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In the biblical context, the term "warrior" often refers to individuals who are skilled in combat and are engaged in battles, either physical or spiritual. Warriors in the Bible are depicted as both human and divine, serving as instruments of God's will and protection for His people.

Old Testament Warriors

The Old Testament is replete with accounts of warriors who played significant roles in the history of Israel. One of the most notable warriors is David, who is introduced as a young shepherd boy defeating the Philistine giant Goliath with a sling and a stone (1 Samuel 17:50). David's prowess in battle and his reliance on God earned him a reputation as a mighty warrior and eventually led to his kingship over Israel.

Another prominent warrior is Joshua, who succeeded Moses and led the Israelites into the Promised Land. Joshua is described as a valiant leader who, under God's command, conquered numerous Canaanite cities (Joshua 11:23). His military campaigns were marked by obedience to God's instructions, demonstrating that victory comes from the Lord.

Gideon is another example of a warrior raised by God to deliver Israel from oppression. Despite his initial hesitance, Gideon led a small army of 300 men to defeat the Midianites, showcasing God's power in using the weak to overcome the strong (Judges 7:7).

Divine Warriors

The concept of God as a warrior is a recurring theme in the Bible. The Lord is often depicted as fighting on behalf of His people, ensuring their victory over enemies. In Exodus 15:3, God is described as "The LORD is a warrior; the LORD is His name" . This portrayal emphasizes God's sovereignty and His role as the ultimate protector and deliverer of Israel.

The angelic hosts are also depicted as warriors in the service of God. In 2 Kings 6:17, Elisha's servant is shown a vision of the hills filled with horses and chariots of fire, symbolizing the heavenly army ready to defend God's prophet .

Spiritual Warriors

The New Testament shifts the focus from physical battles to spiritual warfare. Believers are called to be spiritual warriors, equipped with the armor of God to stand against the schemes of the devil (Ephesians 6:11). The Apostle Paul exhorts Christians to "fight the good fight of faith" (1 Timothy 6:12), emphasizing perseverance and reliance on God's strength in the spiritual realm.

Jesus Christ is portrayed as the ultimate warrior who triumphs over sin and death. In Revelation 19:11-16, He is depicted as a rider on a white horse, leading the armies of heaven to victory over evil . This imagery underscores Christ's role as the conquering King who will establish His eternal kingdom.

Characteristics of Biblical Warriors

Biblical warriors are characterized by their faith, courage, and obedience to God. They often face overwhelming odds but trust in God's power and guidance for victory. Their accounts serve as reminders of the importance of relying on God in times of conflict, whether physical or spiritual.

The Bible presents warriors as instruments of God's justice and deliverance, highlighting the divine partnership between God and His chosen leaders. Through their examples, believers are encouraged to engage in spiritual battles with the assurance that God is their ultimate warrior and defender.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

(n.) A man engaged or experienced in war, or in the military life; a soldier; a champion.

Greek

4758. stratologeo -- to enlist soldiers
... From a compound of the base of stratia and lego (in its original sense); to gather
(or select) as a warrior, ie Enlist in the army -- choose to be a soldier. ...
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4757. stratiotes -- a soldier
... soldier. From a presumed derivative of the same as stratia; a camper-out, ie A
(common) warrior (literally or figuratively) -- soldier. see GREEK stratia. ...
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Strong's Hebrew

1368. gibbor -- strong, mighty
... men of outstanding (1), Mighty (1), mighty (27), mighty man (15), mighty men (57),
Mighty One (1), mighty one (2), mighty ones (3), mighty warrior (1), mighty ...
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5431. saan -- to tread, tramp
... 5430, 5431. saan. 5432 . to tread, tramp. Transliteration: saan Phonetic
Spelling: (saw-an') Short Definition: warrior. ... warrior. ...
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1397. geber -- man
... Word Origin from gabar Definition man NASB Word Usage boy (1), everyone (1), man
(54), man's (3), men (8), warrior (1). every one, man, mighty. ...
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4421. milchamah -- a battle, war
... battle* (1), battles (6), fight (2), military (1), onslaught (1), soldiers* (3),
time of war (1), wage war (1), war (136), warfare (1), warrior (4), warriors (4 ...
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7989. shallit -- having mastery, domineering
... governor, mighty, that hath power, ruler. From shalat; potent; concretely, a prince
or warrior -- governor, mighty, that hath power, ruler. see HEBREW shalat. ...
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1401. gibbar -- mighty one
... mighty. (Aramaic) intensive of gbar; valiant, or warrior -- mighty. see HEBREW
gbar. 1400, 1401. gibbar. 1402 . Strong's Numbers.
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1575. Gammadim -- "men of valor," defenders of Tyre
... Gammadims. From the same as gomed; a warrior (as grasping weapons) -- Gammadims.
see HEBREW gomed. 1574, 1575. Gammadim. 1576 . Strong's Numbers.
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1439. Gidon -- a judge of Isr.
... NASB Word Usage Gideon (38). Gideon. From gada'; feller (ie Warrior); Gidon, an
Israelite -- Gideon. see HEBREW gada'. 1438, 1439. Gidon. 1440 . ...
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Library

