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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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 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;
H4421
And they turned and went up by the way of Bashan: and Og the king of Bashan went out against them, he, and all his people, to the battle at Edrei.
H4421
And Moses was wroth with the officers of the host, with the captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, which came from the battle.
H4421
And Eleazar the priest said unto the men of war which went to the battle, This is the ordinance of the law which the LORD commanded Moses;
H6635
And divide the prey into two parts; between them that took the war upon them, who went out to battle, and between all the congregation:
H6635
And levy a tribute unto the LORD of the men of war which went out to battle: one soul of five hundred, both of the persons, and of the beeves, and of the asses, and of the sheep:
H4421
But thy servants will pass over, every man armed for war, before the LORD to battle, as my lord saith.
H4421
And Moses said unto them, If the children of Gad and the children of Reuben will pass with you over Jordan, every man armed to battle, before the LORD, and the land shall be subdued before you; then ye shall give them the land of Gilead for a possession:
H4421
And the LORD said unto me, Distress not the Moabites, neither contend with them in battle: for I will not give thee of their land for a possession; because I have given Ar unto the children of Lot for a possession.
H4421
Rise ye up, take your journey, and pass over the river Arnon: behold, I have given into thine hand Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land: begin to possess it, and contend with him in battle.
H4421
Then we turned, and went up the way to Bashan: and Og the king of Bashan came out against us, he and all his people, to battle at Edrei.
H4421
When thou goest out to battle against thine enemies, and seest horses, and chariots, and a people more than thou, be not afraid of them: for the LORD thy God is with thee, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
H4421
And it shall be, when ye are come nigh unto the battle, that the priest shall approach and speak unto the people,
H4421
And shall say unto them, Hear, O Israel, ye approach this day unto battle against your enemies: let not your hearts faint, fear not, and do not tremble, neither be ye terrified because of them;
H4421
And the officers shall speak unto the people, saying, What man is there that hath built a new house, and hath not dedicated it? let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man dedicate it.
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And what man is he that hath planted a vineyard, and hath not yet eaten of it? let him also go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man eat of it.
H4421
And what man is there that hath betrothed a wife, and hath not taken her? let him go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man take her.
H4421
And when ye came unto this place, Sihon the king of Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, came out against us unto battle, and we smote them:
H4421
About forty thousand prepared for war passed over before the LORD unto battle, to the plains of Jericho.
H4421
And it came to pass, when the king of Ai saw it, that they hasted and rose up early, and the men of the city went out against Israel to battle, he and all his people, at a time appointed, before the plain; but he wist not that there were liers in ambush against him behind the city.
H4421
There was not a city that made peace with the children of Israel, save the Hivites the inhabitants of Gibeon: all other they took in battle.
H4421
For it was of the LORD to harden their hearts, that they should come against Israel in battle, that he might destroy them utterly, and that they might have no favour, but that he might destroy them, as the LORD commanded Moses.
H6635
And the thing pleased the children of Israel; and the children of Israel blessed God, and did not intend to go up against them in battle, to destroy the land wherein the children of Reuben and Gad dwelt.
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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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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