מִלְחָמָה
milḥāmâ
battle
Strong's H4421NounHebrewTWOT 1104c

מִלְחָמָה (milḥāmâ) is a Hebrew noun meaning battle. It appears 319 times in 27 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H4421).

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1104c)

Range of meaning (TWOT 1104c)battle, war; engagement, war-fare; fight, fighting, warrior
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

מִלְחָמָה noun, feminine: battle, war

Strong's H4421 מִלְחָמָה: a battle (i.e. the engagement); generally, war (i.e. war-fare)
KJV:battle, fight(-ing), war(-rior).

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.

Root family 1104: לָחַם lāḥam — fight, do battle; engage in battle, wage war; feed on, consume, battle; devour, eat, fighting, overcome, prevail, war, waring

See it in Scripture

Genesis 14:2Exodus 1:10Numbers 10:9

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