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Lexicon :: Strong's H4421 - milḥāmâ

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מִלְחָמָה
Transliteration
milḥāmâ
Pronunciation
mil-khaw-maw'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From לָחַם (H3898) (in the sense of fighting)
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TWOT Reference: 1104c

Strong’s Definitions

מִלְחָמָה milchâmâh, mil-khaw-maw'; from H3898 (in the sense of fighting); a battle (i.e. the engagement); generally, war (i.e. war-fare):—battle, fight(-ing), war(-rior).


KJV Translation Count — Total: 319x

The KJV translates Strong's H4421 in the following manner: war (158x), battle (151x), fight (5x), warriors (with H6213) (2x), fighting (with H6213) (1x), war (with H376) (1x), wars (with H376) (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 319x
The KJV translates Strong's H4421 in the following manner: war (158x), battle (151x), fight (5x), warriors (with H6213) (2x), fighting (with H6213) (1x), war (with H376) (1x), wars (with H376) (1x).
  1. battle, war

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מִלְחָמָה milchâmâh, mil-khaw-maw'; from H3898 (in the sense of fighting); a battle (i.e. the engagement); generally, war (i.e. war-fare):—battle, fight(-ing), war(-rior).
STRONGS H4421: Abbreviations
מִלְחָמָה 319 noun feminine battle, war; — absolute מ׳ Genesis 14:2, 8; Exodus 1:10 +; construct מִלְהֶ֫מֶת 1 Samuel 13:22 (מִכְמָשׁ מ׳ Greek Version of the LXX Th We Bu HPS Ew§ 188 cii. 182 > absolute Thes and others); suffix מִלְחַמְתִּי 2 Chronicles 35:21; מִלְחַמְתְּךָ 2 Samuel 11:25; מִלְחַמְתֶּ֑ךָ Isaiah 41:12, etc.; plural מִלְחָמוֺת Isaiah 42:13 + 7 times Chronicles, Psalms; construct מִלְחֲמוֺת Judges 3:1 +, etc.; — battle, Genesis 14:8; 1 Samuel 17:1, 2, 8; 1 Samuel 31:3; 1 Kings 20:14, 18, 29, 39 + often; war, Genesis 14:2; Exodus 1:10; Deuteronomy 20:12; Joshua 11:23; Joshua 14:15; 2 Samuel 3:1 (אֲרֻכָּה וַתְּהִי הַמִּלְחָמָה) +; מִלְחֲמוֺת כְּנָ֑עַן Judges 3:1; סֵפֶד מִלְחֲמֹת י׳ Numbers 21:14 (JE); accusative of congnate meaning with verb with נלחם1 Samuel 8:20; 2 Chronicles 32:8 and (מִלְחֲמוֺת י׳) 1 Samuel 18:17; 1 Samuel 25:28†; = art of war, למד מ׳ Isaiah 2:4 learn war = Micah 4:3; למּד מ׳ Judges 3:2 teach war, fighting; מְלַמֵּד יָדַי לַמּ׳ 2 Samuel 22:35 = Psalm 18:35, compare Psalm 144:1; לְמוּדֵי מ׳ 1 Chronicles 5:18, מְלֻמְּדֵי מ׳ Songs 3:8 instructed in war; once = battlefield וַיָּבֹאוּ עַד הַמּ׳ 1 Samuel 14:20 (so KitKauAT). The most frequent phrases are: †אִישׁ מ׳ Isaiah 3:2; 1 Samuel 16:18; 1 Samuel 17:33; 2 Samuel 17:8; Ezekiel 39:20; Joshua 17:1 (P), also (collective) Judges 20:17, of י׳ Exodus 15:3 (poem); אַנְשֵׁי הַמּ׳ Joshua 6:3; Joshua 10:24 (both J E), Deuteronomy 2:14, 16; Joshua 5:4, 6 (all D), Jeremiah 38:4; Jeremiah 39:4; Jeremiah 41:3, 16; Jeremiah 49:26; Jeremiah 51:32; Jeremiah 52:7, 25, also 1 Kings 9:22; 2 Kings 25:4; Numbers 31:28, 49 (P), Joel 4:9; late אַנְשֵׁי מ׳ Joel 2:7; 1 Chronicles 12:39 (38 van d. H) 2 