chaldeans, which besiege you without the walls, and I will assemble them into the midst of this city.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 21:5 - And I myself will fight H3898 against you with an outstretched hand and with a strong arm, even in anger, and in fury, and in great wrath.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 32:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:5 - And he shall lead Zedekiah to Babylon, and there shall he be until I visit him, saith the LORD: though ye fight H3898 with the Chaldeans, ye shall not prosper.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 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 H3898 against it, because of the sword, and of the famine, and of the pestilence: and what thou hast spoken is come to pass; and, behold, thou seest it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:29 - And the Chaldeans, that fight H3898 against this city, shall come and set fire on this city, and burn it with the houses, upon whose roofs they have offered incense unto Baal, and poured out drink offerings unto other gods, to provoke me to anger.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 33:5 - They come to fight H3898 with the Chaldeans, but it is to fill them with the dead bodies of men, whom I have slain in mine anger and in my fury, and for all whose wickedness I have hid my face from this city.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:1 - The word which came unto Jeremiah from the LORD, when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and all his army, and all the kingdoms of the earth of his dominion, and all the people, fought H3898 against Jerusalem, and against all the cities thereof, saying,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:7 - When the king of Babylon's army fought H3898 against Jerusalem, and against all the cities of Judah that were left, against Lachish, and against Azekah: for these defenced cities remained of the cities of Judah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:22 - Behold, I will command, saith the LORD, and cause them to return to this city; and they shall fight H3898 against it, and take it, and burn it with fire: and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation without an inhabitant.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:8 - And the Chaldeans shall come again, and fight H3898 against this city, and take it, and burn it with fire.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 37:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:10 - For though ye had smitten the whole army of the Chaldeans that fight H3898 against you, and there remained but wounded men among them, yet should they rise up every man in his tent, and burn this city with fire.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:12 - Then they took all the men, and went to fight H3898 with Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and found him by the great waters that are in Gibeon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:30 - The mighty men of Babylon have forborn to fight, H3898 they have remained in their holds: their might hath failed; they became as women: they have burned her dwellingplaces; her bars are broken.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:20 - Then said he, Knowest thou wherefore I come unto thee? and now will I return to fight H3898 with the prince of Persia: and when I am gone forth, lo, the prince of Grecia shall come.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:11 - And the king of the south shall be moved with choler, and shall come forth and fight H3898 with him, even with the king of the north: and he shall set forth a great multitude; but the multitude shall be given into his hand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 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, H3898 because the LORD is with them, and the riders on horses shall be confounded.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 14:3

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 14:3 - Then shall the LORD go forth, and fight H3898 against those nations, as when he fought H3898 in the day of battle.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 14:14

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 14:14 - And Judah also shall fight H3898 at Jerusalem; and the wealth of all the heathen round about shall be gathered together, gold, and silver, and apparel, in great abundance.

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