Genesis 14:8
And there went out the king of Sodom, and the king of Gomorrah, and the king of Admah, and the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (the same is Zoar;) and they joined battle with them in the vale of Siddim;
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Battle
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Revelation 20:8
And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.
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מִלְחָמָה
milchâmâh · mil-khaw-maw'
145 times translated as this KJV form315 total Strong's occurrences
a battle (i.e. the engagement); generally, war (i.e. war-fare)
Strong's KJV usage: battle, fight(-ing), war(-rior).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Genesis 14:8Strong's last: Zechariah 14:2
Open full H4421 profile →צָבָא
tsâbâʼ · tsaw-baw'
5 times translated as this KJV form483 total Strong's occurrences
a mass of persons (or figuratively, things), especially reg. organized for war (an army); by implication, a campaign, literally or figuratively (specifically, hardship, worship)
Strong's KJV usage: appointed time, ( ) army, ( ) battle, company, host, service, soldiers, waiting upon, war(-fare).
Strong's first: Numbers 31:27Strong's last: 1 Chronicles 12:36
Open full H6635 profile →קְרָב
qᵉrâb · ker-awb'
5 times translated as this KJV form9 total Strong's occurrences
hostile encounter
Strong's KJV usage: battle, war.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: 2 Samuel 17:11Strong's last: Zechariah 14:3
Open full H7128 profile →πόλεμος
pólemos · pol'-em-os
4 times translated as this KJV form18 total Strong's occurrences
warfare (literally or figuratively; a single encounter or a series)
Strong's KJV usage: :--battle, fight, war.
Strong's first: 1 Corinthians 14:8Strong's last: Revelation 20:8
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hēméra · hay-mer'-ah
1 times translated as this KJV form410 total Strong's occurrences
day, i.e. (literally) the time space between dawn and dark, or the whole 24 hours (but several days were usually reckoned by the Jews as inclusive of the parts of both extremes); figuratively, a period (always defined more or less clearly by the context)
Strong's KJV usage: :--age, + alway, (mid-)day (by day, (-ly)), + for ever, judgment, (day) time, while, years.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Revelation 16:14Strong's last: Revelation 16:14
Open full G2250 profile →כִּידוֹר
kîydôwr · kee-dore'
1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences
perhaps tumult
Strong's KJV usage: battle.
Strong's first: Job 15:24Strong's last: Job 15:24
Open full H3593 profile →מַחֲנֶה
machăneh · makh-an-eh'
1 times translated as this KJV form216 total Strong's occurrences
an encampment (of travellers or troops); hence, an army, whether literal (of soldiers) or figurative (of dancers, angels, cattle, locusts, stars; or even the sacred courts)
Strong's KJV usage: army, band, battle, camp, company, drove, host, tents.
Strong's first: 1 Samuel 28:1Strong's last: 1 Samuel 28:1
Open full H4264 profile →נֶשֶׁק
nesheq · neh'-shek
1 times translated as this KJV form10 total Strong's occurrences
military equipment, i.e. (collectively) arms (offensive or defensive), or (concretely) an arsenal
Strong's KJV usage: armed men, armour(-y), battle, harness, weapon.
Strong's first: Psalms 140:7Strong's last: Psalms 140:7
Open full H5402 profile →סְאוֹן
çᵉʼôwn · seh-own'
1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences
perhaps a military boot (as a protection from mud)
Strong's KJV usage: battle.
Strong's first: Isaiah 9:5Strong's last: Isaiah 9:5
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H4421
And Gideon the son of Joash returned from battle before the sun was up,
H4421
But the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together out of the cities unto Gibeah, to go out to battle against the children of Israel.
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And the children of Israel arose, and went up to the house of God, and asked counsel of God, and said, Which of us shall go up first to the battle against the children of Benjamin? And the LORD said, Judah shall go up first.
H4421
And the men of Israel went out to battle against Benjamin; and the men of Israel put themselves in array to fight against them at Gibeah.
H4421
And the people the men of Israel encouraged themselves, and set their battle again in array in the place where they put themselves in array the first day.
H4421
(And the children of Israel went up and wept before the LORD until even, and asked counsel of the LORD, saying, Shall I go up again to battle against the children of Benjamin my brother? And the LORD said, Go up against him.)
H4421
And Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, stood before it in those days,) saying, Shall I yet again go out to battle against the children of Benjamin my brother, or shall I cease? And the LORD said, Go up; for to morrow I will deliver them into thine hand.
H4421
And there came against Gibeah ten thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and the battle was sore: but they knew not that evil was near them.
H4421
And when the men of Israel retired in the battle, Benjamin began to smite and kill of the men of Israel about thirty persons: for they said, Surely they are smitten down before us, as in the first battle.
H4421
And when the men of Israel retired in the battle, Benjamin began to smite and kill of the men of Israel about thirty persons: for they said, Surely they are smitten down before us, as in the first battle.
H4421
Therefore they turned their backs before the men of Israel unto the way of the wilderness; but the battle overtook them; and them which came out of the cities they destroyed in the midst of them.
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battle
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.]
1. A fight, or encounter between enemies, or opposing armies; an engagement. It is usually applied to armies or large bodies of men; but in popular language, the word is applied to an encounter between small bodies, between individuals, or inferior animals. It is also more generally applied to the encounters of land forces than of ships; the encounters of the latter being called engagements. But battle is applicable to any combat of enemies.
2. A body of forces, or division of an army.
The main body, as distinct from the van and rear.
To give battle is to attack an enemy; to join battle is properly to meet the attack; but perhaps this distinction is not always observed.
A pitched battle is one in which the armies are previously drawn up in form, with a regular disposition of the forces.
To turn the battle to the gate, is to fight valiantly, and drive the enemy, who hath entered the city, back to the gate. Isaiah 28:6.
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). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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