Hebrew Study
Strong’s Concordance H3898
A readable Hebrew dictionary entry from Strong’s Concordance. Definitions help with word study; the meaning in a verse still depends on context.
Word study
- Source
- Strong’s Concordance
- Transliteration
- lacham
- Pronunciation
- law-kham'
- Occurrences
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- Strong’s number
- H3898
- Brief meaning
- To feed on, figuratively, to consume, by implication, to battle (as destruction)
- Source renderings
- devour, eat, ever, fight(-ing), overcome, prevail, (make) war(-ring)
- Root word
- a primitive root
- Full definition from the source
- To feed on; figuratively, to consume; by implication, to battle (as destruction). Root word: a primitive root.
Source info
Source and edition
James Strong, Strong's Hebrew Bible Dictionary (1890); Bible Foundation text source; Michael Grier's 1996 ASCII e-text; CrossWire module 1.2.
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03898\ 3898 lacham law-kham' a primitive root; to feed on; figuratively, to consume; by implication, to battle (as destruction):--devour, eat, X ever, fight(-ing), overcome, prevail, (make) war(-ring).