Fight
Bible Usage:
- First Reference: Exodus 1:10
- Last Reference: Revelation 2:16
Dictionaries:
- Included in Eastons: No
- Included in Hitchcocks: No
- Included in Naves: No
- Included in Smiths: No
- Included in Websters: Yes
- Included in Strongs: Yes
- Included in Thayers: Yes
- Included in BDB: Yes
Strongs Concordance:
- H3898 Used 82 times
- H4421 Used 5 times
- H4634 Used 1 time
- H6633 Used 4 times
- G119 Used 1 time
- G3164 Used 1 time
- G4170 Used 1 time
- G4171 Used 1 time
- G4438 Used 1 time
- G73 Used 2 times
- G75 Used 2 times
FIGHT, verb intransitive
1. To strive or contend for victory, in battle or in single combat; to attempt to defeat, subdue or destroy an enemy, either by blows or weapons; to contend in arms.
Come and be our captain, that we may fight with the children of Ammon. Judges 11:6.
When two persons or parties contend in person, fight is usually followed by with. But when we speak of carrying on war, in any other form, we may say, to fight against.
Saul took the kingdom over Israel, and fought against all his enemies on every side. 1 Samuel 14:1.
Hazael king of Syria went up, and fought against Gath.
It is treason for a man to join an enemy to fight against his country.
To fight against, is to act in opposition; to oppose; to strive to conquer or resist.
The stars in their courses fought against Sisera. Judges 5:20.
2. To contend; to strive; to struggle to resist or check.
3. To act as a soldier.
FIGHT, verb transitive
1. To carry on contention; to maintain a struggle for victory over enemies.
I have fought a good fight 2 Timothy 4:7.
2. To contend with in battle; to war against. They fought the enemy in two pitched battles. The captain fought the frigate seven glasses. [Elliptical; with being understood.]
FIGHT, noun
1. A battle; an engagement; a contest in arms; a struggle for victory, either between individuals, or between armies, ships or navies. A duel is called a single fight or combat.
2. Something to screen the combatants in ships.
Up with your fights and your nettings prepare.
FIGHTER, noun One that fights; a combatant; a warrior.
FIGHTING, participle present tense
1. Contending in battle; striving for victory or conquest.
2. adjective Qualified for war; fit for battle.
A host of fighting men. 2 Chronicles 26:11.
3. Occupied in war; being the scene of war; as a fighting field.
FIGHTING, noun Contention; strife; quarrel.
Without were fightings, within were fears. 2 Corinthians 7:5.
Bible Usage:
- First Reference: Exodus 1:10
- Last Reference: Revelation 2:16
Dictionaries:
- Included in Eastons: No
- Included in Hitchcocks: No
- Included in Naves: No
- Included in Smiths: No
- Included in Websters: Yes
- Included in Strongs: Yes
- Included in Thayers: Yes
- Included in BDB: Yes
Strongs Concordance:
- H3898 Used 82 times
- H4421 Used 5 times
- H4634 Used 1 time
- H6633 Used 4 times
- G119 Used 1 time
- G3164 Used 1 time
- G4170 Used 1 time
- G4171 Used 1 time
- G4438 Used 1 time
- G73 Used 2 times
- G75 Used 2 times