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1 Kings 15:16
“And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
מִלְחָמָהmilchâmâh · mil-khaw-maw'
H4421 · Hebrew
H4421 · Hebrew
- Definition
- a battle (i.e. the engagement); generally, war (i.e. warfare)
- Derivation
- from H3898 (לָחַם) (in the sense of fighting);
- KJV renderings
- battle, fight(-ing), war(-rior).
- Grammar
- וּ — conjunction
- מִלְחָמָ֨ה — common noun, feminine, singular, absolute
- Usage
- Occurs 319 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 14:2Genesis 14:8Exodus 1:10Exodus 13:17Exodus 15:3
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read מִלְחָמָה here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.