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Lexicon :: Strong's G4171 - polemos

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πόλεμος
Transliteration
polemos (Key)
Pronunciation
pol'-em-os
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From pelomai (to bustle)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 6:502,904

Trench's Synonyms: lxxxvi. πόλεμος, μάχη.

Strong’s Definitions

πόλεμος pólemos, pol'-em-os; from πέλομαι pélomai (to bustle); warfare (literally or figuratively; a single encounter or a series):—battle, fight, war.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 18x

The KJV translates Strong's G4171 in the following manner: war (12x), battle (5x), fight (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 18x
The KJV translates Strong's G4171 in the following manner: war (12x), battle (5x), fight (1x).

  1. a war

  2. a fight, a battle

  3. a dispute, strife, quarrel

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
πόλεμος pólemos, pol'-em-os; from πέλομαι pélomai (to bustle); warfare (literally or figuratively; a single encounter or a series):—battle, fight, war.
STRONGS G4171:
πόλεμος πολέμου, ὁ (from ΠΑΛΩ, πολέω, to turn, to range about, whence Latinpello, bellum; (but cf. Fick 1:671; Vanicek, 513)) (from Homer down), the Sept. for מִלְחָמָה;
1. properly,
a. war: Matthew 24:6; Mark 13:7; Luke 14:31; Luke 21:9; Hebrews 11:31; in imitation of the Hebrew מִלְחָמָה עָשָׂה followed by אֵת or עִם (Genesis 14:2; Deuteronomy 20:12, 20), πόλεμον ποιεῖν μετά τίνος, Revelation 11:7; Revelation 12:17; Revelation 13:7 (here L omits; WH Tr marginal reading brackets the clause); Revelation 19:19 (cf. μετά, I. 2 d.).
b. a fight, a battle (more precisely μάχη; "in Homer (where Iliad 7, 174 it is used even of single combat) and Hesiod the sense of battle prevails; in Attic that of tear" (Liddell and Scott, under the word); cf. Trench, § 86:and (in partial modification) Schmidt, chapter 138, 5 and 6): 1 Corinthians 14:8; Hebrews 11:34; Revelation 9:7, 9; Revelation 12:7; Revelation 16:14; Revelation 20:8.
2. a dispute, strife, quarrel: πόλεμοι καί μάχαι, James 4:1 (Sophocles El. 219; Plato, Phaedo, p. 66 c.).
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Genesis
14:2
Deuteronomy
20:12; 20:20
Matthew
24:6
Mark
13:7
Luke
14:31; 21:9
1 Corinthians
14:8
Hebrews
11:31; 11:34
James
4:1
Revelation
9:7; 9:9; 11:7; 12:7; 12:17; 13:7; 16:14; 19:19; 20:8

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4171 matches the Greek πόλεμος (polemos),
which occurs 30 times in 28 verses in '2Ch' in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:34

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:34 - “If your people go out to battle against their enemies, by whatever way you shall send them, and they pray to you toward this city that you have chosen and the house that I have built for your name,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:1 - When Rehoboam came to Jerusalem, he assembled the house of Judah and Benjamin, 180,000 chosen warriors, to fight against Israel, to restore the kingdom to Rehoboam.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:2 - He reigned for three years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Micaiah[fn] the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. Now there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:3 - Abijah went out to battle, having an army of valiant men of war, 400,000 chosen men. And Jeroboam drew up his line of battle against him with 800,000 chosen mighty warriors.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:14 - And when Judah looked, behold, the battle was in front of and behind them. And they cried to the LORD, and the priests blew the trumpets.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:6 - He built fortified cities in Judah, for the land had rest. He had no war in those years, for the LORD gave him peace.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:10 - And Asa went out to meet him, and they drew up their lines of battle in the Valley of Zephathah at Mareshah.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 15:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 15:19 - And there was no more war until the thirty-fifth year of the reign of Asa.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 16:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 16:9 - For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to give strong support to those whose heart is blameless[fn] toward him. You have done foolishly in this, for from now on you will have wars.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 17:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 17:18 - and next to him Jehozabad with 180,000 armed for war.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:3 - Ahab king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat king of Judah, “Will you go with me to Ramoth-gilead?” He answered him, “I am as you are, my people as your people. We will be with you in the war.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:5 - Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, four hundred men, and said to them, “Shall we go to battle against Ramoth-gilead, or shall I refrain?” And they said, “Go up, for God will give it into the hand of the king.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:14 - And when he had come to the king, the king said to him, “Micaiah, shall we go to Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall I refrain?” And he answered, “Go up and triumph; they will be given into your hand.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:29

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:29 - And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “I will disguise myself and go into battle, but you wear your robes.” And the king of Israel disguised himself, and they went into battle.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:33

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:33 - But a certain man drew his bow at random[fn] and struck the king of Israel between the scale armor and the breastplate. Therefore he said to the driver of his chariot, “Turn around and carry me out of the battle, for I am wounded.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:34

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:34 - And the battle continued that day, and the king of Israel was propped up in his chariot facing the Syrians until evening. Then at sunset he died.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:1 - After this the Moabites and Ammonites, and with them some of the Meunites,[fn] came against Jehoshaphat for battle.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 22:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 22:5 - He even followed their counsel and went with Jehoram the son of Ahab king of Israel to make war against Hazael king of Syria at Ramoth-gilead. And the Syrians wounded Joram,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:5 - Then Amaziah assembled the men of Judah and set them by fathers’ houses under commanders of thousands and of hundreds for all Judah and Benjamin. He mustered those twenty years old and upward, and found that they were 300,000 choice men, fit for war, able to handle spear and shield.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:13 - But the men of the army whom Amaziah sent back, not letting them go with him to battle, raided the cities of Judah, from Samaria to Beth-horon, and struck down 3,000 people in them and took much spoil.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:11 - Moreover, Uzziah had an army of soldiers, fit for war, in divisions according to the numbers in the muster made by Jeiel the secretary and Maaseiah the officer, under the direction of Hananiah, one of the king’s commanders.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:12 - The whole number of the heads of fathers’ houses of mighty men of valor was 2,600.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:13 - Under their command was an army of 307,500, who could make war with mighty power, to help the king against the enemy.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 27:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 27:7 - Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all his wars and his ways, behold, they are written in the Book of the Kings of Israel and Judah.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:12 - Certain chiefs also of the men of Ephraim, Azariah the son of Johanan, Berechiah the son of Meshillemoth, Jehizkiah the son of Shallum, and Amasa the son of Hadlai, stood up against those who were coming from the war

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:6 - And he set combat commanders over the people and gathered them together to him in the square at the gate of the city and spoke encouragingly to them, saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:8 - With him is an arm of flesh, but with us is the LORD our God, to help us and to fight our battles.” And the people took confidence from the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:21 - But he sent envoys to him, saying, “What have we to do with each other, king of Judah? I am not coming against you this day, but against the house with which I am at war. And God has commanded me to hurry. Cease opposing God, who is with me, lest he destroy you.”
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