לָחַם

Derivation

a primitive root;

Meaning

to feed on; figuratively, to consume; by implication, to battle (as destruction)

In the King James Version

devour, eat, [idiom] ever, fight(-ing), overcome, prevail, (make) war(-ring).

Translated as

fight (77), fought (52), war (8), warred (7), eat (5), fighteth (3), overcome (2), fighting (2), warring (2), devoured (1), ever (1)

Where it appears

Found in 156 verses

Exodus

1:10, 14:14, 14:25, 17:8, 17:9, 17:10

Numbers

21:1, 21:23, 21:26, 22:11

Deuteronomy

1:30, 1:41, 1:42, 20:4, 20:10, 20:19, 32:24

Joshua

9:2, 10:14, 10:29, 10:42, 11:5, 19:47, 23:10, 24:8, 24:9, 24:11

Judges

1:3, 1:5, 1:8, 1:9, 5:19, 5:20, 8:1, 9:17, 9:39, 9:45, 9:52, 10:9, 10:18, 11:4, 11:5, 11:6, 11:8, 11:9, 11:12, 11:20 + 5 more

1 Samuel

4:9, 4:10, 8:20, 12:9, 13:5, 14:47, 15:18, 17:9, 17:10, 17:19, 17:32, 17:33, 18:17, 19:8, 23:1, 23:5, 25:28, 28:1, 28:15, 29:8 + 1 more

2 Samuel

2:28, 8:10, 10:17, 11:17, 11:20, 12:26, 12:27, 12:29, 21:15

1 Kings

12:21, 12:24, 14:19, 20:1, 20:23, 20:25, 22:31, 22:32, 22:45

2 Kings

3:21, 6:8, 8:29, 9:15, 10:3, 12:17, 13:12, 14:15, 14:28, 16:5, 19:8, 19:9

1 Chronicles

10:1, 18:10, 19:17

2 Chronicles

11:1, 11:4, 13:12, 17:10, 18:30, 18:31, 20:17, 20:29, 22:6, 26:6, 27:5, 32:8, 35:20, 35:22

Nehemiah

4:8, 4:14

Psalms

35:1, 56:1, 56:2, 109:3, 141:4

Proverbs

4:17, 9:5, 23:1, 23:6

Isaiah

19:2, 20:1, 37:8, 37:9

Jeremiah

1:19, 15:20, 21:2, 21:4, 21:5, 32:5, 32:24, 32:29, 33:5, 34:1, 34:7, 34:22, 37:8, 37:10, 41:12, 51:30

Daniel

10:20, 11:11

Zechariah

10:5, 14:3, 14:14