- Original: לחם
- Transliteration: Lacham
- Phonetic: law-kham'
- Definition: 
1. to fight, do battle, make war 
a. (Qal) to fight, do battle 
b. (Niphal) to engage in battle, wage war 
2. (Qal) to eat, use as food 
- Origin: a primitive root
- TWOT entry: 1104,1105
- Part(s) of speech: Verb 
- Strong's: 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). 
Total KJV Occurrences: 177 
 • against, 6
 
2 Samuel 21:15; 
1 Kings 20:25; 
Psalm 35:1(2); 
Psalm 109:3; 
Zechariah 14:3 
 
 • devoured, 1
 
Deuteronomy 32:24 
 
 • eat, 5
 
Psalm 141:4; 
Proverbs 4:17; 
Proverbs 9:5; 
Proverbs 23:1; 
Proverbs 23:6 
 
 • fight, 83
 
Exodus 1:10; 
Exodus 14:14; 
Exodus 17:9; 
Deuteronomy 1:30; 
Deuteronomy 1:41; 
Deuteronomy 1:42; 
Deuteronomy 3:22; 
Deuteronomy 20:4; 
Deuteronomy 20:10; 
Joshua 9:2; 
Joshua 10:25; 
Joshua 11:5; 
Joshua 19:47; 
Judges 1:1; 
Judges 1:3; 
Judges 1:9; 
Judges 8:1; 
Judges 9:38; 
Judges 10:9; 
Judges 10:18; 
Judges 11:6; 
Judges 11:8; 
Judges 11:9; 
Judges 11:12; 
Judges 11:25(2); 
Judges 11:32; 
Judges 12:1; 
Judges 12:3; 
1 Samuel 4:9; 
1 Samuel 8:20; 
1 Samuel 13:5; 
1 Samuel 15:18; 
1 Samuel 17:9; 
1 Samuel 17:10; 
1 Samuel 17:32; 
1 Samuel 17:33; 
1 Samuel 18:17; 
1 Samuel 23:1; 
1 Samuel 28:1; 
1 Samuel 29:8; 
2 Samuel 11:20; 
1 Kings 12:21; 
1 Kings 12:24; 
1 Kings 20:23; 
1 Kings 22:31; 
1 Kings 22:32; 
2 Kings 3:21; 
2 Kings 10:3; 
2 Kings 19:9; 
2 Chronicles 11:1; 
2 Chronicles 11:4; 
2 Chronicles 13:12; 
2 Chronicles 18:30; 
2 Chronicles 18:31; 
2 Chronicles 20:17; 
2 Chronicles 32:8; 
2 Chronicles 35:20; 
2 Chronicles 35:22(2); 
Nehemiah 4:8; 
Nehemiah 4:14; 
Nehemiah 4:20; 
Psalm 56:2; 
Isaiah 19:2; 
Isaiah 30:32; 
Jeremiah 1:19; 
Jeremiah 15:20; 
Jeremiah 21:4; 
Jeremiah 21:5; 
Jeremiah 32:5; 
Jeremiah 32:24; 
Jeremiah 32:29; 
Jeremiah 33:5; 
Jeremiah 34:22; 
Jeremiah 37:8; 
Jeremiah 37:10; 
Jeremiah 41:12; 
Jeremiah 51:30; 
Daniel 10:20; 
Daniel 11:11; 
Zechariah 10:5; 
Zechariah 14:14 
 
 • fighteth, 3
 
Exodus 14:25; 
Joshua 23:10; 
1 Samuel 25:28 
 
 • fighting, 2
 
1 Samuel 17:19; 
Psalm 56:1 
 
 • fought, 56
 
Exodus 17:8; 
Exodus 17:10; 
Numbers 21:1; 
Numbers 21:23; 
Numbers 21:26; 
Joshua 10:14; 
Joshua 10:29; 
Joshua 10:31; 
Joshua 10:34; 
Joshua 10:36; 
Joshua 10:38; 
Joshua 10:42; 
Joshua 23:3; 
Joshua 24:8; 
Joshua 24:11; 
Judges 1:5; 
Judges 1:8; 
Judges 5:19(2); 
Judges 5:20(2); 
Judges 9:17; 
Judges 9:39; 
Judges 9:45; 
Judges 9:52; 
Judges 11:20; 
Judges 12:4; 
1 Samuel 4:10; 
1 Samuel 12:9; 
1 Samuel 14:47; 
1 Samuel 19:8; 
1 Samuel 23:5; 
1 Samuel 31:1; 
2 Samuel 2:28; 
2 Samuel 8:10; 
2 Samuel 10:17; 
2 Samuel 11:17; 
2 Samuel 12:26; 
2 Samuel 12:27; 
2 Samuel 12:29; 
2 Kings 8:29; 
2 Kings 9:15; 
2 Kings 12:17; 
2 Kings 13:12; 
2 Kings 14:15; 
1 Chronicles 10:1; 
1 Chronicles 18:10; 
1 Chronicles 19:17; 
2 Chronicles 20:29; 
2 Chronicles 22:6; 
2 Chronicles 27:5; 
Isaiah 20:1; 
Isaiah 63:10; 
Jeremiah 34:1; 
Jeremiah 34:7; 
Zechariah 14:3 
 
 • overcome, 2
 
Numbers 22:11; 
2 Kings 16:5 
 
 • prevail, 1
 
Isaiah 7:1 
 
 • war, 9
 
Deuteronomy 20:19; 
Joshua 10:5; 
Judges 11:4; 
Judges 11:5; 
Judges 11:27; 
1 Samuel 28:15; 
2 Chronicles 17:10; 
Isaiah 37:9; 
Jeremiah 21:2 
 
 • warred, 7
 
Joshua 24:9; 
1 Kings 14:19; 
1 Kings 20:1; 
1 Kings 22:45; 
2 Kings 6:8; 
2 Kings 14:28; 
2 Chronicles 26:6 
 
 • warring, 2
 
2 Kings 19:8; 
Isaiah 37:8 
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