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Lexicon :: Strong's H4421 - milḥāmâ

Aa
מִלְחָמָה
Transliteration
milḥāmâ
Pronunciation
mil-khaw-maw'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From לָחַם (H3898) (in the sense of fighting)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1104c

Strong’s Definitions

מִלְחָמָה milchâmâh, 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).


KJV Translation Count — Total: 319x

The KJV translates Strong's H4421 in the following manner: war (158x), battle (151x), fight (5x), warriors (with H6213) (2x), fighting (with H6213) (1x), war (with H376) (1x), wars (with H376) (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 319x
The KJV translates Strong's H4421 in the following manner: war (158x), battle (151x), fight (5x), warriors (with H6213) (2x), fighting (with H6213) (1x), war (with H376) (1x), wars (with H376) (1x).
  1. battle, war

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מִלְחָמָה milchâmâh, 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).
STRONGS H4421: Abbreviations
מִלְחָמָה 319 noun feminine battle, war; — absolute מ׳ Genesis 14:2, 8; Exodus 1:10 +; construct מִלְהֶ֫מֶת 1 Samuel 13:22 (מִכְמָשׁ מ׳ Greek Version of the LXX Th We Bu HPS Ew§ 188 cii. 182 > absolute Thes and others); suffix מִלְחַמְתִּי 2 Chronicles 35:21; מִלְחַמְתְּךָ 2 Samuel 11:25; מִלְחַמְתֶּ֑ךָ Isaiah 41:12, etc.; plural מִלְחָמוֺת Isaiah 42:13 + 7 times Chronicles, Psalms; construct מִלְחֲמוֺת Judges 3:1 +, etc.; — battle, Genesis 14:8; 1 Samuel 17:1, 2, 8; 1 Samuel 31:3; 1 Kings 20:14, 18, 29, 39 + often; war, Genesis 14:2; Exodus 1:10; Deuteronomy 20:12; Joshua 11:23; Joshua 14:15; 2 Samuel 3:1 (אֲרֻכָּה וַתְּהִי הַמִּלְחָמָה) +; מִלְחֲמוֺת כְּנָ֑עַן Judges 3:1; סֵפֶד מִלְחֲמֹת י׳ Numbers 21:14 (JE); accusative of congnate meaning with verb with נלחם1 Samuel 8:20; 2 Chronicles 32:8 and (מִלְחֲמוֺת י׳) 1 Samuel 18:17; 1 Samuel 25:28†; = art of war, למד מ׳ Isaiah 2:4 learn war = Micah 4:3; למּד מ׳ Judges 3:2 teach war, fighting; מְלַמֵּד יָדַי לַמּ׳ 2 Samuel 22:35 = Psalm 18:35, compare Psalm 144:1; לְמוּדֵי מ׳ 1 Chronicles 5:18, מְלֻמְּדֵי מ׳ Songs 3:8 instructed in war; once = battlefield וַיָּבֹאוּ עַד הַמּ׳ 1 Samuel 14:20 (so KitKauAT). The most frequent phrases are: †אִישׁ מ׳ Isaiah 3:2; 1 Samuel 16:18; 1 Samuel 17:33; 2 Samuel 17:8; Ezekiel 39:20; Joshua 17:1 (P), also (collective) Judges 20:17, of י׳ Exodus 15:3 (poem); אַנְשֵׁי הַמּ׳ Joshua 6:3; Joshua 10:24 (both J E), Deuteronomy 2:14, 16; Joshua 5:4, 6 (all D), Jeremiah 38:4; Jeremiah 39:4; Jeremiah 41:3, 16; Jeremiah 49:26; Jeremiah 51:32; Jeremiah 52:7, 25, also 1 Kings 9:22; 2 Kings 25:4; Numbers 31:28, 49 (P), Joel 4:9; late אַנְשֵׁי מ׳ Joel 2:7; 1 Chronicles 12:39 (38 van d. H) 2 Chronicles 8:9; 17:13; אִישׁ מִלְחָמוֺת Isaiah 42:13; 1 Chronicles 28:3; אַנְשֵׁי מִלְחַמְתָּהּ Jeremiah 50:30 her men of war, compare