- Original: לחם
- Transliteration: Lacham
- Phonetic: law-kham'
- Definition:
1. to fight, do battle, make war
a. (Qal) to fight, do battle
b. (Niphal) to engage in battle, wage war
2. (Qal) to eat, use as food
- Origin: a primitive root
- TWOT entry: 1104,1105
- Part(s) of speech: Verb
- Strong's: A primitive root; to feed on; figuratively to consume; by implication to battle (as destruction): - devour eat X ever fight (-ing) overcome prevail (make) war (-ring).
Total KJV Occurrences: 177
• against, 6
2 Samuel 21:15;
1 Kings 20:25;
Psalm 35:1(2);
Psalm 109:3;
Zechariah 14:3
• devoured, 1
Deuteronomy 32:24
• eat, 5
Psalm 141:4;
Proverbs 4:17;
Proverbs 9:5;
Proverbs 23:1;
Proverbs 23:6
• fight, 83
Exodus 1:10;
Exodus 14:14;
Exodus 17:9;
Deuteronomy 1:30;
Deuteronomy 1:41;
Deuteronomy 1:42;
Deuteronomy 3:22;
Deuteronomy 20:4;
Deuteronomy 20:10;
Joshua 9:2;
Joshua 10:25;
Joshua 11:5;
Joshua 19:47;
Judges 1:1;
Judges 1:3;
Judges 1:9;
Judges 8:1;
Judges 9:38;
Judges 10:9;
Judges 10:18;
Judges 11:6;
Judges 11:8;
Judges 11:9;
Judges 11:12;
Judges 11:25(2);
Judges 11:32;
Judges 12:1;
Judges 12:3;
1 Samuel 4:9;
1 Samuel 8:20;
1 Samuel 13:5;
1 Samuel 15:18;
1 Samuel 17:9;
1 Samuel 17:10;
1 Samuel 17:32;
1 Samuel 17:33;
1 Samuel 18:17;
1 Samuel 23:1;
1 Samuel 28:1;
1 Samuel 29:8;
2 Samuel 11:20;
1 Kings 12:21;
1 Kings 12:24;
1 Kings 20:23;
1 Kings 22:31;
1 Kings 22:32;
2 Kings 3:21;
2 Kings 10:3;
2 Kings 19:9;
2 Chronicles 11:1;
2 Chronicles 11:4;
2 Chronicles 13:12;
2 Chronicles 18:30;
2 Chronicles 18:31;
2 Chronicles 20:17;
2 Chronicles 32:8;
2 Chronicles 35:20;
2 Chronicles 35:22(2);
Nehemiah 4:8;
Nehemiah 4:14;
Nehemiah 4:20;
Psalm 56:2;
Isaiah 19:2;
Isaiah 30:32;
Jeremiah 1:19;
Jeremiah 15:20;
Jeremiah 21:4;
Jeremiah 21:5;
Jeremiah 32:5;
Jeremiah 32:24;
Jeremiah 32:29;
Jeremiah 33:5;
Jeremiah 34:22;
Jeremiah 37:8;
Jeremiah 37:10;
Jeremiah 41:12;
Jeremiah 51:30;
Daniel 10:20;
Daniel 11:11;
Zechariah 10:5;
Zechariah 14:14
• fighteth, 3
Exodus 14:25;
Joshua 23:10;
1 Samuel 25:28
• fighting, 2
1 Samuel 17:19;
Psalm 56:1
• fought, 56
Exodus 17:8;
Exodus 17:10;
Numbers 21:1;
Numbers 21:23;
Numbers 21:26;
Joshua 10:14;
Joshua 10:29;
Joshua 10:31;
Joshua 10:34;
Joshua 10:36;
Joshua 10:38;
Joshua 10:42;
Joshua 23:3;
Joshua 24:8;
Joshua 24:11;
Judges 1:5;
Judges 1:8;
Judges 5:19(2);
Judges 5:20(2);
Judges 9:17;
Judges 9:39;
Judges 9:45;
Judges 9:52;
Judges 11:20;
Judges 12:4;
1 Samuel 4:10;
1 Samuel 12:9;
1 Samuel 14:47;
1 Samuel 19:8;
1 Samuel 23:5;
1 Samuel 31:1;
2 Samuel 2:28;
2 Samuel 8:10;
2 Samuel 10:17;
2 Samuel 11:17;
2 Samuel 12:26;
2 Samuel 12:27;
2 Samuel 12:29;
2 Kings 8:29;
2 Kings 9:15;
2 Kings 12:17;
2 Kings 13:12;
2 Kings 14:15;
1 Chronicles 10:1;
1 Chronicles 18:10;
1 Chronicles 19:17;
2 Chronicles 20:29;
2 Chronicles 22:6;
2 Chronicles 27:5;
Isaiah 20:1;
Isaiah 63:10;
Jeremiah 34:1;
Jeremiah 34:7;
Zechariah 14:3
• overcome, 2
Numbers 22:11;
2 Kings 16:5
• prevail, 1
Isaiah 7:1
• war, 9
Deuteronomy 20:19;
Joshua 10:5;
Judges 11:4;
Judges 11:5;
Judges 11:27;
1 Samuel 28:15;
2 Chronicles 17:10;
Isaiah 37:9;
Jeremiah 21:2
• warred, 7
Joshua 24:9;
1 Kings 14:19;
1 Kings 20:1;
1 Kings 22:45;
2 Kings 6:8;
2 Kings 14:28;
2 Chronicles 26:6
• warring, 2
2 Kings 19:8;
Isaiah 37:8
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