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

Jeremiah 21:4 - Thus saith the LORD God of Israel; Behold, I will turn back the weapons of war that are in your hands, wherewith ye fight H3898 against the king of Babylon, and against the Chaldeans, which besiege you without the walls, and I will assemble them into the midst of this city.

Jeremiah 21:5 - And I myself will fight H3898 against you with an outstretched hand and with a strong arm, even in anger, and in fury, and in great wrath.

Jeremiah 32:5 - And he shall lead Zedekiah to Babylon, and there shall he be until I visit him, saith the LORD: though ye fight H3898 with the Chaldeans, ye shall not prosper.

Jeremiah 32:24 - Behold the mounts, they are come unto the city to take it; and the city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans, that fight H3898 against it, because of the sword, and of the famine, and of the pestilence: and what thou hast spoken is come to pass; and, behold, thou seest it.

Jeremiah 32:29 - And the Chaldeans, that fight H3898 against this city, shall come and set fire on this city, and burn it with the houses, upon whose roofs they have offered incense unto Baal, and poured out drink offerings unto other gods, to provoke me to anger.

Jeremiah 33:5 - They come to fight H3898 with the Chaldeans, but it is to fill them with the dead bodies of men, whom I have slain in mine anger and in my fury, and for all whose wickedness I have hid my face from this city.

Jeremiah 34:1 - The word which came unto Jeremiah from the LORD, when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and all his army, and all the kingdoms of the earth of his dominion, and all the people, fought H3898 against Jerusalem, and against all the cities thereof, saying,

Jeremiah 34:7 - When the king of Babylon's army fought H3898 against Jerusalem, and against all the cities of Judah that were left, against Lachish, and against Azekah: for these defenced cities remained of the cities of Judah.

Jeremiah 34:22 - Behold, I will command, saith the LORD, and cause them to return to this city; and they shall fight H3898 against it, and take it, and burn it with fire: and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation without an inhabitant.

Jeremiah 37:8 - And the Chaldeans shall come again, and fight H3898 against this city, and take it, and burn it with fire.

Jeremiah 37:10 - For though ye had smitten the whole army of the Chaldeans that fight H3898 against you, and there remained but wounded men among them, yet should they rise up every man in his tent, and burn this city with fire.

Jeremiah 41:12 - Then they took all the men, and went to fight H3898 with Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and found him by the great waters that are in Gibeon.

Jeremiah 51:30 - The mighty men of Babylon have forborn to fight, H3898 they have remained in their holds: their might hath failed; they became as women: they have burned her dwellingplaces; her bars are broken.

Daniel 10:20 - Then said he, Knowest thou wherefore I come unto thee? and now will I return to fight H3898 with the prince of Persia: and when I am gone forth, lo, the prince of Grecia shall come.

Daniel 11:11 - And the king of the south shall be moved with choler, and shall come forth and fight H3898 with him, even with the king of the north: and he shall set forth a great multitude; but the multitude shall be given into his hand.

Zechariah 10:5 - And they shall be as mighty men, which tread down their enemies in the mire of the streets in the battle: and they shall fight, H3898 because the LORD is with them, and the riders on horses shall be confounded.

Zechariah 14:3 - Then shall the LORD go forth, and fight H3898 against those nations, as when he fought H3898 in the day of battle.

Zechariah 14:14 - And Judah also shall fight H3898 at Jerusalem; and the wealth of all the heathen round about shall be gathered together, gold, and silver, and apparel, in great abundance.