What does אִישׁ · מִלְחָמָה mean in the Bible?
אִישׁ · מִלְחָמָה is a Hebrew phrase meaning "man of war, warrior".
Hebrew · H376, H4421
אִישׁ מִלְחָמָה
A man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation) · a battle (i.e. the engagement ); generally, war (i.e. war-fare )
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אִישׁ H376 a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
Pronunciation ish
Individual male person functioning as a foundational unit of social identity, kinship, and covenantal responsibility in Hebrew thought
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מִלְחָמָה H4421 a battle (i.e. the engagement ); generally, war (i.e. war-fare )
Pronunciation milĕḥāmāh
War as theological contest: Yahweh fights Israel's battles; victory belongs to the Lord, not human strength.
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What does אִישׁ מִלְחָמָה (ish milchamah) mean in the Bible?
אִישׁ · מִלְחָמָה is a Hebrew phrase meaning "man of war, warrior".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for H376, H4421?
H376, H4421 is connected to 2,506 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. man of war, warrior
Strong's H376, H4421
Lexical occurrences 2,506 verses Source Gloss
man of war, warrior
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
אִישׁ מִלְחָמָה is built from this root:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain