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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16 occurrences in 16 verses.
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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 now art thou any thing better than Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab? did he ever strive against Israel, or did he ever fight against them,
H3898
So Jephthah passed over unto the children of Ammon to fight against them; and the LORD delivered them into his hands.
H3898
And the men of Ephraim gathered themselves together, and went northward, and said unto Jephthah, Wherefore passedst thou over to fight against the children of Ammon, and didst not call us to go with thee? we will burn thine house upon thee with fire.
H3898
And when I saw that ye delivered me not, I put my life in my hands, and passed over against the children of Ammon, and the LORD delivered them into my hand: wherefore then are ye come up unto me this day, to fight against me?
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.
H3898
Be strong, and quit yourselves like men, O ye Philistines, that ye be not servants unto the Hebrews, as they have been to you: quit yourselves like men, and fight.
H3898
That we also may be like all the nations; and that our king may judge us, and go out before us, and fight our battles.
H3898
And the Philistines gathered themselves together to fight with Israel, thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, and people as the sand which is on the sea shore in multitude: and they came up, and pitched in Michmash, eastward from Bethaven.
H3898
And the LORD sent thee on a journey, and said, Go and utterly destroy the sinners the Amalekites, and fight against them until they be consumed.
H3898
If he be able to fight with me, and to kill me, then will we be your servants: but if I prevail against him, and kill him, then shall ye be our servants, and serve us.
H3898
And the Philistine said, I defy the armies of Israel this day; give me a man, that we may fight together.
H4634
And David rose up early in the morning, and left the sheep with a keeper, and took, and went, as Jesse had commanded him; and he came to the trench, as the host was going forth to the fight, and shouted for the battle.
H3898
And David said to Saul, Let no man's heart fail because of him; thy servant will go and fight with this Philistine.
H3898
And Saul said to David, Thou art not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him: for thou art but a youth, and he a man of war from his youth.
H3898
And Saul said to David, Behold my elder daughter Merab, her will I give thee to wife: only be thou valiant for me, and fight the LORD's battles. For Saul said, Let not mine hand be upon him, but let the hand of the Philistines be upon him.
H3898
Then they told David, saying, Behold, the Philistines fight against Keilah, and they rob the threshingfloors.
H3898
And it came to pass in those days, that the Philistines gathered their armies together for warfare, to fight with Israel. And Achish said unto David, Know thou assuredly, that thou shalt go out with me to battle, thou and thy men.
H3898
And David said unto Achish, But what have I done? and what hast thou found in thy servant so long as I have been with thee unto this day, that I may not go fight against the enemies of my lord the king?
H3898
And if so be that the king's wrath arise, and he say unto thee, Wherefore approached ye so nigh unto the city when ye did fight? knew ye not that they would shoot from the wall?
H3898
And when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he assembled all the house of Judah, with the tribe of Benjamin, an hundred and fourscore thousand chosen men, which were warriors, to fight against the house of Israel, to bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam the son of Solomon.
H3898
Thus saith the LORD, Ye shall not go up, nor fight against your brethren the children of Israel: return every man to his house; for this thing is from me. They hearkened therefore to the word of the LORD, and returned to depart, according to the word of the LORD.
H3898
And the servants of the king of Syria said unto him, Their gods are gods of the hills; therefore they were stronger than we; but let us fight against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they.
H3898
And number thee an army, like the army that thou hast lost, horse for horse, and chariot for chariot: and we will fight against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they. And he hearkened unto their voice, and did so.
H4421
And it came to pass at the return of the year, that Benhadad numbered the Syrians, and went up to Aphek, to fight against Israel.
H3898
But the king of Syria commanded his thirty and two captains that had rule over his chariots, saying, Fight neither with small nor great, save only with the king of Israel.
English meaning and historical usage.
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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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