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battle

Meaning of “battle”

1. Armed fighting or conflict between opposing forces; an engagement or warfare. 2. A battle line, array, or body of forces prepared or engaged for combat.

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170 occurrences163 verses26 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 14:8

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Psalms 18:39
For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle: thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Psalms 18:39 · retained source text

For thou hast girded mee with strength vnto the battell: thou hast subdued vnder me, those that rose vp against me.

1611 marginal noteHeb. ceased to bow.

Psalms 24:8
Who is this King of glory? The Lord strong and mighty, the Lord mighty in battle.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Psalms 24:8 · retained source text

Who is this king of glory? the LORD strong & mightie, the LORD mighty in battell.

Psalms 55:18
He hath delivered my soul in peace from the battle that was against me: for there were many with me.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Psalms 55:18 · retained source text

He hath deliuered my soule in peace from the battell that was against me: for there were many with me.

Psalms 76:3
There brake he the arrows of the bow, the shield, and the sword, and the battle. Selah.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Psalms 76:3 · retained source text

There brake he the arrowes of the bowe, the shield, and the sword, and the battell. Selah.

Psalms 78:9
The children of Ephraim, being armed, and carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Psalms 78:9 · retained source text

The children of Ephraim being armed, and carying bowes, turned backe in the day of battell.

1611 marginal noteHebr. throwing foorth.

Psalms 89:43
Thou hast also turned the edge of his sword, and hast not made him to stand in the battle.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Psalms 89:43 · retained source text

Thou hast also turned the edge of his sword: and hast not made him to stand in the battaile.

Psalms 140:7
O God the Lord, the strength of my salvation, thou hast covered my head in the day of battle.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Psalms 140:7 · retained source text

O God the LORD, the strength of my saluation: thou hast couered my head in the day of battell.

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