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warfare

Meaning of “warfare”

Sense 1: Military service or conflict. Sense 2: Figuratively, an organized spiritual struggle.

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First occurrence: 1 Samuel 28:1

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Every verse containing “warfare”

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1 Samuel 28:1
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AND it came to pass in those days, that the Philistines gathered their armies together for warfare, to fight with Israel. And Achish said unto David, Know thou assuredly, that thou shalt go out with me to battle, thou and thy men.
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The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 1 Samuel 28:1 · retained source text

¶ And it came to passe in those dayes, that the Philistines gathered their armies together for warfare, to fight with Israel: And Achish said vnto Dauid, Knowe thou assuredly, that thou shalt goe out with me to battell, thou, and thy men.

Isaiah 40:2
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Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned: for she hath received of the Lord’s hand double for all her sins.
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 40:2 · retained source text

Speake ye comfortably to Ierusalem, and cry vnto her, that her warrefare is accomplished, that her iniquitie is pardoned: for shee hath receiued of the LORDs hand double for all her sinnes.

1611 marginal noteHeb. to the heart.

1611 marginal noteOr, appointed time.

1 Corinthians 9:7
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Who goeth a warfare any time at his own charges? who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit thereof? or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock?
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1611 witness · 1 Corinthians 9:7 · retained source text

Who goeth a warfare any time at his owne charges? who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of the fruite thereof? or who feedeth a flocke, and eateth not of the milke of the flocke?

2 Corinthians 10:4
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(For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)
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1611 witness · 2 Corinthians 10:4 · retained source text

(For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling downe of strong holds.)

1611 marginal noteOr, to God.

1 Timothy 1:18
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This charge I commit unto thee, son Timothy, according to the prophecies which went before on thee, that thou by them mightest war a good warfare;
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1611 witness · 1 Timothy 1:18 · retained source text

This charge I commit vnto thee, sonne Timothie, according to the prophesies which went before on thee, that thou by them mightest warre a good warfare,

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