Exodus 1:10
Come on, let us deal wisely with them; lest they multiply, and it come to pass, that, when there falleth out any war, they join also unto our enemies, and fight against us, and so get them up out of the land.
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Fight
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Revelation 2:16
Repent; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth.
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Exodus
33 verses
Deuteronomy
77 verses
Joshua
44 verses
Judges
1616 verses
1 Samuel
1313 verses
2 Samuel
11 verses
1 Kings
77 verses
2 Kings
33 verses
2 Chronicles
1110 verses
Nehemiah
33 verses
Psalms
43 verses
Isaiah
65 verses
Jeremiah
1313 verses
Daniel
22 verses
Zechariah
33 verses
John
11 verses
Acts
22 verses
1 Corinthians
11 verses
1 Timothy
21 verses
2 Timothy
11 verses
Hebrews
22 verses
James
11 verses
Revelation
11 verses
Which Hebrew, Aramaic, or Greek words stand behind this KJV word?
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לָחַם
lâcham · law-kham'
86 times translated as this KJV form177 total Strong's occurrences
to feed on; figuratively, to consume; by implication, to battle (as destruction)
Strong's KJV usage: devour, eat, × ever, fight(-ing), overcome, prevail, (make) war(-ring).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Exodus 1:10Strong's last: Zechariah 14:14
Open full H3898 profile →מִלְחָמָה
milchâmâh · mil-khaw-maw'
5 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: Deuteronomy 2:32Strong's last: Psalms 144:1
Open full H4421 profile →צָבָא
tsâbâʼ · tsaw-baw'
3 times translated as this KJV form13 total Strong's occurrences
to mass (an army or servants)
Strong's KJV usage: assemble, fight, perform, muster, wait upon, war.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Isaiah 29:7Strong's last: Isaiah 31:4
Open full H6633 profile →ἀγών
agṓn · ag-one'
2 times translated as this KJV form7 total Strong's occurrences
properly, a place of assembly (as if led), i.e. (by implication) a contest (held there); figuratively, an effort or anxiety
Strong's KJV usage: :--conflict, contention, fight, race.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: 1 Timothy 6:12Strong's last: 2 Timothy 4:7
Open full G73 profile →ἀγωνίζομαι
agōnízomai · ag-o-nid'-zom-ahee
2 times translated as this KJV form7 total Strong's occurrences
to struggle, literally (to compete for a prize), figuratively (to contend with an adversary), or genitive case (to endeavor to accomplish something)
Strong's KJV usage: :--fight, labor fervently, strive.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: John 18:36Strong's last: 1 Timothy 6:12
Open full G75 profile →ἄθλησις
áthlēsis · ath'-lay-sis
1 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences
a struggle (figuratively)
Strong's KJV usage: :--fight.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Hebrews 10:32Strong's last: Hebrews 10:32
Open full G119 profile →μάχομαι
máchomai · makh'-om-ahee
1 times translated as this KJV form4 total Strong's occurrences
to war, i.e. (figuratively) to quarrel, dispute
Strong's KJV usage: :--fight, strive.
Strong's first: James 4:2Strong's last: James 4:2
Open full G3164 profile →πολεμέω
poleméō · pol-em-eh'-o
1 times translated as this KJV form7 total Strong's occurrences
to be (engaged) in warfare, i.e. to battle (literally or figuratively)
Strong's KJV usage: :--fight, (make) war.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Revelation 2:16Strong's last: Revelation 2:16
Open full G4170 profile →πόλεμος
pólemos · pol'-em-os
1 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: Hebrews 11:34Strong's last: Hebrews 11:34
Open full G4171 profile →מַעֲרָכָה
maʻărâkâh · mah-ar-aw-kaw'
1 times translated as this KJV form20 total Strong's occurrences
an arrangement; concretely, a pile; specifically a military array
Strong's KJV usage: army, fight, be set in order, ordered place, rank, row.
Strong's first: 1 Samuel 17:20Strong's last: 1 Samuel 17:20
Open full H4634 profile →צָבָה
tsâbâh · tsaw-baw'
1 times translated as this KJV form3 total Strong's occurrences
to amass, i.e. grow turgid; specifically, to array an army against
Strong's KJV usage: fight swell.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Isaiah 29:7Strong's last: Isaiah 29:7
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H3898
And when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he gathered of the house of Judah and Benjamin an hundred and fourscore thousand chosen men, which were warriors, to fight against Israel, that he might bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam.
H3898
Thus saith the LORD, Ye shall not go up, nor fight against your brethren: return every man to his house: for this thing is done of me. And they obeyed the words of the LORD, and returned from going against Jeroboam.
H3898
And, behold, God himself is with us for our captain, and his priests with sounding trumpets to cry alarm against you. O children of Israel, fight ye not against the LORD God of your fathers; for ye shall not prosper.
H3898
Now the king of Syria had commanded the captains of the chariots that were with him, saying, Fight ye not with small or great, save only with the king of Israel.
H3898
And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they said, It is the king of Israel. Therefore they compassed about him to fight: but Jehoshaphat cried out, and the LORD helped him; and God moved them to depart from him.
H3898
Ye shall not need to fight in this battle: set yourselves, stand ye still, and see the salvation of the LORD with you, O Judah and Jerusalem: fear not, nor be dismayed; to morrow go out against them: for the LORD will be with you.
H4421
And when Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib was come, and that he was purposed to fight against Jerusalem,
H3898
With him is an arm of flesh; but with us is the LORD our God to help us, and to fight our battles. And the people rested themselves upon the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.
H3898
After all this, when Josiah had prepared the temple, Necho king of Egypt came up to fight against Carchemish by Euphrates: and Josiah went out against him.
H3898
Nevertheless Josiah would not turn his face from him, but disguised himself, that he might fight with him, and hearkened not unto the words of Necho from the mouth of God, and came to fight in the valley of Megiddo.
H3898
Nevertheless Josiah would not turn his face from him, but disguised himself, that he might fight with him, and hearkened not unto the words of Necho from the mouth of God, and came to fight in the valley of Megiddo.
English meaning and historical usage.
Dictionary data is kept visibly separate from Scripture and from lexical Strong's data.
fight
FIGHT, verb intransitive
1. To strive or contend for victory, in battle or in single combat; to attempt to defeat, subdue or destroy an enemy, either by blows or weapons; to contend in arms.
Come and be our captain, that we may fight with the children of Ammon. Judges 11:6.
When two persons or parties contend in person, fight is usually followed by with. But when we speak of carrying on war, in any other form, we may say, to fight against.
Saul took the kingdom over Israel, and fought against all his enemies on every side. 1 Samuel 14:1.
Hazael king of Syria went up, and fought against Gath.
2 Kings 12:1.
It is treason for a man to join an enemy to fight against his country.
To fight against, is to act in opposition; to oppose; to strive to conquer or resist.
The stars in their courses fought against Sisera. Judges 5:20.
2. To contend; to strive; to struggle to resist or check.
3. To act as a soldier.
FIGHT, verb transitive
1. To carry on contention; to maintain a struggle for victory over enemies.
I have fought a good fight 2 Timothy 4:7.
2. To contend with in battle; to war against. They fought the enemy in two pitched battles. The captain fought the frigate seven glasses. [Elliptical; with being understood.]
FIGHT, noun
1. A battle; an engagement; a contest in arms; a struggle for victory, either between individuals, or between armies, ships or navies. A duel is called a single fight or combat.
2. Something to screen the combatants in ships.
Up with your fights and your nettings prepare.
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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