מִלְחָמָה
milchâmâh · mil-khaw-maw'
a battle (i.e. the engagement); generally, war (i.e. warfare)
Lexicon
Derivation: from H3898 (לָחַם) (in the sense of fighting);
a battle (i.e. the engagement); generally, war (i.e. warfare)
- a battle (i.e. the engagement)
- generally, war (i.e. warfare)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: battle, fight(-ing), war(-rior).
Letters
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
water, chaos, the mighty deep › authority, the one who leads › to separate and protect › water, chaos, the mighty deep › to reveal, behold
Water, chaos, the mighty deep of authority, the one who leads that works to separate and protect of water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מִלְחָמָה above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
320 occurrences · 320 OT · 0 NT · 90 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of war62 · 27%
- to battle28 · 12%
- war16 · 7%
- to the battle12 · 5%
- to war12 · 5%
- and the battle10 · 4%
- in the battle10 · 4%
- the battle9 · 4%
- and there was war8 · 3%
- in battle7 · 3%
- of battle6 · 3%
- for the battle6 · 3%
- for war6 · 3%
- to fight5 · 2%
- in war5 · 2%
- battle5 · 2%
- of the battle4 · 2%
- of the war3 · 1%
- from war3 · 1%
- into the battle3 · 1%
- unto the battle3 · 1%
- and put the battle2 · 1%
- our battles2 · 1%
- in the war2 · 1%
- unto battle2 · 1%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.