Chronicles 8:9; 17:13; אִישׁ מִלְחָמוֺת Isaiah 42:13; 1 Chronicles 28:3; אַנְשֵׁי מִלְחַמְתָּהּ Jeremiah 50:30 her men of war, compare Isaiah 41:12; Ezekiel 27:10, 27; אִישׁ מִלְחֲמוּת תֹּעִי 2 Samuel 8:10 a man of battles of Toi, i.e. his frequent opponent (see Dr), = 1 Chronicles 18:10; seldom גִּבּוֺר מ׳ Psalm 24:8 (f י׳), גִּבּוֺרֵי מ׳ 2 Chronicles 13:3; שָׂרֵי מִלְחָמוֺת 2 Chronicles 32:6; עַם הַמּ׳ Joshua 8:1, 3; Joshua 10:7; Joshua 11:7, compare Joshua 8:11 (all J E), compare also 1 Samuel 13:16 add. Greek Version of the LXX We Dr, compare Klo; אַנְשֵׁי חַיִל לַמּ׳ Jeremiah 48:14; צְבָא מ׳ battle-host Isaiah 13:4, so הַמּ׳ צ׳ Numbers 31:14 (P); also גְּדוּדֵי צְבָא מ׳ 1 Chronicles 7:4, לַמּ׳ יֹצְאֵי צ׳ 1 Chronicles 7:11 אַנְשֵׁי צָבָא לַמּ׳ 1 Chronicles 12:9 (8 van d. H)†; weapons of war, כְּלֵי (ה)מ׳ Judges 18:11, 17; Jeremiah 21:4; Jeremiah 51:20; 1 Chronicles 12:34 (33 van d. H), also figurative 2 Samuel 1:27 ׅ || (גִבּוֺרִים; כְּלֵי צְבָא מ׳ 1 Chronicles 12:38 (37 van d. H); קֶשֶׁת מ׳ Zechariah 9:10; Zechariah 10:4; כְּלֵי מִלְחַמְתּוֺ his weapons of war 1 Samuel 8:12; Deuteronomy 1:41, compare Judges 18:16; Ezekiel 32:37; דִּבְרֵי הַמּ׳ = the news of the battle 2 Samuel 11:18, 19 + 2 Samuel 11:22 add. Greek Version of the LXX The We Klo Dr Bu. Frequently combined with verbs are: עָרַךְ מ׳ draw up battle-line Judges 20:22 +, followed by אֵת with = against Genesis 14:8; Judges 20:20, followed by עִם 2 Chronicles 13:3; אסר המּ׳ i. e. begin the battle 1 Kings 20:14, compare 2 Chronicles 13:3; וַתִּקְרַב הַמּ׳ 1 Kings 20:29 and the battle was joined; עָשָׂה מ׳ make war Proverbs 20:8; Proverbs 24:6; 1 Chronicles 22:8, followed by אֵת with Genesis 14:2; Joshua 11:18 (D), followed by עִם Deuteronomy 20:12, 20; 1 Chronicles 5:10, 19; עִם יָצָא לַמּ׳ Judges 20:14, 20, 28, with עַל 1 Kings 8:44; 2 Chronicles 6:34; עִם הָלַךְ לַמּ׳ 2 Kings 8:28; עַם נגשׁ לַמּ׳ Judges 20:23, with בְּ 1 Samuel 7:10; 2 Samuel 10:3, absolute Jeremiah 46:3; עִם וַתְּהִי הַמּ׳ 2 Samuel 21:18, 19, with בֵּין 2 Samuel 3:1, compare 2 Samuel 3:6 +; † קִדַּשׁ מ׳ consecrate war, i.e. open a campaign (with sacred rites, Che) Micah 3:5; Jeremiah 6:4 (both withעל), Joel 4:9; compare † הִדְבִּיקָתְהוּ וְהַמּ׳ Judges 20:42 and the battle clung to them; וַתַּעֲלֶה הַמּ׳ Judg 22:35 and the battle rose (high) = 2 Chronicles 18:34; וַתִּטּשׁ הַמּ׳ 1 Samuel 4:2, read וַתֵּט הַמּ׳ (Greek Version of the LXX We Klo Bu, compare Dr) and the battle inclined (in favour of one side); נָפוֺצֶת הַמּ׳ 2 Samuel 18:8 Qr the battle was spread (extended), so read 1 Samuel 14:24 add. Greek Version of the LXX The We Klo Dr; תָּקוּם עָלַי מ׳ Psalm 27:3 if war rise against me†; כָּבֵ֑דָה הַמּ׳ Judges 20:34 the battle was severe, compare אֶלשָֿׁאוּל וַתִּכְבַּד הַמּ׳ 1 Samuel 31:3 = 1 Chronicles 10:3 (על for אל); so חֲזָקָה וַתְּהִי הַמּ׳ 1 Samuel 14:52, חָזַק מִמֶּנּוּ הַמּ׳ 2 Kings 3:26; קָשָׁה וַתְּהִי הַמּ׳ 2 Samuel 2:17: compare כֹּבֶד מ׳ Isaiah 21:15, עֱזוּז מ׳ Isaiah 42:25.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

