מִלְחָמָהmilchâmâh
battle, war (Genesis 14:2; Genesis 14:8; Exodus 1:10; 1 Samuel 13:22; 2 Chronicles 35:21)
Pronunciation: mil-khaw-maw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H4421
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 319 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 14:2 fought against King Bera of Sodom, King Birsha of Gomorrah, King Shinab of Admah, King Shemeber of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (also called Zoar).
- Genesis 14:8 Then the rebel kings of Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, Zeboiim, and Bela (also called Zoar) prepared for battle in the valley of the Dead Sea.
- Exodus 1:10 We must make a plan to keep them from growing even more. If we don’t, and if war breaks out, they will join our enemies and fight against us. Then they will escape from the country.”
- Exodus 13:17 When Pharaoh finally let the people go, God did not lead them along the main road that runs through Philistine territory, even though that was the shortest route to the Promised Land. God said, “If the people are faced with a battle, they might change their minds and return to Egypt.”
- Exodus 15:3 The Lord is a warrior; Yahweh is his name!
- Exodus 17:16 He said, “They have raised their fist against the Lord’s throne, so now the Lord will be at war with Amalek generation after generation.”
See every passage
- Genesis 14:2, 14:8
- Exodus 1:10, 13:17, 15:3, 17:16, 32:17
- Numbers 10:9, 21:14, 21:33, 31:14, 31:21, 31:27, 31:28, 31:49, 32:6, 32:20, 32:27, 32:29
- Deuteronomy 1:41, 2:9, 2:14, 2:16, 2:24, 2:32, 3:1, 4:34, 20:1, 20:2, 20:3, 20:5, 20:6, 20:7, 20:12, 20:20, 21:10, 29:7
- Joshua 4:13, 5:4, 5:6, 6:3, 8:1, 8:3, 8:11, 8:14, 10:7, 10:24, 11:7, 11:18, 11:19, 11:20, 11:23, 14:11, 14:15, 17:1
- Judges 3:1, 3:2, 3:10, 8:13, 18:11, 18:16, 18:17, 20:14, 20:17, 20:18, 20:20, 20:22, 20:23, 20:28, 20:34, 20:39, 20:42, 21:22
- 1 Samuel 4:1, 4:2, 7:10, 8:12, 8:20, 13:22, 14:20, 14:22, 14:23, 14:52, 16:18, 17:1, 17:2, 17:8, 17:13, 17:20, 17:28, 17:33, 17:47, 18:5, 18:17, 19:8, 23:8, 25:28, 26:10, 29:4, 29:9, 30:24, 31:3
- 2 Samuel 1:4, 1:25, 1:27, 2:17, 3:1, 3:6, 3:30, 8:10, 10:8, 10:9, 10:13, 11:7, 11:15, 11:18, 11:19, 11:25, 17:8, 18:6, 18:8, 19:3, 19:10, 21:15, 21:17, 21:18, 21:19, 21:20, 22:35, 22:40, 23:9
- 1 Kings 2:5, 5:3, 8:44, 9:22, 12:21, 14:30, 15:6, 15:7, 15:16, 15:32, 20:14, 20:18, 20:26, 20:29, 20:39, 22:1, 22:4, 22:6, 22:15, 22:30, 22:35
- 2 Kings 3:7, 3:26, 8:28, 13:25, 14:7, 16:5, 18:20, 24:16, 25:4, 25:19
- 1 Chronicles 5:10, 5:18, 5:19, 5:20, 5:22, 7:4, 7:11, 7:40, 10:3, 11:13, 12:1, 12:8, 12:19, 12:33, 12:35, 12:36, 12:37, 12:38, 14:15, 18:10, 19:7, 19:9, 19:10, 19:14, 19:17, 20:4, 20:5, 20:6, 22:8, 26:27, 28:3
- 2 Chronicles 6:34, 8:9, 11:1, 12:15, 13:2, 13:3, 13:14, 14:6, 14:10, 15:19, 16:9, 17:13, 18:3, 18:5, 18:14, 18:29, 18:34, 20:1, 20:15, 22:5, 25:8, 25:13, 26:11, 26:13, 27:7, 32:2, 32:6, 32:8, 35:21
- Job 5:20, 38:23, 39:25, 41:8
- Psalms 18:34, 18:39, 24:8, 27:3, 46:9, 76:3, 89:43, 120:7, 140:2, 144:1
- Proverbs 20:18, 21:31, 24:6
- Ecclesiastes 3:8, 8:8, 9:11
- Song of Solomon 3:8
- Isaiah 2:4, 3:2, 3:25, 7:1, 13:4, 21:15, 22:2, 27:4, 28:6, 30:32, 36:5, 41:12, 42:13, 42:25
- Jeremiah 4:19, 6:4, 6:23, 8:6, 18:21, 21:4, 28:8, 38:4, 39:4, 41:3, 41:16, 42:14, 46:3, 48:14, 49:2, 49:14, 49:26, 50:22, 50:30, 50:42, 51:20, 51:32, 52:7, 52:25
- Ezekiel 7:14, 13:5, 17:17, 27:10, 27:27, 32:27, 39:20
- Daniel 9:26, 11:20, 11:25
- Hosea 1:7, 2:18, 10:9, 10:14
- Joel 2:5, 2:7, 3:9
- Amos 1:14
- Obadiah 1:1
- Micah 2:8, 3:5, 4:3
- Zechariah 9:10, 10:3, 10:4, 10:5, 14:2
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).