Strong's #3898: lacham (pronounced law-kham')
a primitive root; to feed on; figuratively, to consume; by implication, to battle (as destruction):--devour, eat, X ever, fight(-ing), overcome, prevail, (make) war(-ring).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon:
lâcham
1) to fight, do battle, make war
1a) (Qal) to fight, do battle
1b) (Niphal) to engage in battle, wage war
2) (Qal) to eat, use as food
Part of Speech: verb
Relation: a primitive root
Same Word by TWOT Number: 1104, 1105
Usage:
This word is used 177 times:
Isaiah 20:1: "the king of Assyria sent him,) and fought against Ashdod, and took"
Isaiah 30:32: "and harps: and in battles of shaking will he fight"
Isaiah 37:8: "the king of Assyria warring against Libnah: for he had heard"
Isaiah 37:9: "king of Ethiopia, He is come forth to make war with thee. And when he heard it, he sent messengers"
Isaiah 63:10: "therefore he was turned to be their enemy, and he fought"
Jeremiah 1:19: " And they shall fight against thee; but they shall not prevail against thee; for I am with thee, saith"
Jeremiah 15:20: "a fenced brazen wall: and they shall fight against thee, but they shall not prevail against thee: for"
Jeremiah 21:2: "Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon maketh war against us; if so be that the LORD"
Jeremiah 21:4: "are in your hands, wherewith fight against the king of Babylon, and against the Chaldeans,"
Jeremiah 21:5: "And I myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand and with a strong arm, even in anger,"
Jeremiah 32:5: "him, saith the LORD: though ye fight with ye shall not prosper."
Jeremiah 32:24: "is given into the hand of the Chaldeans, that fight against it, because of the sword,"
Jeremiah 32:29: "And the Chaldeans, that fight against this city, shall come and set fire"
Jeremiah 33:5: "They come to fight with the Chaldeans, but it is to fill them with the dead bodies of men,"
Jeremiah 34:1: "of the earth of his dominion, and all the people, fought against"
Jeremiah 34:7: "When the king of Babylon's army fought against Jerusalem, and against all"
Jeremiah 34:22: "to this city; and they shall fight against it, and take it, and burn it with fire:"
Jeremiah 37:8: "And the Chaldeans shall come again, and fight against this city, and take it, and burn"
Jeremiah 37:10: "the whole army of the Chaldeans that fight against you, and there remained but wounded men"
Jeremiah 41:12: "all the men, and went to fight with Ishmael the son of Nethaniah,"
Jeremiah 51:30: "The mighty men of Babylon have forborne to fight, they have remained in their holds: their might hath failed;"
Daniel 10:20: "unto thee? and now will I return to fight with the prince of Persia: and when I"
Daniel 11:11: "of the south shall be moved with anger, and shall come forth and fight with him, even with the king of the north:"
Zechariah 10:5: "their enemies in the mire of the streets in the battle: and they shall fight, because the LORD is with them, and the riders"
Zechariah 14:3: "Then shall the LORD go forth, and fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day"
Zechariah 14:3: "those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle."
Zechariah 14:14: "And Judah also shall fight at Jerusalem; and the wealth of all the heathen round about"