Isaiah 41:12; Ezekiel 27:10, 27; אִישׁ מִלְחֲמוּת תֹּעִי 2 Samuel 8:10 a man of battles of Toi, i.e. his frequent opponent (see Dr), = 1 Chronicles 18:10; seldom גִּבּוֺר מ׳ Psalm 24:8 (f י׳), גִּבּוֺרֵי מ׳ 2 Chronicles 13:3; שָׂרֵי מִלְחָמוֺת 2 Chronicles 32:6; עַם הַמּ׳ Joshua 8:1, 3; Joshua 10:7; Joshua 11:7, compare Joshua 8:11 (all J E), compare also 1 Samuel 13:16 add. Greek Version of the LXX We Dr, compare Klo; אַנְשֵׁי חַיִל לַמּ׳ Jeremiah 48:14; צְבָא מ׳ battle-host Isaiah 13:4, so הַמּ׳ צ׳ Numbers 31:14 (P); also גְּדוּדֵי צְבָא מ׳ 1 Chronicles 7:4, לַמּ׳ יֹצְאֵי צ׳ 1 Chronicles 7:11 אַנְשֵׁי צָבָא לַמּ׳ 1 Chronicles 12:9 (8 van d. H)†; weapons of war, כְּלֵי (ה)מ׳ Judges 18:11, 17; Jeremiah 21:4; Jeremiah 51:20; 1 Chronicles 12:34 (33 van d. H), also figurative 2 Samuel 1:27 ׅ || (גִבּוֺרִים; כְּלֵי צְבָא מ׳ 1 Chronicles 12:38 (37 van d. H); קֶשֶׁת מ׳ Zechariah 9:10; Zechariah 10:4; כְּלֵי מִלְחַמְתּוֺ his weapons of war 1 Samuel 8:12; Deuteronomy 1:41, compare Judges 18:16; Ezekiel 32:37; דִּבְרֵי הַמּ׳ = the news of the battle 2 Samuel 11:18, 19 + 2 Samuel 11:22 add. Greek Version of the LXX The We Klo Dr Bu. Frequently combined with verbs are: עָרַךְ מ׳ draw up battle-line Judges 20:22 +, followed by אֵת with = against Genesis 14:8; Judges 20:20, followed by עִם 2 Chronicles 13:3; אסר המּ׳ i. e. begin the battle 1 Kings 20:14, compare 2 Chronicles 13:3; וַתִּקְרַב הַמּ׳ 1 Kings 20:29 and the battle was joined; עָשָׂה מ׳ make war Proverbs 20:8; Proverbs 24:6; 1 Chronicles 22:8, followed by אֵת with Genesis 14:2; Joshua 11:18 (D), followed by עִם Deuteronomy 20:12, 20; 1 Chronicles 5:10, 19; עִם יָצָא לַמּ׳ Judges 20:14, 20, 28, with עַל 1 Kings 8:44; 2 Chronicles 6:34; עִם הָלַךְ לַמּ׳ 2 Kings 8:28; עַם נגשׁ לַמּ׳ Judges 20:23, with בְּ 1 Samuel 7:10; 2 Samuel 10:3, absolute Jeremiah 46:3; עִם וַתְּהִי הַמּ׳ 2 Samuel 21:18, 19, with בֵּין 2 Samuel 3:1, compare 2 Samuel 3:6 +; † קִדַּשׁ מ׳ consecrate war, i.e. open a campaign (with sacred rites, Che) Micah 3:5; Jeremiah 6:4 (both withעל), Joel 4:9; compare † הִדְבִּיקָתְהוּ וְהַמּ׳ Judges 20:42 and the battle clung to them; וַתַּעֲלֶה הַמּ׳ Judg 22:35 and the battle rose (high) = 2 Chronicles 18:34; וַתִּטּשׁ הַמּ׳ 1 Samuel 4:2, read וַתֵּט הַמּ׳ (Greek Version of the LXX We Klo Bu, compare Dr) and the battle inclined (in favour of one side); נָפוֺצֶת הַמּ׳ 2 Samuel 18:8 Qr the battle was spread (extended), so read 1 Samuel 14:24 add. Greek Version of the LXX The We Klo Dr; תָּקוּם עָלַי מ׳ Psalm 27:3 if war rise against me†; כָּבֵ֑דָה הַמּ׳ Judges 20:34 the battle was severe, compare אֶלשָֿׁאוּל וַתִּכְבַּד הַמּ׳ 1 Samuel 31:3 = 1 Chronicles 10:3 (על for אל); so חֲזָקָה וַתְּהִי הַמּ׳ 1 Samuel 14:52, חָזַק מִמֶּנּוּ הַמּ׳ 2 Kings 3:26; קָשָׁה וַתְּהִי הַמּ׳ 2 Samuel 2:17: compare כֹּבֶד מ׳ Isaiah 21:15, עֱזוּז מ׳ Isaiah 42:25.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

