Strong H3898H3898Bלָחַם

to feed on

One of the 2 senses of Strong H3898

Transliteration: lâcham
Pronunciation: law-kham'
Morphology: Hebrew Verb

Definition

STEP sense: to feed on

Exact lexical definition: use as food

Part of speech: verb

BDB context: [ לָחַם ] vb . use as food , eat

General definition

A primitive root; to feed on; figuratively to consume; by implication to battle (as destruction): - {devour} {eat} X {ever} fight ({-ing}) {overcome} {prevail} (make) war (-ring).

In the Bible

Strong H3898B appears in 6 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

eat5
devour1

First verses

Deuteronomy 32:24
They shall be burnt with hunger, and devoured with burning heat, and with bitter destruction: I will also send the teeth of beasts upon them, with the poison of serpents of the dust.
Psalms 141:4
Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practise wicked works with men that work iniquity: and let me not eat of their dainties.
Proverbs 4:17
For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.
Proverbs 9:5
Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mingled.
Proverbs 23:1
When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee:
Proverbs 23:6
Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainty meats:

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