Usually translated as
fight, war, eat, fighting, overcome, warring, prevail, devour, ever
Occurrences
Lâcham occurs 177 times in 171 verses of the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: Exodus (6), Numbers (4), Deuteronomy (8), Joshua (17), Judges (28), 1 Samuel (21), 2 Samuel (9), 1 Kings (9), 2 Kings (12), 1 Chronicles (3), 2 Chronicles (14), Nehemiah (3), Psalms (5), Proverbs (4), Isaiah (7), Jeremiah (16), Daniel (2), Zechariah (3)
- Exodus 1:10 — Come on, let us deal wisely with them; lest they multiply, and it come to pass, that, when there falleth out any war, they join also unto our enemies, and fight (וְנִלְחַם) against us, and so get them up out of the land.
- Exodus 14:14 — The LORD shall fight (יִלָּחֵ֣ם) for you, and ye shall hold your peace.
- Exodus 14:25 — And took off their chariot wheels, that they drave them heavily: so that the Egyptians said, Let us flee from the face of Israel; for the LORD fighteth (נִלְחָ֥ם) for them against the Egyptians.
- Exodus 17:8 — Then came Amalek, and fought (וַיִּלָּ֥חֶם) with Israel in Rephidim.
- Exodus 17:9 — And Moses said unto Joshua, Choose us out men, and go out, fight (הִלָּחֵ֣ם) with Amalek: to morrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the rod of God in mine hand.
- Exodus 17:10 — So Joshua did as Moses had said to him, and fought (לְהִלָּחֵ֖ם) with Amalek: and Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill.
- Numbers 21:1 — And when king Arad the Canaanite, which dwelt in the south, heard tell that Israel came by the way of the spies; then he fought (וַיִּלָּ֙חֶם֙) against Israel, and took some of them prisoners.
- Numbers 21:23 — And Sihon would not suffer Israel to pass through his border: but Sihon gathered all his people together, and went out against Israel into the wilderness: and he came to Jahaz, and fought (וַיִּלָּ֖חֶם) against Israel.
- Numbers 21:26 — For Heshbon was the city of Sihon the king of the Amorites, who had fought (נִלְחַ֗ם) against the former king of Moab, and taken all his land out of his hand, even unto Arnon.
- Numbers 22:11 — Behold, there is a people come out of Egypt, which covereth the face of the earth: come now, curse me them; peradventure I shall be able to overcome (לְהִלָּ֥חֶם) them, and drive them out.
- Deuteronomy 1:30 — The LORD your God which goeth before you, he shall fight (יִלָּחֵ֣ם) for you, according to all that he did for you in Egypt before your eyes;
- Deuteronomy 1:41 — Then ye answered and said unto me, We have sinned against the LORD, we will go up and fight (וְנִלְחַ֔מְנוּ), according to all that the LORD our God commanded us. And when ye had girded on every man his weapons of war, ye were ready to go up into the hill.
- Deuteronomy 1:42 — And the LORD said unto me, Say unto them, Go not up, neither fight (תִלָּ֣חֲמ֔וּ); for I am not among you; lest ye be smitten before your enemies.
- Deuteronomy 3:22 — Ye shall not fear them: for the LORD your God he shall fight (הַנִּלְחָ֥ם) for you.
- Deuteronomy 20:4 — For the LORD your God is he that goeth with you, to fight (לְהִלָּחֵ֥ם) for you against your enemies, to save you.
- Deuteronomy 20:10 — When thou comest nigh unto a city to fight (לְהִלָּחֵ֖ם) against it, then proclaim peace unto it.
- Deuteronomy 20:19 — When thou shalt besiege a city a long time, in making war (לְֽהִלָּחֵ֧ם) against it to take it, thou shalt not destroy the trees thereof by forcing an axe against them: for thou mayest eat of them, and thou shalt not cut them down (for the tree of the field is man’s life) to employ them in the siege:
- Deuteronomy 32:24 — They shall be burnt with hunger, and devoured (וּלְחֻ֥מֵי) with burning heat, and with bitter destruction: I will also send the teeth of beasts upon them, with the poison of serpents of the dust.
- Joshua 9:2 — That they gathered themselves together, to fight (לְהִלָּחֵ֥ם) with Joshua and with Israel, with one accord.
- Joshua 10:5 — Therefore the five kings of the Amorites, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, the king of Eglon, gathered themselves together, and went up, they and all their hosts, and encamped before Gibeon, and made war (וַיִּֽלָּחֲמ֖וּ) against it.
- Joshua 10:14 — And there was no day like that before it or after it, that the LORD hearkened unto the voice of a man: for the LORD fought (נִלְחָ֖ם) for Israel.
- Joshua 10:25 — And Joshua said unto them, Fear not, nor be dismayed, be strong and of good courage: for thus shall the LORD do to all your enemies against whom ye fight (נִלְחָמִ֥ים).
