Strong's Concordance H3898

Original Word: לָחַם
Transliteration: lâcham
Phonetic Spelling: 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).

Usages throughout the bible

Judges 11:4 - And it came to pass in process of time, that the children of Ammon made war H3898 against Israel.

Judges 11:5 - And it was so, that when the children of Ammon made war H3898 against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to fetch Jephthah out of the land of Tob:

Judges 11:6 - And they said unto Jephthah, Come, and be our captain, that we may fight H3898 with the children of Ammon.

Judges 11:8 - And the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah, Therefore we turn again to thee now, that thou mayest go with us, and fight H3898 against the children of Ammon, and be our head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.

Judges 11:9 - And Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead, If ye bring me home again to fight H3898 against the children of Ammon, and the LORD deliver them before me, shall I be your head?

Judges 11:12 - And Jephthah sent messengers unto the king of the children of Ammon, saying, What hast thou to do with me, that thou art come against me to fight H3898 in my land?

Judges 11:20 - But Sihon trusted not Israel to pass through his coast: but Sihon gathered all his people together, and pitched in Jahaz, and fought H3898 against Israel.

Judges 11:25 - And now art thou any thing better than Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab? did he ever strive against Israel, or did he ever H3898 fight H3898 against them,

Judges 11:27 - Wherefore I have not sinned against thee, but thou doest me wrong to war H3898 against me: the LORD the Judge be judge this day between the children of Israel and the children of Ammon.

Judges 11:32 - So Jephthah passed over unto the children of Ammon to fight H3898 against them; and the LORD delivered them into his hands.

Judges 12:1 - And the men of Ephraim gathered themselves together, and went northward, and said unto Jephthah, Wherefore passedst thou over to fight H3898 against the children of Ammon, and didst not call us to go with thee? we will burn thine house upon thee with fire.

Judges 12:3 - And when I saw that ye delivered me not, I put my life in my hands, and passed over against the children of Ammon, and the LORD delivered them into my hand: wherefore then are ye come up unto me this day, to fight H3898 against me?

Judges 12:4 - Then Jephthah gathered together all the men of Gilead, and fought H3898 with Ephraim: and the men of Gilead smote Ephraim, because they said, Ye Gileadites are fugitives of Ephraim among the Ephraimites, and among the Manassites.

1 Samuel 4:9 - Be strong, and quit yourselves like men, O ye Philistines, that ye be not servants unto the Hebrews, as they have been to you: quit yourselves like men, and fight. H3898

1 Samuel 4:10 - And the Philistines fought, H3898 and Israel was smitten, and they fled every man into his tent: and there was a very great slaughter; for there fell of Israel thirty thousand footmen.

1 Samuel 8:20 - That we also may be like all the nations; and that our king may judge us, and go out before us, and fight H3898 our battles.

1 Samuel 12:9 - And when they forgat the LORD their God, he sold them into the hand of Sisera, captain of the host of Hazor, and into the hand of the Philistines, and into the hand of the king of Moab, and they fought H3898 against them.

1 Samuel 13:5 - And the Philistines gathered themselves together to fight H3898 with Israel, thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, and people as the sand which is on the sea shore in multitude: and they came up, and pitched in Michmash, eastward from Bethaven.

1 Samuel 14:47 - So Saul took the kingdom over Israel, and fought H3898 against all his enemies on every side, against Moab, and against the children of Ammon, and against Edom, and against the kings of Zobah, and against the Philistines: and whithersoever he turned himself, he vexed them.

1 Samuel 15:18 - And the LORD sent thee on a journey, and said, Go and utterly destroy the sinners the Amalekites, and fight H3898 against them until they be consumed.

1 Samuel 17:9 - If he be able to fight H3898 with me, and to kill me, then will we be your servants: but if I prevail against him, and kill him, then shall ye be our servants, and serve us.

1 Samuel 17:10 - And the Philistine said, I defy the armies of Israel this day; give me a man, that we may fight H3898 together.

1 Samuel 17:19 - Now Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel, were in the valley of Elah, fighting H3898 with the Philistines.

1 Samuel 17:32 - And David said to Saul, Let no man's heart fail because of him; thy servant will go and fight H3898 with this Philistine.

1 Samuel 17:33 - And Saul said to David, Thou art not able to go against this Philistine to fight H3898 with him: for thou art but a youth, and he a man of war from his youth.

