Battle
קְרָבStrong’s H7128qerav (qe-rav)
Appears in 9 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Qerav is the Hebrew word usually translated “battle”, “from battle” and “war”. It appears in 9 verses of the Old Testament.
“Then shall the LORD go forth, and fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle.”
Meaning
- Battle, war
How it's translated
- battle 3
- in the battle 1
- from battle 1
- and war 1
- wars 1
- for war 1
- war 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Psalms 5
- 2 Samuel 1
- Job 1
- Ecclesiastes 1
- Zechariah 1
5 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 2 Samuel 17:11Therefore I counsel that all Israel be generally gathered unto thee, from Dan even to Beersheba, as the sand that is by the sea for multitude; and that thou go to battle in thine own person.
- Job 38:23Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war?
- Psalms 55:18He hath delivered my soul in peace from the battle that was against me: for there were many with me.
- Psalms 55:21The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart: his words were softer than oil, yet were they drawn swords.
- Psalms 68:30Rebuke the company of spearmen, the multitude of the bulls, with the calves of the people, till every one submit himself with pieces of silver: scatter thou the people that delight in war.
- Psalms 78:9The children of Ephraim, being armed, and carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle.
Hebrew dictionary
קְרָב qerav · battle
battle, war Aramaic equivalent: qe.rav (קְרָב "war" H7129)
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.