לָחַם (lāḥam) is
a Hebrew verb
meaning use as food. It appears
177 times
in 18 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H3898).
Also rendered
fight
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1104)
Range of meaning (TWOT 1104)fight, do battle; engage in battle, wage war; feed on, consume, battle; devour, eat, fighting, overcome, prevail, war, waring
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
לָחַםverb: fight, do battle
Qalfight, do battle
Niphalengage in battle, sometimes wage war
Strong's H3898לָחַם: to feed on; figuratively, to consume; by implication, to battle (as destruction) KJV:devour, eat, × ever, fight(-ing), overcome, prevail, (make) war(-ring).
Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.