H4421 מִלְחָמָה
Strong's Hebrew Concordance · 315 KJV occurrences
מִלְחָמָה
milchâmâh · mil-khaw-maw'
Definition
a battle (i.e. the engagement); generally, war (i.e. warfare)
KJV Renderings
battle, fight(-ing), war(-rior).
Derivation / Etymology
from H3898 (לָחַם) (in the sense of fighting);
Sample KJV Verses (8 of 315)
- Genesis 14:2That these made war with Bera king of Sodom, and with Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, and Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela, which is Zoar.
- Joshua 5:6For the children of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness, till all the people that were men of war, which came out of Egypt, were consumed, because they obeyed not the voice of the LORD: unto whom the LORD sware that he would not shew them the land, which the LORD sware unto their fathers that he would give us, a land that floweth with milk and honey.
- 1 Samuel 8:12And he will appoint him captains over thousands, and captains over fifties; and will set them to ear his ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make his instruments of war, and instruments of his chariots.
- 2 Samuel 11:18¶ Then Joab sent and told David all the things concerning the war;
- 2 Kings 3:26¶ And when the king of Moab saw that the battle was too sore for him, he took with him seven hundred men that drew swords, to break through even unto the king of Edom: but they could not.
- 1 Chronicles 28:3But God said unto me, Thou shalt not build an house for my name, because thou hast been a man of war, and hast shed blood.
- Psalms 46:9He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth; he breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder; he burneth the chariot in the fire.
- Jeremiah 46:3Order ye the buckler and shield, and draw near to battle.