Strong's #4421: milchamah (pronounced mil-khaw-maw')
from 3898 (in the sense of fighting); a battle (i.e. the engagement); generally, war (i.e. warfare):--battle, fight(-ing), war((-rior)).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon:
milchâmâh
1) battle, war
Part of Speech: noun feminine
Relation: from H3898 (in the sense of fighting)
Usage:
This word is used 319 times:
Joshua 11:20: "that they should come against Israel in battle, that he might destroy them utterly, and that they might have no"
Joshua 11:23: "by their tribes. And the land rested from war."
Joshua 14:11: "was then, even so is my strength now, for war, both to go out, and to come in."
Joshua 14:15: "among the Anakims. And the land had rest from war."
Joshua 17:1: "he was a man of war, therefore he had Gilead and Bashan."
Judges 3:1: "of Israel as had not known all the wars of Canaan;"
Judges 3:2: "of Israel might know, to teach them war, at the least such as before knew"
Judges 3:10: "Israel, and went out to war: and the LORD delivered Cushan-rishathaim"
Judges 8:13: "of Joash returned from battle before the sun"
Judges 18:11: "and out of Eshtaol, six hundred men appointed with weapons of war."
Judges 18:16: "men appointed with their weapons of war, which were of the children of Dan,"
Judges 18:17: "men that were appointed with weapons of war."
Judges 20:14: "the cities unto Gibeah, to go out to battle against the children of Israel."
Judges 20:17: "sword: all these were men of war."
Judges 20:18: "Which of us shall go up first to the battle against the children of Benjamin? And the LORD"
Judges 20:20: "And the men of Israel went out to battle against Benjamin; and the men of Israel"
Judges 20:20: "and the men of Israel put themselves in array to fight against them at Gibeah."
Judges 20:22: "of Israel encouraged themselves, and set their battle again in array in the place where"
Judges 20:23: "saying, Shall I go up again to battle against the children of Benjamin my brother?"
Judges 20:28: "Shall I yet again go out to battle against the children of Benjamin my brother,"
Judges 20:34: "chosen men out of all Israel, and the battle was sore: but they"
Judges 20:39: "And when the men of Israel retired in the battle, Benjamin began to smite and kill"
Judges 20:39: "are smitten down before us, as in the first battle."
Judges 20:42: "unto the way of the wilderness; but the battle overtook them; and them which came out of the cities"
Judges 21:22: "not to each man his wife in the war: for ye did not give"
1 Samuel 4:1: "went out against the Philistines to battle, and pitched beside Ebenezer: and the Philistines"
1 Samuel 4:2: "against Israel: and when they joined battle, Israel was smitten before the Philistines:"
1 Samuel 7:10: "the burnt offering, the Philistines drew near to battle against Israel: but the LORD thundered with a great"
1 Samuel 8:12: "his harvest, and to make his instruments of war, and instruments of his chariots."
1 Samuel 8:20: "before us, and fight our battles."
1 Samuel 13:22: "So it came to pass in the day of battle, that there was neither sword nor spear found in the hand"
1 Samuel 14:20: "him assembled themselves, and they came to the battle: and, behold, every man's sword was"
1 Samuel 14:22: "also followed hard after them in the battle."
1 Samuel 14:23: "Israel that day: and the battle passed over unto Beth-aven."
1 Samuel 14:52: "And there was sore war against the Philistines all the days of Saul:"
1 Samuel 16:18: "and a mighty valiant man, and a man of war, and prudent in matters, and a comely person,"
1 Samuel 17:1: "gathered together their armies to battle, and were gathered together at Shochoh, which belongeth to Judah,"
1 Samuel 17:2: "and pitched by the valley of Elah, and set the battle in array against the Philistines."
1 Samuel 17:8: "and said unto them, Why are ye come out to set your battle in array? am not I a Philistine,"
1 Samuel 17:13: "went and followed Saul to the battle: and the names of his three sons"
1 Samuel 17:13: "of his three sons that went to the battle were Eliab the firstborn, and next"
1 Samuel 17:20: "to the fight, and shouted for the battle."
1 Samuel 17:28: "thou art come down that thou mightest see the battle."
1 Samuel 17:33: "art but a youth, and he a man of war from his youth."
1 Samuel 17:47: "with sword and spear: for the battle is the LORD's, and he will give you into our hands."
1 Samuel 18:5: "and Saul set him over the men of war, and he was accepted in the sight of all"
1 Samuel 18:17: "thou valiant for me, and fight the LORD's battles. For Saul said, Let not"
1 Samuel 19:8: "And there was war again: and David went out, and fought with the Philistines, and slew"
1 Samuel 23:8: "all the people together to war, to go down to Keilah, to besiege"
1 Samuel 25:28: "house; because my lord fighteth the battles of the LORD, and evil hath not"
