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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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2 Samuel 10:13
And Joab drew nigh, and the people that were with him, unto the battle against the Syrians: and they fled before him.
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1611 witness · 2 Samuel 10:13 · retained source text

And Ioab drew nigh, and the people that were with him, vnto the battell against the Syrians: and they fled before him.

2 Samuel 11:1
AND it came to pass, after the year was expired, at the time when kings go forth to battle, that David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they destroyed the children of Ammon, and besieged Rabbah. But David tarried still at Jerusalem.
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1611 witness · 2 Samuel 11:1 · retained source text

¶ And it came to passe, that after the yeere was expired, at the time when kings goe foorth to battell, that Dauid sent Ioab and his seruants with him, and all Israel; and they destroyed the children of Ammon, and besieged Rabbah: but Dauid taried still at Ierusalem.

1611 marginal noteHeb. at the returne of the yeere.

1611 marginal note1.Chron. 20.1.

2 Samuel 11:15
And he wrote in the letter, saying, Set ye Uriah in the forefront of the hottest battle, and retire ye from him, that he may be smitten, and die.
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1611 witness · 2 Samuel 11:15 · retained source text

And he wrote in the letter, saying, Set yee Uriah in the forefront of the hottest battel, and retire ye from him, that he may be smitten, and die.

1611 marginal noteHeb. strong

1611 marginal noteHeb. from after him.

2 Samuel 11:25
Then David said unto the messenger, Thus shalt thou say unto Joab, Let not this thing displease thee, for the sword devoureth one as well as another: make thy battle more strong against the city, and overthrow it: and encourage thou him.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 2 Samuel 11:25 · retained source text

Then Dauid said vnto the messenger, Thus shalt thou say vnto Ioab, Let not this thing displease thee: for the sword deuoureth one as well as another: Make thy battell more strong against the citie, and ouerthrow it; and encourage thou him.

1611 marginal noteHeb. be euill in thine eyes.

1611 marginal noteHeb. so and such.

2 Samuel 17:11
Therefore I counsel that all Israel be generally gathered unto thee, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, as the sand that is by the sea for multitude; and that thou go to battle in thine own person.
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1611 witness · 2 Samuel 17:11 · retained source text

Therefore I counsell, that all Israel be generally gathered vnto thee, from Dan euen to Beer-sheba, as the sand that is by the sea for multitude, and that thou goe to battell in thine owne person.

1611 marginal noteHeb. that thy face or presence goe, &c.

2 Samuel 18:6
¶ So the people went out into the field against Israel: and the battle was in the wood of Ephraim;
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1611 witness · 2 Samuel 18:6 · retained source text

¶ So the people went out into the field against Israel: and the battell was in the wood of Ephraim,

2 Samuel 18:8
For the battle was there scattered over the face of all the country: and the wood devoured more people that day than the sword devoured.
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1611 witness · 2 Samuel 18:8 · retained source text

For the battell was there scattered ouer the face of all the countrey: and the wood deuoured more people that day, then the sword deuoured.

1611 marginal noteHebr. multiplied to deuoure.

2 Samuel 19:3
And the people gat them by stealth that day into the city, as people being ashamed steal away when they flee in battle.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 2 Samuel 19:3 · retained source text

And the people gate them by stealth that day into the citie, as people beeing ashamed steale away when they flee in battell.

2 Samuel 19:10
And Absalom, whom we anointed over us, is dead in battle. Now therefore why speak ye not a word of bringing the king back?
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1611 witness · 2 Samuel 19:10 · retained source text

And Absalom whom wee anointed ouer vs, is dead in battell: nowe therefore why speake ye not a word of bringing the king backe?

1611 marginal noteHeb are ye silent?

2 Samuel 21:17
But Abishai the son of Zeruiah succoured him, and smote the Philistine, and killed him. Then the men of David sware unto him, saying, Thou shalt go no more out with us to battle, that thou quench not the light of Israel.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 2 Samuel 21:17 · retained source text

But Abishai the sonne of Zeruiah succoured him, and smote the Philistine, and killed him. Then the men of Dauid sware vnto him, saying, Thou shalt goe no more out with vs to battell, that thou quench not the light of Israel.

1611 marginal noteHeb. candle, or lampe

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