14:2; 14:2; 14:2; 14:8; 14:8; 14:8

Exodus

1:10; 1:10; 15:3

Numbers

21:14; 31:14; 31:28; 31:49

Deuteronomy

1:41; 2:14; 2:16; 20:12; 20:12; 20:20

Joshua

5:4; 5:6; 6:3; 8:1; 8:3; 8:11; 10:7; 10:24; 11:7; 11:18; 11:23; 14:15; 17:1

Judges

3:1; 3:1; 3:2; 18:11; 18:16; 18:17; 20:14; 20:17; 20:20; 20:20; 20:22; 20:23; 20:28; 20:34; 20:42

1 Samuel

4:2; 7:10; 8:12; 8:20; 13:16; 13:22; 14:20; 14:24; 14:52; 16:18; 17:1; 17:2; 17:8; 17:33; 18:17; 25:28; 31:3; 31:3

2 Samuel

1:27; 2:17; 3:1; 3:1; 3:6; 8:10; 10:3; 11:18; 11:19; 11:22; 11:25; 17:8; 18:8; 21:18; 21:19; 22:35

1 Kings

8:44; 9:22; 20:14; 20:14; 20:18; 20:29; 20:29; 20:39

2 Kings

3:26; 8:28; 25:4

1 Chronicles

5:10; 5:18; 5:19; 7:4; 7:11; 10:3; 12:9; 12:34; 12:38; 12:39; 18:10; 22:8; 28:3

2 Chronicles

6:34; 8:9; 13:3; 13:3; 13:3; 17:13; 18:34; 32:6; 32:8; 35:21

Psalms

18:35; 24:8; 27:3; 144:1

Proverbs

20:8; 24:6

Song of Songs

3:8

Isaiah

2:4; 3:2; 13:4; 21:15; 41:12; 41:12; 42:13; 42:13; 42:25

Jeremiah

6:4; 21:4; 38:4; 39:4; 41:3; 41:16; 46:3; 48:14; 49:26; 50:30; 51:20; 51:32; 52:7; 52:25

Ezekiel

27:10; 27:27; 39:20

Joel

2:7

Micah

3:5; 4:3

Zechariah

9:10; 10:4

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H4421 matches the Hebrew מִלְחָמָה (milḥāmâ),
which occurs 319 times in 308 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 6 / 7 (Isa 27:4–Oba 1:1)

