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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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First occurrence: Genesis 14:8

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2 Samuel 21:18
And it came to pass after this, that there was again a battle with the Philistines at Gob: then Sibbechai the Hushathite slew Saph, which was of the sons of the giant.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 2 Samuel 21:18 · retained source text

And it came to passe after this, that there was againe a battell with the Philistines at Gob: then Sibbechai the Hushathite slew Saph, which was of the sonnes of the Gyant.

1611 marginal noteOr, Rapha.

1611 marginal note1.Chron. 20.4.

2 Samuel 21:19
And there was again a battle in Gob with the Philistines, where Elhanan the son of Jaare-oregim, a Beth-lehemite, slew the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the staff of whose spear was like a weaver’s beam.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 2 Samuel 21:19 · retained source text

And there was againe a battell in Gob, with the Philistines, where Elhanan the sonne of Iaare-Oregim a Bethlehemite, slewe the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the staffe of whose speare was like a weauers beame.

1611 marginal noteSee 1.Chro. 20.5.

2 Samuel 21:20
And there was yet a battle in Gath, where was a man of great stature, that had on every hand six fingers, and on every foot six toes, four and twenty in number; and he also was born to the giant.
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1611 witness · 2 Samuel 21:20 · retained source text

And there was yet a battell in Gath, where was a man of great stature, that had on euery hand sixe fingers, and on euery foote sixe toes, foure and twenty in number, and he also was borne to the Gyant.

1611 marginal noteOr, Rapha.

2 Samuel 22:40
For thou hast girded me with strength to battle: them that rose up against me hast thou subdued under me.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 2 Samuel 22:40 · retained source text

For thou hast girded mee with strength to battel: them that rose vp against me, hast thou subdued vnder me.

1611 marginal noteHebr. caused to bow.

2 Samuel 23:9
And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo the Ahohite, one of the three mighty men with David, when they defied the Philistines that were there gathered together to battle, and the men of Israel were gone away:
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 2 Samuel 23:9 · retained source text

And after him was Eleazar the sonne of Dodo the Ahohite, one of the three mightie men with Dauid, when they defied the Philistines that were there gathered together to battell, and the men of Israel were gone away.

1611 marginal note1.Chron. 11.12.

1 Kings 8:44
¶ If thy people go out to battle against their enemy, whithersoever thou shalt send them, and shall pray unto the Lord toward the city which thou hast chosen, and toward the house that I have built for thy name:
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1611 witness · 1 Kings 8:44 · retained source text

¶ If thy people goe out to battell against their enemie, whithersoeuer thou shalt send them, and shall pray vnto the LORD toward the city which thou hast chosen, and toward the house that I haue built for thy Name:

1611 marginal noteHebr. the way of the citie.

1 Kings 20:14
And Ahab said, By whom? And he said, Thus saith the Lord, Even by the young men of the princes of the provinces. Then he said, Who shall order the battle? And he answered, Thou.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 1 Kings 20:14 · retained source text

And Ahab saide, By whom? and he saide, Thus saith the LORD, Euen by the young men of the Princes of the prouinces: Then he said, Who shall order the battell? And hee answered, Thou.

1611 marginal noteOr, seruants.

1611 marginal noteHeb. Bynd, or, tie.

1 Kings 20:29
And they pitched one over against the other seven days. And so it was, that in the seventh day the battle was joined: and the children of Israel slew of the Syrians an hundred thousand footmen in one day.
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1611 witness · 1 Kings 20:29 · retained source text

And they pitched one ouer against the other seuen daies, and so it was, that in the seuenth day the battell was ioyned: and the children of Israel slewe of the Syrians an hundred thousand footmen in one day.

1 Kings 20:39
And as the king passed by, he cried unto the king: and he said, Thy servant went out into the midst of the battle; and, behold, a man turned aside, and brought a man unto me, and said, Keep this man: if by any means he be missing, then shall thy life be for his life, or else thou shalt pay a talent of silver.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 1 Kings 20:39 · retained source text

And as the king passed by, he cried vnto the king: and he saide, Thy seruant went out into the mids of the battell, and behold, a man turned aside, and brought a man vnto me, and said, Keep this man: if by any meanes he be missing, then shall thy life be for his life, or else thou shalt pay a talent of siluer.

1611 marginal noteHeb. weigh

1 Kings 22:4
And he said unto Jehoshaphat, Wilt thou go with me to battle to Ramoth-gilead? And Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, I am as thou art, my people as thy people, my horses as thy horses.
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1611 witness · 1 Kings 22:4 · retained source text

And hee said vnto Iehoshaphat, Wilt thou goe with me to battel to Ramoth Gilead? And Iehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, I am as thou art, my people as thy people, my horses as thy horses.

1611 marginal note2.King. 3.7.

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