The Fainting Warrior
... The Fainting Warrior. A Sermon (No.235). Delivered ... am! who shall deliver me from
the body of this death?" It is the cry of a panting warrior. ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 5 1859/the fainting warrior.htm

The Christian Warrior.
... CHRISTIAN CHARACTER AND LIFE. 362. " The Christian Warrior. 362. LM
Montgomery. The Christian Warrior. 1 The Christian warrior ...
/.../adams/hymns for christian devotion/362 the christian warrior.htm

May the Second the Happy Warrior
... May The Second THE HAPPY WARRIOR. EPHESIANS vi.10-18. Here is a portrait
of the happy warrior! Let me first look at the warrior ...
/.../jowett/my daily meditation for the circling year/may the second the happy.htm

Marching Orders
... note briefly its various features. I. First, then, we have it set forth
as a march of warrior priests. Note that phrase"'Ye that ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture h/marching orders.htm

Figurative Style of Certain Messianic Prophecies in the Psalms ...
... This interpretation of ours will derive confirmation, when, on your supposing that
Christ is in any passage called a warrior, from the mention of certain arms ...
/.../the five books against marcion/chapter xiv figurative style of certain.htm

Prayer and vigilance
... From the hour in which he first draws sword, to that in which he doffs his harness,
the Christian warrior is compelled to "endure hardness like a good soldier ...
/.../bounds/the necessity of prayer/xi prayer and vigilance.htm

The Encamping Angel
... It was He who stood before the warrior leader of Israel, sword in hand, and proclaimed
Himself to be the Captain of the Lord's host, the Leader of the armies ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture j/the encamping angel.htm

Of the Prophecies of the Birth and Achievements of Christ.
... so understand "the power of Damascus," and "the spoils of Samaria," and "the kingdom
of the Assyrians," as if they portended Christ as a warrior; not observing ...
/.../tertullian/an answer to the jews/chapter ix of the prophecies of.htm

Joseph Attacked by the Archers
... First of all, the cruel attack""the archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at
him, and hated him;" secondly, the shielded warrior""but his bow abode in ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 1 1855/joseph attacked by the archers.htm

At the Well
... at the stela. The warrior read the command and the unlettered men fell
on their knees, each to a different god. The Egyptian was ...
//christianbookshelf.org/miller/the yoke/chapter xxxvii at the well.htm

Thesaurus

Warrior (36 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Warrior (36 Occurrences). ... Judges 11:1 Now Jephthah the
Gileadite was a mighty warrior, but he was the son of a harlot. ...
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Warrior's (3 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Warrior's (3 Occurrences). 2 Samuel 18:11 Joab
said to the man who told him, "Behold, you saw it, and why ...
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Elhanan (4 Occurrences)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary Whom God has graciously bestowed. (1.) A warrior of
the time of David famed for his exploits. In the Authorized ...
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Warriors (75 Occurrences)

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Warring (13 Occurrences)

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Noise (126 Occurrences)
... for "noise" (Jeremiah 10:22), "voice"; for "a noise" (1 Chronicles 15:28), "sounding
aloud," "voice" (Ezekiel 43:2); for "every battle of the warrior is with ...
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Wars (24 Occurrences)

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Joshua (211 Occurrences)
... provide for their fulfillment. It is evident also that at this period Joshua
was no young and untried warrior. Although no indication ...
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Quiver (9 Occurrences)
... kwiv'-er (ashpah, teli; pharetra (Sirach 26:12)): A case or sheath for carrying
arrows, a part of the ordinary equipment of the warrior, both foot-soldier and ...
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Resources

Who was Benaiah in the Bible? | GotQuestions.org

Who was David in the Bible? | GotQuestions.org

What is a Bible concordance, and how do I use it? | GotQuestions.org

Warrior: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com

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Warrior (36 Occurrences)

Genesis 10:8
Cush became the father of Nimrod. He began to be a mighty one in the earth.
(See NIV)

Exodus 15:3
The LORD is a man of war, The LORD is His name.
(See NAS NIV)

Judges 5:30
'Have they not found, have they not divided the spoil? A lady, two ladies to every man; to Sisera a spoil of dyed garments, a spoil of dyed garments embroidered, of dyed garments embroidered on both sides, on the necks of the spoil?'
(See NAS)

Judges 6:12
The angel of Yahweh appeared to him, and said to him, "Yahweh is with you, you mighty man of valor!"
(See NAS NIV)

Judges 11:1
Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty warrior, but he was the son of a harlot. Gilead was the father of Jephthah.
(DBY NAS RSV NIV)

1 Samuel 16:18
Then answered one of the young men, and said: 'Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Beth-lehemite, that is skilful in playing, and a mighty man of valour, and a man of war, and prudent in affairs, and a comely person, and the LORD is with him.'
(See NAS NIV)

1 Samuel 17:33
And Saul said to David: 'Thou art not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him; for thou art but a youth, and he a man of war from his youth.'
(See NAS)

1 Kings 11:28
The man Jeroboam was a mighty man of valor; and Solomon saw the young man that he was industrious, and he put him in charge of all the labor of the house of Joseph.
(See NAS)

2 Kings 5:1
Now Naaman, captain of the army of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master, and honorable, because by him Yahweh had given victory to Syria: he was also a mighty man of valor, but he was a leper.
(See NAS)

1 Chronicles 1:10
Cush became the father of Nimrod; he began to be a mighty one in the earth.
(See NIV)

1 Chronicles 12:28
And Zadok, a young man, great and strong in war, with twenty-two captains from his father's people.
(See NIV)

1 Chronicles 28:3
But God said unto me: Thou shalt not build a house for My name, because thou art a man of war, and hast shed blood.
(See RSV NIV)

2 Chronicles 17:17
And the captains of Benjamin: Eliada, a great man of war, and with him two hundred thousand armed with bows and body-covers;
(See NAS)

2 Chronicles 28:7
Zichri, a mighty man of Ephraim, killed Maaseiah the king's son, and Azrikam the ruler of the house, and Elkanah who was next to the king.
(See NIV)

2 Chronicles 32:21
And the Lord sent an angel who put to death all the men of war and the chiefs and the captains in the army of the king of Assyria. So he went back to his country in shame. And when he came into the house of his god, his sons, the offspring of his body, put him to death there with the sword.
(See NAS RSV)

Job 16:14
I am broken with wound after wound; he comes rushing on me like a man of war.
(See NAS RSV NIV)

Psalms 33:16
There is no king saved by the multitude of an army. A mighty man is not delivered by great strength.
(See NAS RSV NIV)

Psalms 78:65
Then the Lord awakened as one out of sleep, like a mighty man who shouts by reason of wine.
(See NAS)

Psalms 89:19
Then you spoke in vision to your saints, and said, "I have bestowed strength on the warrior. I have exalted a young man from the people.
(WEB NIV)

Psalms 120:4
Sharp arrows of the strong, and burning fire.
(See NAS RSV NIV)

Psalms 127:4
Like arrows in the hand of a man of war, are the children of the young.
(See NAS RSV NIV)

Proverbs 16:32
He who is slow to be angry is better than a man of war, and he who has control over his spirit than he who takes a town.
(See NIV)

Isaiah 3:2
The mighty man, and the man of war; the judge, and the prophet, and the diviner, and the elder;
(See NAS NIV)

Isaiah 9:5
For every battle of the warrior is with confused noise, and garments rolled in blood; but this shall be with burning and fuel of fire.
(KJV WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Isaiah 42:13
The LORD will go forth as a mighty man, He will stir up jealousy like a man of war; He will cry, yea, He will shout aloud, He will prove Himself mighty against His enemies.
(See NAS NIV)

Isaiah 43:17
Who sends out the war-carriages and the horses, the army with all its force; they have come down, they will not get up again; like a feebly burning light they are put out.
(See RSV)

Jeremiah 14:9
Why are you like a man surprised, like a man of war who is not able to give help? but you, O Lord, are with us, and we are named by your name; do not go away from us.
(See NIV)

Jeremiah 20:11
But Jehovah is with me as a mighty one and a terrible: therefore my persecutors shall stumble, and they shall not prevail; they shall be utterly put to shame, because they have not dealt wisely, even with an everlasting dishonor which shall never be forgotten.
(See JPS RSV NIV)

Jeremiah 46:6
The swift do not flee, nor do the mighty escape, Northward, by the side of the river Phrat, They have stumbled and fallen.
(See RSV)

Jeremiah 46:12
The nations have heard of your shame, and the earth is full of your cry; for the mighty man has stumbled against the mighty, they are fallen both of them together.
(See NAS RSV NIV)

Jeremiah 50:9
For see, I am moving and sending up against Babylon a band of great nations from the north country: and they will put their armies in position against her; and from there she will be taken: their arrows will be like those of an expert man of war; not one will come back without getting its mark.
(See NAS RSV NIV)

Joel 3:10
Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruning hooks into spears. Let the weak say,'I am strong.'
(See RSV)

Amos 2:14
And flight will be impossible for the quick-footed, and the force of the strong will become feeble, and the man of war will not get away safely:
(See NIV)

Zephaniah 1:14
The great day of the Lord is near, it is near and coming very quickly; the bitter day of the Lord is near, coming on more quickly than a man of war.
(See NAS NIV)

Zephaniah 3:17
Yahweh, your God, is in the midst of you, a mighty one who will save. He will rejoice over you with joy. He will calm you in his love. He will rejoice over you with singing.
(See NAS RSV)

Zechariah 10:7
And Ephraim will be like a man of war, and their hearts will be glad as with wine; and their children will see it with joy; their hearts will be glad in the Lord.
(See RSV)

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