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

Exodus

1:10; 1:10; 15:3

Numbers

21:14; 31:14; 31:28; 31:49

Deuteronomy

1:41; 2:14; 2:16; 20:12; 20:12; 20:20

Joshua

5:4; 5:6; 6:3; 8:1; 8:3; 8:11; 10:7; 10:24; 11:7; 11:18; 11:23; 14:15; 17:1

Judges

3:1; 3:1; 3:2; 18:11; 18:16; 18:17; 20:14; 20:17; 20:20; 20:20; 20:22; 20:23; 20:28; 20:34; 20:42

1 Samuel

4:2; 7:10; 8:12; 8:20; 13:16; 13:22; 14:20; 14:24; 14:52; 16:18; 17:1; 17:2; 17:8; 17:33; 18:17; 25:28; 31:3; 31:3

2 Samuel

1:27; 2:17; 3:1; 3:1; 3:6; 8:10; 10:3; 11:18; 11:19; 11:22; 11:25; 17:8; 18:8; 21:18; 21:19; 22:35

1 Kings

8:44; 9:22; 20:14; 20:14; 20:18; 20:29; 20:29; 20:39

2 Kings

3:26; 8:28; 25:4

1 Chronicles

5:10; 5:18; 5:19; 7:4; 7:11; 10:3; 12:9; 12:34; 12:38; 12:39; 18:10; 22:8; 28:3

2 Chronicles

6:34; 8:9; 13:3; 13:3; 13:3; 17:13; 18:34; 32:6; 32:8; 35:21

Psalms

18:35; 24:8; 27:3; 144:1

Proverbs

20:8; 24:6

Song of Songs

3:8

Isaiah

2:4; 3:2; 13:4; 21:15; 41:12; 41:12; 42:13; 42:13; 42:25

Jeremiah

6:4; 21:4; 38:4; 39:4; 41:3; 41:16; 46:3; 48:14; 49:26; 50:30; 51:20; 51:32; 52:7; 52:25

Ezekiel

27:10; 27:27; 39:20

Joel

2:7

Micah

3:5; 4:3

Zechariah

9:10; 10:4

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H4421 matches the Hebrew מִלְחָמָה (milḥāmâ),
which occurs 319 times in 308 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 3 / 7 (1Sa 30:24–1Ki 22:15)

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:24 - “And who will listen to you in this matter? For as is the share of the one who goes down into the battle H4421, so shall be the share of the one who stays by the baggage; they shall share alike.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 31:3 - The battle H4421 went heavily against Saul, and the archers found him; and he was gravely wounded by the archers.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:4 - David said to him, “How did things go? Please tell me.” And he said, “The people have fled from the battle H4421, and many of the people also have fallen and are dead; and Saul and his son Jonathan are also dead.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:25 -

“How the mighty have fallen in the midst of the battle H4421!

Jonathan is [fn]slaughtered on your high places.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:27 -

“How the mighty have fallen,

And the weapons of war H4421 have perished!”

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:17 - That day the battle H4421 was very severe, and Abner and the men of Israel were defeated [fn]by the servants of David.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:1 -

Now there was a long war H4421 between the house of Saul and the house of David; and David became steadily stronger, while the house of Saul became steadily weaker.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:6 -

Now it happened that while there was war H4421 between the house of Saul and the house of David, Abner was [fn]strengthening himself in the house of Saul.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:30 - So Joab and his brother Abishai killed Abner because he had put their brother Asahel to death in the battle H4421 at Gibeon.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 8:10 - Toi sent his son [fn]Joram to King David to [fn]greet him and bless him, because he had fought Hadadezer and [fn]defeated him; for Hadadezer [fn]had been at war H4421 with Toi. And [fn]Joram brought with him articles of silver, gold, and bronze.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:8 - And the sons of Ammon came out and lined up for battle H4421 at the entrance of the [fn]city, while the Arameans of Zobah and of Rehob and the men of Tob and Maacah were stationed by themselves in the field.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:9 -

Now when Joab saw that [fn]the battle H4421 was set against him at the front and at the rear, he selected warriors from all the choice men in Israel, and lined them up against the Arameans.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:13 - So Joab and the people who were with him advanced to the battle H4421 against the Arameans, and they fled from him.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:7 - When Uriah came to him, David asked about Joab’s well-being and [fn]that of the people, and the condition of the war H4421.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:15 - He had written in the letter [fn]the following: “[fn]Station Uriah on the front line of the [fn]fiercest battle H4421 and pull back from him, so that he may be struck and killed.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:18 - Then Joab sent a messenger and reported to David all the events of the war H4421.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:19 - He ordered the messenger, saying, “When you have finished telling all the events of the war H4421 to the king,
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:25 - Then David said to the messenger, “This is what you shall say to Joab: ‘Do not let this thing [fn]displease you, for the sword devours one as well as another; [fn]fight H4421 with determination against the city and overthrow it’; and thereby encourage him.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:8 - Then Hushai said, “You yourself know your father and his men, that they are warriors and they are [fn]fierce, like a bear deprived of her cubs in the field. And your father is an [fn]expert in warfare H4421, and he will not spend the night with the people.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:6 -

