Strong's Concordance H4421

Original Word: מִלְחָמָה
Transliteration: milchâmâh
Phonetic Spelling: mil-khaw-maw'
from H3898 (in the sense of fighting); a battle (i.e. the engagement); generally, war (i.e. war-fare); battle, fight(-ing), war(-rior).

Usages throughout the bible

Joshua 11:20 - For it was of the LORD to harden their hearts, that they should come against Israel in battle, H4421 that he might destroy them utterly, and that they might have no favour, but that he might destroy them, as the LORD commanded Moses.

Joshua 11:23 - So Joshua took the whole land, according to all that the LORD said unto Moses; and Joshua gave it for an inheritance unto Israel according to their divisions by their tribes. And the land rested from war. H4421

Joshua 14:11 - As yet I am as strong this day as I was in the day that Moses sent me: as my strength was then, even so is my strength now, for war, H4421 both to go out, and to come in.

Joshua 14:15 - And the name of Hebron before was Kirjatharba; which Arba was a great man among the Anakims. And the land had rest from war. H4421

Joshua 17:1 - There was also a lot for the tribe of Manasseh; for he was the firstborn of Joseph; to wit, for Machir the firstborn of Manasseh, the father of Gilead: because he was a man of war, H4421 therefore he had Gilead and Bashan.

Judges 3:1 - Now these are the nations which the LORD left, to prove Israel by them, even as many of Israel as had not known all the wars H4421 of Canaan;

Judges 3:2 - Only that the generations of the children of Israel might know, to teach them war, H4421 at the least such as before knew nothing thereof;

Judges 3:10 - And the Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he judged Israel, and went out to war: H4421 and the LORD delivered Chushanrishathaim king of Mesopotamia into his hand; and his hand prevailed against Chushanrishathaim.

Judges 8:13 - And Gideon the son of Joash returned from battle H4421 before the sun was up,

Judges 18:11 - And there went from thence of the family of the Danites, out of Zorah and out of Eshtaol, six hundred men appointed with weapons of war. H4421

Judges 18:16 - And the six hundred men appointed with their weapons of war, H4421 which were of the children of Dan, stood by the entering of the gate.

Judges 18:17 - And the five men that went to spy out the land went up, and came in thither, and took the graven image, and the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image: and the priest stood in the entering of the gate with the six hundred men that were appointed with weapons of war. H4421

Judges 20:14 - But the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together out of the cities unto Gibeah, to go out to battle H4421 against the children of Israel.

Judges 20:17 - And the men of Israel, beside Benjamin, were numbered four hundred thousand men that drew sword: all these were men of war. H4421

Judges 20:18 - And the children of Israel arose, and went up to the house of God, and asked counsel of God, and said, Which of us shall go up first to the battle H4421 against the children of Benjamin? And the LORD said, Judah shall go up first.

Judges 20:20 - And the men of Israel went out to battle H4421 against Benjamin; and the men of Israel put themselves in array to fight H4421 against them at Gibeah.

Judges 20:22 - And the people the men of Israel encouraged themselves, and set their battle H4421 again in array in the place where they put themselves in array the first day.

Judges 20:23 - (And the children of Israel went up and wept before the LORD until even, and asked counsel of the LORD, saying, Shall I go up again to battle H4421 against the children of Benjamin my brother? And the LORD said, Go up against him.)

Judges 20:28 - And Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, stood before it in those days,) saying, Shall I yet again go out to battle H4421 against the children of Benjamin my brother, or shall I cease? And the LORD said, Go up; for to morrow I will deliver them into thine hand.

Judges 20:34 - And there came against Gibeah ten thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and the battle H4421 was sore: but they knew not that evil was near them.

Judges 20:39 - And when the men of Israel retired in the battle, H4421 Benjamin began to smite and kill of the men of Israel about thirty persons: for they said, Surely they are smitten down before us, as in the first battle. H4421

Judges 20:42 - Therefore they turned their backs before the men of Israel unto the way of the wilderness; but the battle H4421 overtook them; and them which came out of the cities they destroyed in the midst of them.

Judges 21:22 - And it shall be, when their fathers or their brethren come unto us to complain, that we will say unto them, Be favourable unto them for our sakes: because we reserved not to each man his wife in the war: H4421 for ye did not give unto them at this time, that ye should be guilty.

1 Samuel 4:1 - And the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now Israel went out against the Philistines to battle, H4421 and pitched beside Ebenezer: and the Philistines pitched in Aphek.