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 27:4 - “I have no wrath.
Should [fn]someone give Me briars and thorns in battle, H4421
Then I would step on them, I would burn them [fn]completely.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:6 - A spirit of justice for him who sits in judgment,
A strength to those who repel the [fn]onslaught H4421 at the gate.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:32 - And every [fn]blow of the [fn]rod of punishment,
Which the LORD will lay on him,
Will be with the music of tambourines and lyres;
And in battles, H4421 brandishing weapons, He will fight them.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:5 - “I say, ‘Your counsel and strength for the war H4421 are only [fn]empty words.’ Now on whom do you rely, that you have rebelled against me?
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:12 - “You will seek those who quarrel with you, but will not find them,
Those who war H4421 with you will be as nothing and non-existent.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:13 - The LORD will go forth like a warrior,
He will arouse His zeal like a man of war. H4421
He will utter a shout, yes, He will raise a war cry.
He will prevail against His enemies.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:25 - So He poured out on him the heat of His anger
And the fierceness of battle; H4421
And it set him aflame all around,
Yet he did not recognize it;
And it burned him, but he [fn]paid no attention.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:19 - My [fn]soul, my [fn]soul! I am in anguish! [fn]Oh, my heart!
My heart is pounding in me;
I cannot be silent,
Because [fn]you have heard, O my soul,
The sound of the trumpet,
The alarm of war. H4421
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:4 - [fn]Prepare war H4421 against her;
Arise, and let us [fn]attack at noon.
Woe to us, for the day declines,
For the shadows of the evening lengthen!
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:23 - “They seize bow and spear;
They are cruel and have no mercy;
Their voice roars like the sea,
And they ride on horses,
Arrayed as a man for the battle H4421
Against you, O daughter of Zion!”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:6 - “I have listened and heard,
They have spoken what is not right;
No man repented of his wickedness,
Saying, ‘What have I done?’
Everyone turned to his course,
Like a horse charging into the battle. H4421
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:21 - Therefore, give their children over to famine
And deliver them up to the [fn]power of the sword;
And let their wives become childless and widowed.
Let their men also be smitten to death,
Their young men struck down by the sword in battle. H4421
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 21:4 - ‘Thus says the LORD God of Israel, “Behold, I am about to turn back the weapons of war H4421 which are in your hands, with which you are warring against the king of Babylon and the Chaldeans who are besieging you outside the wall; and I will gather them into the center of this city.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 28:8 - “The prophets who were before me and before you from ancient times prophesied against many lands and against great kingdoms, of war H4421 and of calamity and of pestilence.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:4 - Then the officials said to the king, “Now let this man be put to death, inasmuch as he is [fn]discouraging the men of war H4421 who are left in this city and [fn]all the people, by speaking such words to them; for this man is not seeking the well-being of this people but rather their harm.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 39:4 - When Zedekiah the king of Judah and all the men of war H4421 saw them, they fled and went out of the city at night by way of the king’s garden through the gate between the two walls; and he went out toward the [fn]Arabah.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:3 - Ishmael also struck down all the Jews who were with him, that is with Gedaliah at Mizpah, and the Chaldeans who were found there, the men of war. H4421
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:16 - Then Johanan the son of Kareah and all the commanders of the forces that were with him took from Mizpah all the remnant of the people whom he had [fn]recovered from Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, after he had struck down Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, that is, the men who were [fn]soldiers, H4421 the women, the [fn]children, and the eunuchs, whom he had brought back from Gibeon.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 42:14 - saying, “No, but we will go to the land of Egypt, where we will not see war H4421 or hear the sound of a trumpet or hunger for bread, and we will stay there”;
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:3 - “Line up the shield and [fn]buckler,
And draw near for the battle! H4421
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:14 - “How can you say, ‘We are mighty warriors,
And men valiant for battle’? H4421
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:2 - “Therefore behold, the days are coming,” declares the LORD,
“That I will cause a [fn]trumpet blast of war H4421 to be heard
Against Rabbah of the sons of Ammon;
And it will become a desolate heap,
And her towns will be set on fire.
Then Israel will take possession of his possessors,”
Says the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:14 - I have heard a message from the LORD,
And an envoy is sent among the nations, saying,
“Gather yourselves together and come against her,
And rise up for battle!” H4421
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:26 - “Therefore, her young men will fall in her streets,
And all the men of war H4421 will be [fn]silenced in that day,” declares the LORD of hosts.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:22 - “The noise of battle H4421 is in the land,
And great destruction.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:30 - “Therefore her young men will fall in her streets,
