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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
Dictionary Aids

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 1 / 4 (Exo 1:10–Jdg 10:18)

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:10 - venite sapienter opprimamus eum ne forte multiplicetur et si ingruerit contra nos bellum addatur inimicis nostris expugnatisque nobis egrediatur e terra

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:14 - Dominus pugnabit pro vobis et vos tacebitis

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:25 - et subvertit rotas curruum ferebanturque in profundum dixerunt ergo Aegyptii fugiamus Israhelem Dominus enim pugnat pro eis contra nos

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 17:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:8 - venit autem Amalech et pugnabat contra Israhel in Raphidim

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 17:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:9 - dixitque Moses ad Iosue elige viros et egressus pugna contra Amalech cras ego stabo in vertice collis habens virgam Dei in manu mea

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 17:10

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:10 - fecit Iosue ut locutus ei erat Moses et pugnavit contra Amalech Moses autem et Aaron et Hur ascenderunt super verticem collis

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 21:1

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:1 - quod cum audisset Chananeus rex Arad qui habitabat ad meridiem venisse scilicet Israhel per exploratorum viam pugnavit contra illum et victor existens duxit ex eo praedam

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:23 - qui concedere noluit ut transiret Israhel per fines suos quin potius exercitu congregato egressus est obviam in desertum et venit in Iasa pugnavitque contra eum

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 21:26

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:26 - urbs Esebon fuit regis Seon Amorrei qui pugnavit contra regem Moab et tulit omnem terram quae dicionis illius fuerat usque Arnon

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:11 - dicens ecce populus qui egressus est de Aegypto operuit superficiem terrae veni et maledic ei si quo modo possim pugnans abicere eum

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:30 - Dominus Deus qui ductor est vester pro vobis ipse pugnabit sicut fecit in Aegypto videntibus cunctis

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 1:41

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:41 - et respondistis mihi peccavimus Domino ascendemus atque pugnabimus sicut praecepit Dominus Deus noster cumque instructi armis pergeretis in montem

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 1:42

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:42 - ait mihi Dominus dic ad eos nolite ascendere neque pugnetis non enim sum vobiscum ne cadatis coram inimicis vestris

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 3:22

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:22 - ne timeas eos Dominus enim Deus vester pugnabit pro vobis

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 20:4

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:4 - quia Dominus Deus vester in medio vestri est et pro vobis contra adversarios dimicabit ut eruat vos de periculo

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 20:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:10 - si quando accesseris ad expugnandam civitatem offeres ei primum pacem

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 20:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:19 - quando obsederis civitatem multo tempore et munitionibus circumdederis ut expugnes eam non succides arbores de quibus vesci potest nec securibus per circuitum debes vastare regionem quoniam lignum est et non homo nec potest bellantium contra te augere numerum

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:24

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:24 - consumentur fame et devorabunt eos aves morsu amarissimo dentes bestiarum inmittam in eos cum furore trahentium super terram atque serpentium

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 9:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:2 - congregati sunt pariter ut pugnarent contra Iosue et Israhel uno animo eademque sententia

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 10:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:5 - congregati igitur ascenderunt quinque reges Amorreorum rex Hierusalem rex Hebron rex Hieremoth rex Lachis rex Eglon simul cum exercitibus suis et castrametati sunt circa Gabaon obpugnantes eam

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:14 - non fuit ante et postea tam longa dies oboediente Domino voci hominis et pugnante pro Israhel

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:25 - rursum ait ad eos nolite timere nec paveatis confortamini et estote robusti sic enim faciet Dominus cunctis hostibus vestris adversum quos dimicatis

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:29 - transivit cum omni Israhel de Maceda in Lebna et pugnabat contra eam

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:31 - de Lebna transivit in Lachis et exercitu per gyrum disposito obpugnabat eam

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:34 - transivitque de Lachis in Eglon et circumdedit

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:36 - ascendit quoque cum omni Israhele de Eglon in Hebron et pugnavit contra eam

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:38 - inde reversus in Dabir [Vulgate 10:39] cepit eam atque vastavit

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:42 - [Vulgate 10:43] universos reges et regiones eorum uno cepit impetu atque vastavit Dominus enim Deus Israhel pugnabat pro eo

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:5 - conveneruntque omnes reges isti in unum ad aquas Merom ut pugnarent contra Israhel

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:47 - et ipso fine concluditur ascenderuntque filii Dan et pugnaverunt contra Lesem ceperuntque eam et percusserunt in ore gladii ac possederunt et habitaverunt in ea vocantes nomen eius Lesemdan ex nomine Dan patris sui

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 23:3 - vosque cernitis omnia quae fecerit Dominus Deus vester cunctis per circuitum nationibus quomodo pro vobis ipse pugnaverit

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 23:10 - unus e vobis persequetur hostium mille viros quia Dominus Deus vester pro vobis ipse pugnabit sicut pollicitus est

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:8 - et introduxi vos ad terram Amorrei qui habitabat trans Iordanem cumque pugnarent contra vos tradidi eos in manus vestras et possedistis terram eorum atque interfecistis illos

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:9 - surrexit autem Balac filius Sepphor rex Moab et pugnavit contra Israhelem misitque et vocavit Balaam filium Beor ut malediceret vobis

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:11 - transistisque Iordanem et venistis ad Hiericho pugnaveruntque contra vos viri civitatis eius Amorreus et Ferezeus et Chananeus et Hettheus et Gergeseus et Eveus et Iebuseus et tradidi illos in manus vestras

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:1 - post mortem Iosue consuluerunt filii Israhel Dominum dicentes quis ascendet ante nos contra Chananeum et erit dux belli

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:3 - et ait Iudas Symeoni fratri suo ascende mecum in sorte mea et pugna contra Chananeum ut et ego pergam tecum in sorte tua et abiit cum eo Symeon

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:5 - inveneruntque Adonibezec in Bezec et pugnaverunt contra eum ac percusserunt Chananeum et Ferezeum

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 1:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:8 - obpugnantes ergo filii Iuda Hierusalem ceperunt eam et percusserunt in ore gladii tradentes cunctam incendio civitatem

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 1:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:9 - et postea descendentes pugnaverunt contra Chananeum qui habitabat in montanis et ad meridiem et in campestribus

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:19 - venerunt reges et pugnaverunt pugnaverunt reges Chanaan in Thanach iuxta aquas Mageddo et tamen nihil tulere praedantes

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:20 - de caelo dimicatum est contra eos stellae manentes in ordine et cursu suo adversum Sisaram pugnaverunt

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:1 - dixeruntque ad eum viri Ephraim quid est hoc quod facere voluisti ut non nos vocares cum ad pugnam pergeres contra Madian iurgantes fortiter et prope vim inferentes

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:17 - et animam suam dedit periculis ut erueret vos de manu Madian

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:38 - cui dixit Zebul ubi est nunc os tuum quo loquebaris quis est Abimelech ut serviamus ei nonne iste est populus quem despiciebas egredere et pugna contra eum

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:39 - abiit ergo Gaal spectante Sycimarum populo et pugnavit contra Abimelech

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:45 - porro Abimelech omni illo die obpugnabat urbem quam cepit interfectis habitatoribus eius ipsaque destructa ita ut sal in ea dispergeret

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:52 - accedensque Abimelech iuxta turrem pugnabat fortiter et adpropinquans ostio ignem subponere nitebatur

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:9 - in tantum ut filii Ammon Iordane transmisso vastarent Iudam et Beniamin et Ephraim adflictusque est Israhel nimis

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:18 - dixeruntque principes Galaad singuli ad proximos suos qui primus e nobis contra filios Ammon coeperit dimicare erit dux populi Galaad

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