- Joshua 10:29 — Then Joshua passed from Makkedah, and all Israel with him, unto Libnah, and fought (וַיִּלָּ֖חֶם) against Libnah:
- Joshua 10:31 — And Joshua passed from Libnah, and all Israel with him, unto Lachish, and encamped against it, and fought (וַיִּלָּ֖חֶם) against it:
- Joshua 10:34 — And from Lachish Joshua passed unto Eglon, and all Israel with him; and they encamped against it, and fought (וַיִּֽלָּחֲמ֖וּ) against it:
- Joshua 10:36 — And Joshua went up from Eglon, and all Israel with him, unto Hebron; and they fought (וַיִּֽלָּחֲמ֖וּ) against it:
- Joshua 10:38 — And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, to Debir; and fought (וַיִּלָּ֖חֶם) against it:
- Joshua 10:42 — And all these kings and their land did Joshua take at one time, because the LORD God of Israel fought (נִלְחָ֖ם) for Israel.
- Joshua 11:5 — And when all these kings were met together, they came and pitched together at the waters of Merom, to fight (לְהִלָּחֵ֖ם) against Israel.
- Joshua 19:47 — And the coast of the children of Dan went out too little for them: therefore the children of Dan went up to fight (וַיִּלָּחֲמ֨וּ) against Leshem, and took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and possessed it, and dwelt therein, and called Leshem, Dan, after the name of Dan their father.
- Joshua 23:3 — And ye have seen all that the LORD your God hath done unto all these nations because of you; for the LORD your God is he that hath fought (הַנִּלְחָ֥ם) for you.
- Joshua 23:10 — One man of you shall chase a thousand: for the LORD your God, he it is that fighteth (הַנִּלְחָ֣ם) for you, as he hath promised you.
- Joshua 24:8 — And I brought you into the land of the Amorites, which dwelt on the other side Jordan; and they fought (וַיִּֽלָּחֲמ֖וּ) with you: and I gave them into your hand, that ye might possess their land; and I destroyed them from before you.
- Joshua 24:9 — Then Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, arose and warred (וַיִּלָּ֖חֶם) against Israel, and sent and called Balaam the son of Beor to curse you:
- Joshua 24:11 — And ye went over Jordan, and came unto Jericho: and the men of Jericho fought (וַיִּלָּחֲמ֣וּ) against you, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Girgashites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; and I delivered them into your hand.
- Judges 1:1 — Now after the death of Joshua it came to pass, that the children of Israel asked the LORD, saying, Who shall go up for us against the Canaanites first, to fight (לְהִלָּ֥חֶם) against them?
- Judges 1:3 — And Judah said unto Simeon his brother, Come up with me into my lot, that we may fight (וְנִֽלָּחֲמָה֙) against the Canaanites; and I likewise will go with thee into thy lot. So Simeon went with him.
- Judges 1:5 — And they found Adoni-bezek in Bezek: and they fought (וַיִּֽלָּחֲמ֖וּ) against him, and they slew the Canaanites and the Perizzites.
- Judges 1:8 — Now the children of Judah had fought (וַיִּלָּחֲמ֤וּ) against Jerusalem, and had taken it, and smitten it with the edge of the sword, and set the city on fire.
- Judges 1:9 — And afterward the children of Judah went down to fight (לְהִלָּחֵ֖ם) against the Canaanites, that dwelt in the mountain, and in the south, and in the valley.
- Judges 5:19 — The kings came and fought (נִלְחָ֔מוּ), then fought the kings of Canaan in Taanach by the waters of Megiddo; they took no gain of money.
- Judges 5:19 — The kings came and fought, then fought (נִלְחֲמוּ֙) the kings of Canaan in Taanach by the waters of Megiddo; they took no gain of money.
- Judges 5:20 — They fought (נִלְחָ֑מוּ) from heaven; the stars in their courses fought against Sisera.
- Judges 5:20 — They fought from heaven; the stars in their courses fought (נִלְחֲמ֖וּ) against Sisera.
- Judges 8:1 — And the men of Ephraim said unto him, Why hast thou served us thus, that thou calledst us not, when thou wentest to fight (לְהִלָּחֵ֣ם) with the Midianites? And they did chide with him sharply.
- Judges 9:17 — (For my father fought (נִלְחַ֥ם) for you, and adventured his life far, and delivered you out of the hand of Midian:
- Judges 9:38 — Then said Zebul unto him, Where is now thy mouth, wherewith thou saidst, Who is Abimelech, that we should serve him? is not this the people that thou hast despised? go out, I pray now, and fight (וְהִלָּ֥חֶם) with them.
- Judges 9:39 — And Gaal went out before the men of Shechem, and fought (וַיִּלָּ֖חֶם) with Abimelech.
- Judges 9:45 — And Abimelech fought (נִלְחָ֣ם) against the city all that day; and he took the city, and slew the people that was therein, and beat down the city, and sowed it with salt.
- Judges 9:52 — And Abimelech came unto the tower, and fought (וַיִּלָּ֖חֶם) against it, and went hard unto the door of the tower to burn it with fire.