Then the people went out to the field against Israel, and the battle H4421 took place in the forest of Ephraim.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:8 - For the battle H4421 there was spread over the whole countryside, and the forest devoured more people that day than the sword devoured.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:3 - And the people entered the city surreptitiously that day, just as people who are humiliated surreptitiously flee in battle H4421.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:10 - “However, Absalom, whom we anointed over us, has died in battle H4421. Now then, why are you silent about bringing the king back?”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:15 -

Now when the Philistines were at war H4421 with Israel again, David went down, and his servants with him; and when they fought against the Philistines, David became weary.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:17 - But Abishai the son of Zeruiah helped him, and struck the Philistine and killed him. Then David’s men swore to him, saying, “You shall not go out again with us to battle H4421, so that you do not extinguish the lamp of Israel.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:18 -

Now it came about after this that there was war H4421 again with the Philistines at Gob; then Sibbecai the Hushathite struck and killed Saph, who was among the descendants of the [fn]giant.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:19 - And there was war H4421 with the Philistines again at Gob, and Elhanan the son of Jaare-oregim the Bethlehemite [fn]killed [fn]Goliath the Gittite, the shaft of whose spear was like a weaver’s beam.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:20 - And there was war H4421 at Gath again, where there was a man of great stature who had six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot, twenty-four in number; and he also had been born to the [fn]giant.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:35 -

“He trains my hands for battle H4421,

So that my arms can bend a bow of bronze.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:40 -

“For You have encircled me with strength for battle H4421;

You have forced those who rose up against me to bow down under me.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:9 - And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo the Ahohite, one of the three mighty men with David when they defied the Philistines who were gathered there to battle H4421 and the men of Israel had [fn]withdrawn.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:5 -

“Now you yourself also know what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, what he did to the two commanders of the armies of Israel, to Abner the son of Ner and to Amasa the son of Jether, whom he killed; he also [fn]shed the blood of war H4421 in peace. And he put the blood of war H4421 on his belt that was on his waist, and on his sandals that were on his feet.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:3 - “You know that David my father was unable to build a house for the name of the LORD his God because of the wars H4421 which surrounded him, until the LORD put them under the soles of his feet.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:44 -

“When Your people go out to battle H4421 against [fn]their enemy, by whatever way You send them, and they pray to the LORD [fn]toward the city which You have chosen and the house which I have built for Your name,

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:22 - But Solomon did not make slaves of the sons of Israel; for they were men of war H4421, his servants, his commanders, his charioteers, his chariot commanders, and his horsemen.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:21 -

Now when Rehoboam had come to Jerusalem, he assembled all the house of Judah and the tribe of Benjamin, 180,000 chosen warriors H4421, to fight against the house of Israel to restore the kingdom to Rehoboam the son of Solomon.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:30 - And there was war H4421 between Rehoboam and Jeroboam continually.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:6 - And there was war H4421 between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days of his life.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:7 -

Now as for the rest of the acts of Abijam and all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah? And there was war H4421 between Abijam and Jeroboam.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:16 -

Now there was war H4421 between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:32 - And there was war H4421 between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:14 - But Ahab said, “By whom?” So he said, “The LORD says this: ‘By the young men of the leaders of the provinces.’” Then he said, “Who will begin the battle H4421?” And he said, “You will.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:18 - Then he said, “If they have come out [fn]for peace, take them alive; or if they have come out for war H4421, take them alive as well.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:26 -

So at [fn]the turn of the year Ben-hadad mustered the Arameans and went up to Aphek to fight H4421 against Israel.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:29 - So they camped, one opposite the other, for seven days. And on the seventh day the battle H4421 was joined, and the sons of Israel [fn]killed of the Arameans a hundred thousand foot soldiers in a single day.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:39 - And as the king passed by, he cried out to the king and said, “Your servant went out into the midst of the battle H4421; and behold, a man turned aside and brought a man to me and said, ‘Guard this man; if for any reason he goes missing, then your life shall be forfeited in place of his life, or else you shall pay a [fn]talent of silver.’
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:1 -

Now [fn]three years passed without war H4421 between Aram and Israel.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:4 - So he said to Jehoshaphat, “Will you go to battle H4421 with me at Ramoth-gilead?” And Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, “[fn]Consider me yours, my people yours, and my horses yours!”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:6 - So the king of Israel assembled the [fn]prophets, about four hundred men, and said to them, “Should I go to battle H4421 against Ramoth-gilead or should I refrain?” And they said, “Go up, for the Lord will hand it over to the king.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:15 -

When he came to the king, the king said to him, “Micaiah, should we go to battle H4421 against Ramoth-gilead, or should we refrain?” And he said, “Go up and succeed, for the LORD will hand it over to the king!”


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