And all her men of war H4421 will be [fn]silenced in that day,” declares the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:42 - “They seize their bow and javelin;
They are cruel and have no mercy.
Their voice roars like the sea;
And they ride on horses,
Marshalled like a man for the battle H4421
Against you, O daughter of Babylon.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:20 - He says, “You are My [fn]war-club, My weapon of war; H4421
And with you I shatter nations,
And with you I destroy kingdoms.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:32 - The fords also have been seized,
And they have burned the marshes with fire,
And the men of war H4421 are terrified.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:7 - Then the city was broken into, and all the men of war H4421 fled and went forth from the city at night by way of the gate between the two walls which was by the king’s garden, though the Chaldeans were [fn]all around the city. And they went by way of the Arabah.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:25 - He also took from the city one official who was overseer of the men of war, H4421 and seven [fn]of the king’s advisers who were found in the city, and the scribe of the commander of the army who mustered the people of the land, and sixty men of the people of the land who were found in the midst of the city.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:14 - ‘They have blown the trumpet and made everything ready, but no one is going to the battle, H4421 for My wrath is against all [fn]their multitude.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:5 - “You have not gone up into the breaches, nor did you build the wall around the house of Israel to stand in the battle H4421 on the day of the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:17 - ‘Pharaoh with his mighty army and great company will not [fn]help him in the war, H4421 when they cast up ramps and build siege walls to cut off many lives.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:10 - “Persia and Lud and Put were in your army, your men of war. H4421 They hung shield and helmet in you; they set forth your splendor.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:27 - “Your wealth, your wares, your merchandise,
Your sailors and your pilots,
Your repairers of seams, your dealers in merchandise
And all your men of war H4421 who are in you,
With all your company that is in your midst,
Will fall into the heart of the seas
On the day of your overthrow.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:27 - “Nor do they lie beside the fallen [fn]heroes of the uncircumcised, who went down to Sheol with their weapons of war H4421 and whose swords were laid under their heads; but the punishment for their iniquity rested on their bones, though the terror of these [fn]heroes was once in the land of the living.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:20 - “You will be glutted at My table with horses and charioteers, with mighty men and all the men of war,” H4421 declares the Lord GOD.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:26 - “Then after the sixty-two weeks the [fn]Messiah will be cut off and have [fn]nothing, and the people of the prince who is to come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. And [fn]its end will come with a flood; even to the end [fn]there will be war; H4421 desolations are determined.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:20 - “Then in his place one will arise who will send an [fn]oppressor through the [fn]Jewel of his kingdom; yet within a few days he will be shattered, though not in anger nor in battle. H4421
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:25 - “He will stir up his strength and [fn]courage against the king of the South with a large army; so the king of the South will mobilize an extremely large and mighty army for war; H4421 but he will not stand, for schemes will be devised against him.
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 1:7 - “But I will have compassion on the house of Judah and deliver them by the LORD their God, and will not deliver them by bow, sword, battle, H4421 horses or horsemen.”
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 2:18 - “In that day I will also make a covenant for them
With the beasts of the field,
The birds of the sky
And the creeping things of the ground.
And I will [fn]abolish the bow, the sword and war H4421 from the land,
And will make them lie down in safety.
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 10:9 - From the days of Gibeah you have sinned, O Israel;
There they stand!
Will not the battle H4421 against the sons of iniquity overtake them in Gibeah?
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 10:14 - Therefore a tumult will arise among your people,
And all your fortresses will be destroyed,
As Shalman destroyed Beth-arbel on the day of battle, H4421
When mothers were dashed in pieces with their children.
Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:5 - [fn]With a noise as of chariots
They leap on the tops of the mountains,
Like the [fn]crackling of a flame of fire consuming the stubble,
Like a mighty people arranged for battle. H4421
Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:7 - They run like mighty men,
They climb the wall like soldiers; H4421
And they each march [fn]in line,
Nor do they deviate from their paths.
Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:9 - Proclaim this among the nations:
Prepare a war; H4421 rouse the mighty men!
Let all the soldiers H4421 draw near, let them come up!
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 1:14 - “So I will kindle a fire on the wall of Rabbah
And it will consume her citadels
Amid [fn]war cries on the day of battle, H4421
And a storm on the day of tempest.
Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:1 - The vision of Obadiah.
Thus says the Lord [fn]GOD concerning Edom
We have heard a report from the LORD,
And an envoy has been sent among the nations saying,
“Arise and let us go against her for battle” H4421

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