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war

Meaning of “war”

Sense 1: Armed conflict. Sense 2: As a verb, to fight or contend.

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225 occurrences220 verses29 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 14:2

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James 4:1
FROM whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members?
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · James 4:1 · retained source text

¶ From whence come warres and fightings among you? come they not hence, euen of your lusts, that warre in your members?

1611 marginal noteOr, brawlings.

1611 marginal noteOr, pleasures.

James 4:2
Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not.
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1611 witness · James 4:2 · retained source text

Ye lust, and haue not: yee kill, and desire to haue, and cannot obtaine: yee fight and warre, yet yee haue not, because ye aske not.

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