לָחַם (lâcham) — Devour

Strong's H3898 is tagged on 177 words in 171 verses across 18 books of the word-by-word Hebrew and Aramaic Old Testament text on this site. It first appears in Exodus 1:10 and last appears in Zechariah 14:14.

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Forms found in the text

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Books where it appears most

Verses (first 25 of 171)

• Exodus 1:10 — וְנִלְחַם — and it will fight
• Exodus 14:14 — יִלָּחֵם — he will fight
• Exodus 14:25 — נִלְחָם — is fighting
• Exodus 17:8 — וַיִּלָּחֶם — and it joined battle
• Exodus 17:9 — הִלָּחֵם — fight
• Exodus 17:10 — לְהִלָּחֵם — by fighting
• Numbers 21:1 — וַיִּלָּחֶם — and he engaged in battle
• Numbers 21:23 — וַיִּלָּחֶם — and he engaged in battle
• Numbers 21:26 — נִלְחַם — he had waged war
• Numbers 22:11 — לְהִלָּחֶם — to engage in battle
• Deuteronomy 1:30 — יִלָּחֵם — he will fight
• Deuteronomy 1:41 — וְנִלְחַמְנוּ — and we will fight
• Deuteronomy 1:42 — תִלָּחֲמוּ — you must fight
• Deuteronomy 3:22 — הַנִּלְחָם — is the one who will fight
• Deuteronomy 20:4 — לְהִלָּחֵם — to fight
• Deuteronomy 20:10 — לְהִלָּחֵם — to fight
• Deuteronomy 20:19 — לְהִלָּחֵם — to fight
• Deuteronomy 32:24 — וּלְחֻמֵי — and people consumed of
• Joshua 9:2 — לְהִלָּחֵם — to wage war
• Joshua 10:5 — וַיִּלָּחֲמוּ — and they waged war
• Joshua 10:14 — נִלְחָם — was fighting
• Joshua 10:25 — נִלְחָמִים — are fighting
• Joshua 10:29 — וַיִּלָּחֶם — and he engaged in battle
• Joshua 10:31 — וַיִּלָּחֶם — and he engaged in battle
• Joshua 10:34 — וַיִּלָּחֲמוּ — and they engaged in battle

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Related entries

Entries whose derivation names this word: H3894 לָחוּם (lâchûwm), H3899 לֶחֶם (lechem), H3901 לָחֶם (lâchem), H4421 מִלְחָמָה (milchâmâh).

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