H3898: לָחַם

Extended definition

Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).

How H3898 is translated

• fight ×28
• they fought ×16
• he fought ×15
• do battle ×9
• are fighting ×8
• he will fight ×7
• he waged war ×7
• wage war ×6
• fighting ×5
• he engaged in battle ×5
• they will fight ×5
• engage in battle ×4

Bible verses with H3898 (lâcham)

Lâcham appears in 171 verses; the first 25 are shown below.

• Exodus 1:10

  Come on, let us deal wisely with them; lest they multiply, and it come to pass, that, when there falleth out any war, they join also unto our enemies, and fight against us, and so get them up out of the land.

• Exodus 14:14

  The Lord shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.

• Exodus 14:25

  And took off their chariot wheels, that they drave them heavily: so that the Egyptians said, Let us flee from the face of Israel; for the Lord fighteth for them against the Egyptians.

• Exodus 17:8

  Then came Amalek, and fought with Israel in Rephidim.

• Exodus 17:9

  And Moses said unto Joshua, Choose us out men, and go out, fight with Amalek: to morrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the rod of God in mine hand.

• Exodus 17:10

  So Joshua did as Moses had said to him, and fought with Amalek: and Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill.

• Numbers 21:1

  And when king Arad the Canaanite, which dwelt in the south, heard tell that Israel came by the way of the spies; then he fought against Israel, and took some of them prisoners.

• Numbers 21:23

  And Sihon would not suffer Israel to pass through his border: but Sihon gathered all his people together, and went out against Israel into the wilderness: and he came to Jahaz, and fought against Israel.

• Numbers 21:26

  For Heshbon was the city of Sihon the king of the Amorites, who had fought against the former king of Moab, and taken all his land out of his hand, even unto Arnon.

• Numbers 22:11

  Behold, there is a people come out of Egypt, which covereth the face of the earth: come now, curse me them; peradventure I shall be able to overcome them, and drive them out.

• Deuteronomy 1:30

  The Lord your God which goeth before you, he shall fight for you, according to all that he did for you in Egypt before your eyes;

• Deuteronomy 1:41

  Then ye answered and said unto me, We have sinned against the Lord, we will go up and fight, according to all that the Lord our God commanded us. And when ye had girded on every man his weapons of war, ye were ready to go up into the hill.

• Deuteronomy 1:42

  And the Lord said unto me, Say unto them, Go not up, neither fight; for I am not among you; lest ye be smitten before your enemies.

• Deuteronomy 3:22

  Ye shall not fear them: for the Lord your God he shall fight for you.

• Deuteronomy 20:4

  For the Lord your God is he that goeth with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.

• Deuteronomy 20:10

  When thou comest nigh unto a city to fight against it, then proclaim peace unto it.

• Deuteronomy 20:19

  When thou shalt besiege a city a long time, in making war against it to take it, thou shalt not destroy the trees thereof by forcing an axe against them: for thou mayest eat of them, and thou shalt not cut them down (for the tree of the field is man’s life) to employ them in the siege:

• Deuteronomy 32:24

  They shall be burnt with hunger, and devoured with burning heat, and with bitter destruction: I will also send the teeth of beasts upon them, with the poison of serpents of the dust.

• Joshua 9:2

  That they gathered themselves together, to fight with Joshua and with Israel, with one accord.

• Joshua 10:5

  Therefore the five kings of the Amorites, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, the king of Eglon, gathered themselves together, and went up, they and all their hosts, and encamped before Gibeon, and made war against it.

• Joshua 10:14

  And there was no day like that before it or after it, that the Lord hearkened unto the voice of a man: for the Lord fought for Israel.

• Joshua 10:25

  And Joshua said unto them, Fear not, nor be dismayed, be strong and of good courage: for thus shall the Lord do to all your enemies against whom ye fight.

• Joshua 10:29

  Then Joshua passed from Makkedah, and all Israel with him, unto Libnah, and fought against Libnah:

• Joshua 10:31

  And Joshua passed from Libnah, and all Israel with him, unto Lachish, and encamped against it, and fought against it:

• Joshua 10:34

  And from Lachish Joshua passed unto Eglon, and all Israel with him; and they encamped against it, and fought against it:

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