Hebrew word

lâcham

law-kham'

לָחַם

What it means

to feed on

to feed on; figuratively, to consume; by implication, to battle (as destruction)

Where it comes from

a primitive root

How the King James translates it

fight77
fought52
war8
warred7
eat5
fighteth3
overcome2
warring2

Every place it appears 159

Exodus1:10 14:14 14:25 17:8 17:9 17:10

Numbers21:1 21:23 21:26 22:11

Deuteronomy1:30 1:41 1:42 20:4 20:10 20:19 32:24

Joshua9:2 10:14 10:29 10:42 11:5 19:47 23:10 24:8 24:9 24:11

Judges1:3 1:5 1:8 1:9 5:19 5:20 8:1 9:17 9:39 9:45 9:52 10:9 10:18 11:4 11:5 11:6 11:8 11:9 11:12 11:20 11:25 11:27 11:32 12:1 12:4

1 Samuel4:9 4:10 8:20 12:9 13:5 14:47 15:18 17:9 17:10 17:19 17:32 17:33 18:17 19:8 23:1 23:5 25:28 28:1 28:15 29:8 31:1

2 Samuel2:28 8:10 10:17 11:17 11:20 12:26 12:27 12:29 21:15

1 Kings12:21 12:24 14:19 20:1 20:23 20:25 22:31 22:32 22:45

2 Kings3:21 6:8 8:29 9:15 10:3 12:17 13:12 14:15 14:28 16:5 19:8 19:9

1 Chronicles10:1 18:10 19:17

2 Chronicles11:1 11:4 13:12 17:10 18:30 18:31 20:17 20:29 22:6 26:6 27:5 32:8 35:20 35:22

Nehemiah4:8 4:14

Psalms35:1 56:2 109:3 141:4

Proverbs4:17 9:5 23:1 23:6

Isaiah19:2 20:1 37:8 37:9

Jeremiah1:19 15:20 21:2 21:4 21:5 32:5 32:24 32:29 33:5 34:1 34:7 34:22 37:8 37:10 41:12 51:30

Daniel10:20 11:11

Zechariah10:5 14:3 14:14