Battle
מִלְחָמָהStrong’s H4421milchamah (mil-cha-mah)
Appears in 309 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Milchamah is the Hebrew word usually translated “war”, “battle” and “warfare”. It appears in 309 verses of the Old Testament.
“And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.”
Meaning
- Battle, war
How it's translated
- war 75
- for battle 50
- battle 38
- the battle 34
- in the battle 20
- in battle 18
- warfare 8
- and war 7
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 1 Chronicles 31
- 1 Samuel 30
- 2 Samuel 29
- 2 Chronicles 29
- Jeremiah 24
- 1 Kings 21
27 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Daniel 11:20In contextThen shall stand up in his estate a raiser of taxes in the glory of the kingdom: but within few days he shall be destroyed, neither in anger, nor in battle.
- Daniel 11:25In contextAnd he shall stir up his power and his courage against the king of the south with a great army; and the king of the south shall be stirred up to battle with a very great and mighty army; but he shall not stand: for they shall forecast devices against him.
- Zechariah 9:10In contextAnd I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim, and the horse from Jerusalem, and the battle bow shall be cut off: and he shall speak peace unto the heathen: and his dominion shall be from sea even to sea, and from the river even to the ends of the earth.
- Zechariah 10:3In contextMine anger was kindled against the shepherds, and I punished the goats: for the LORD of hosts hath visited his flock the house of Judah, and hath made them as his goodly horse in the battle.
- Zechariah 10:4In contextOut of him came forth the corner, out of him the nail, out of him the battle bow, out of him every oppressor together.
- Zechariah 10:5In contextAnd they shall be as mighty men, which tread down their enemies in the mire of the streets in the battle: and they shall fight, because the LORD is with them, and the riders on horses shall be confounded.
All 309 verses, by book
- 1 Samuel 30
- 4:14:27:108:128:2013:1513:2214:2014:2214:2314:5216:1817:117:217:817:1317:2017:2817:3317:4718:518:1719:823:825:2826:1029:429:930:2431:3
- 2 Samuel 29
- 1:41:251:272:173:13:63:308:1010:810:910:1311:711:1511:1811:1911:2517:818:618:819:319:1021:1521:1721:1821:1921:2022:3522:4023:9
- 1 Kings 21
- 2:55:38:449:2212:2114:3015:615:715:1615:3220:1420:1820:2620:2920:3922:122:422:622:1522:3022:35
- 1 Chronicles 31
- 5:105:185:195:205:227:47:117:4010:311:1312:112:812:1912:3312:3512:3612:3712:3814:1518:1019:719:919:1019:1419:1720:420:520:622:826:2728:3
- 2 Chronicles 29
- 6:348:911:112:1513:213:313:1414:614:1015:1916:917:1318:318:518:1418:2918:3420:120:1522:525:825:1326:1126:1327:732:232:632:835:21
- Song of Solomon 1
- 3:8
- Jeremiah 24
- 4:196:46:238:618:2121:428:838:439:441:341:1642:1446:348:1449:249:1449:2650:2250:3050:4251:2051:3252:752:25
- Amos 1
- 1:14
- Obadiah 1
- 1:1
Hebrew dictionary
מִלְחָמָה milchamah · battle
battle, war
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “battle” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
BAT'TLE, noun
[See Beat.]
Owen supposes the Welsh batel, to be from tel, tight, stretched, compact, and the word primarily to have expressed the drawing of the bow. This is probably an error. The first battles of men were with clubs, or some weapons used in beating, striking. Hence the club of Hercules. And although the moderns use different weapons, still a battle is some mode of beating or striking.]
- A fight, or encounter between enemies, or opposing armies; an engagement.
- A body of forces, or division of an army.
All definitions and other forms of “battle”
BAT'TLE, verb intransitive
To join in battle; to contend in fight; sometimes with it; as, to battle it.
BAT'TLE, verb transitive
To cover with armed force.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.