1 Samuel 4:2 - And the Philistines put themselves in array against Israel: and when they joined battle, H4421 Israel was smitten before the Philistines: and they slew of the army in the field about four thousand men.

1 Samuel 7:10 - And as Samuel was offering up the burnt offering, the Philistines drew near to battle H4421 against Israel: but the LORD thundered with a great thunder on that day upon the Philistines, and discomfited them; and they were smitten before Israel.

1 Samuel 8:12 - And 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, H4421 and instruments of his chariots.

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 our battles. H4421

1 Samuel 13:22 - So it came to pass in the day of battle, H4421 that there was neither sword nor spear found in the hand of any of the people that were with Saul and Jonathan: but with Saul and with Jonathan his son was there found.

1 Samuel 14:20 - And Saul and all the people that were with him assembled themselves, and they came to the battle: H4421 and, behold, every man's sword was against his fellow, and there was a very great discomfiture.

1 Samuel 14:22 - Likewise all the men of Israel which had hid themselves in mount Ephraim, when they heard that the Philistines fled, even they also followed hard after them in the battle. H4421

1 Samuel 14:23 - So the LORD saved Israel that day: and the battle H4421 passed over unto Bethaven.

1 Samuel 14:52 - And there was sore war H4421 against the Philistines all the days of Saul: and when Saul saw any strong man, or any valiant man, he took him unto him.

1 Samuel 16:18 - Then answered one of the servants, and said, Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite, that is cunning in playing, and a mighty valiant man, and a man of war, H4421 and prudent in matters, and a comely person, and the LORD is with him.

1 Samuel 17:1 - Now the Philistines gathered together their armies to battle, H4421 and were gathered together at Shochoh, which belongeth to Judah, and pitched between Shochoh and Azekah, in Ephesdammim.

1 Samuel 17:2 - And Saul and the men of Israel were gathered together, and pitched by the valley of Elah, and set the battle H4421 in array against the Philistines.

1 Samuel 17:8 - And he stood and cried unto the armies of Israel, and said unto them, Why are ye come out to set your battle H4421 in array? am not I a Philistine, and ye servants to Saul? choose you a man for you, and let him come down to me.

1 Samuel 17:13 - And the three eldest sons of Jesse went and followed Saul to the battle: H4421 and the names of his three sons that went to the battle H4421 were Eliab the firstborn, and next unto him Abinadab, and the third Shammah.

1 Samuel 17:20 - And David rose up early in the morning, and left the sheep with a keeper, and took, and went, as Jesse had commanded him; and he came to the trench, as the host was going forth to the fight, and shouted for the battle. H4421

1 Samuel 17:28 - And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spake unto the men; and Eliab's anger was kindled against David, and he said, Why camest thou down hither? and with whom hast thou left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know thy pride, and the naughtiness of thine heart; for thou art come down that thou mightest see the battle. H4421

1 Samuel 17:33 - And Saul said to David, Thou art not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him: for thou art but a youth, and he a man of war H4421 from his youth.

1 Samuel 17:47 - And all this assembly shall know that the LORD saveth not with sword and spear: for the battle H4421 is the LORD'S, and he will give you into our hands.

1 Samuel 18:5 - And David went out whithersoever Saul sent him, and behaved himself wisely: and Saul set him over the men of war, H4421 and he was accepted in the sight of all the people, and also in the sight of Saul's servants.

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 the LORD'S battles. H4421 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 H4421 again: and David went out, and fought with the Philistines, and slew them with a great slaughter; and they fled from him.

1 Samuel 23:8 - And Saul called all the people together to war, H4421 to go down to Keilah, to besiege David and his men.

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 the battles H4421 of the LORD, and evil hath not been found in thee all thy days.

1 Samuel 26:10 - David said furthermore, As the LORD liveth, the LORD shall smite him; or his day shall come to die; or he shall descend into battle, H4421 and perish.

1 Samuel 29:4 - And the princes of the Philistines were wroth with him; and the princes of the Philistines said unto him, Make this fellow return, that he may go again to his place which thou hast appointed him, and let him not go down with us to battle, H4421 lest in the battle H4421 he be an adversary to us: for wherewith should he reconcile himself unto his master? should it not be with the heads of these men?

1 Samuel 29:9 - And Achish answered and said to David, I know that thou art good in my sight, as an angel of God: notwithstanding the princes of the Philistines have said, He shall not go up with us to the battle. H4421