1 Samuel 18:17 - And Saul said to David, Behold my elder daughter Merab, her will I give thee to wife: only be thou valiant for me, and fight H3898 the LORD'S battles. For Saul said, Let not mine hand be upon him, but let the hand of the Philistines be upon him.

1 Samuel 19:8 - And there was war again: and David went out, and fought H3898 with the Philistines, and slew them with a great slaughter; and they fled from him.

1 Samuel 23:1 - Then they told David, saying, Behold, the Philistines fight H3898 against Keilah, and they rob the threshingfloors.

1 Samuel 23:5 - So David and his men went to Keilah, and fought H3898 with the Philistines, and brought away their cattle, and smote them with a great slaughter. So David saved the inhabitants of Keilah.

1 Samuel 25:28 - I pray thee, forgive the trespass of thine handmaid: for the LORD will certainly make my lord a sure house; because my lord fighteth H3898 the battles of the LORD, and evil hath not been found in thee all thy days.

1 Samuel 28:1 - And it came to pass in those days, that the Philistines gathered their armies together for warfare, to fight H3898 with Israel. And Achish said unto David, Know thou assuredly, that thou shalt go out with me to battle, thou and thy men.

1 Samuel 28:15 - And Samuel said to Saul, Why hast thou disquieted me, to bring me up? And Saul answered, I am sore distressed; for the Philistines make war H3898 against me, and God is departed from me, and answereth me no more, neither by prophets, nor by dreams: therefore I have called thee, that thou mayest make known unto me what I shall do.

1 Samuel 29:8 - And David said unto Achish, But what have I done? and what hast thou found in thy servant so long as I have been with thee unto this day, that I may not go fight H3898 against the enemies of my lord the king?

1 Samuel 31:1 - Now the Philistines fought H3898 against Israel: and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa.

2 Samuel 2:28 - So Joab blew a trumpet, and all the people stood still, and pursued after Israel no more, neither fought H3898 they any more.

2 Samuel 8:10 - Then Toi sent Joram his son unto king David, to salute him, and to bless him, because he had fought H3898 against Hadadezer, and smitten him: for Hadadezer had wars with Toi. And Joram brought with him vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and vessels of brass:

2 Samuel 10:17 - And when it was told David, he gathered all Israel together, and passed over Jordan, and came to Helam. And the Syrians set themselves in array against David, and fought H3898 with him.

2 Samuel 11:17 - And the men of the city went out, and fought H3898 with Joab: and there fell some of the people of the servants of David; and Uriah the Hittite died also.

2 Samuel 11:20 - And if so be that the king's wrath arise, and he say unto thee, Wherefore approached ye so nigh unto the city when ye did fight? H3898 knew ye not that they would shoot from the wall?

2 Samuel 12:26 - And Joab fought H3898 against Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and took the royal city.

2 Samuel 12:27 - And Joab sent messengers to David, and said, I have fought H3898 against Rabbah, and have taken the city of waters.

2 Samuel 12:29 - And David gathered all the people together, and went to Rabbah, and fought H3898 against it, and took it.

2 Samuel 21:15 - Moreover the Philistines had yet war again with Israel; and David went down, and his servants with him, and fought H3898 against the Philistines: and David waxed faint.

1 Kings 12:21 - And when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he assembled all the house of Judah, with the tribe of Benjamin, an hundred and fourscore thousand chosen men, which were warriors, to fight H3898 against the house of Israel, to bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam the son of Solomon.

1 Kings 12:24 - Thus saith the LORD, Ye shall not go up, nor fight H3898 against your brethren the children of Israel: return every man to his house; for this thing is from me. They hearkened therefore to the word of the LORD, and returned to depart, according to the word of the LORD.

1 Kings 14:19 - And the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, how he warred, H3898 and how he reigned, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.

1 Kings 20:1 - And Benhadad the king of Syria gathered all his host together: and there were thirty and two kings with him, and horses, and chariots: and he went up and besieged Samaria, and warred H3898 against it.

1 Kings 20:23 - And the servants of the king of Syria said unto him, Their gods are gods of the hills; therefore they were stronger than we; but let us fight H3898 against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they.

1 Kings 20:25 - And number thee an army, like the army that thou hast lost, horse for horse, and chariot for chariot: and we will fight H3898 against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they. And he hearkened unto their voice, and did so.

2 Kings 3:21 - And when all the Moabites heard that the kings were come up to fight H3898 against them, they gathered all that were able to put on armour, and upward, and stood in the border.