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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)

Greek Inflections of πόλεμος [?]

mGNT
18x in 6 unique form(s) TR
18x in 6 unique form(s) LXX
264x in 7 unique form(s)

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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 6:502,904

Trench's Synonyms: lxxxvi. πόλεμος, μάχη.

Strong's Info

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).

Outline of Biblical Usage [?]

a war
a fight, a battle
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.

Thayer's Greek Lexicon [?] (Jump to Scripture Index)

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.).

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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

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Strong's Number G4171 matches the Greek πόλεμος (polemos),
which occurs 13 times in 13 verses in 'Jer' in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 4:19

Jer 4:19 - My anguish, my anguish! I writhe in pain!
Oh the walls of my heart!
My heart is beating wildly;
I cannot keep silent,
for I hear the sound of the trumpet,
the alarm of war.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 6:4

Jer 6:4 - “Prepare war against her;
arise, and let us attack at noon!
Woe to us, for the day declines,
for the shadows of evening lengthen!

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 6:23

Jer 6:23 - They lay hold on bow and javelin;
they are cruel and have no mercy;
the sound of them is like the roaring sea;
they ride on horses,
set in array as a man for battle,
against you, O daughter of Zion!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 18:21

Jer 18:21 - Therefore deliver up their children to famine;
give them over to the power of the sword;
let their wives become childless and widowed.
May their men meet death by pestilence,
their youths be struck down by the sword in battle.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 28:8

Jer 28:8 - The prophets who preceded you and me from ancient times prophesied war, famine, and pestilence against many countries and great kingdoms.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 41:16

Jer 41:16 - Then Johanan the son of Kareah and all the leaders of the forces with him took from Mizpah all the rest of the people whom he had recovered from Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, after he had struck down Gedaliah the son of Ahikam—soldiers, women, children, and eunuchs, whom Johanan brought back from Gibeon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 42:14

Jer 42:14 - and saying, ‘No, we will go to the land of Egypt, where we shall not see war or hear the sound of the trumpet or be hungry for bread, and we will dwell there,’

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 46:3

Jer 46:3 - “Prepare buckler and shield,
and advance for battle!

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 49:2

Jer 49:2 - Therefore, behold, the days are coming,
declares the LORD,
when I will cause the battle cry to be heard
against Rabbah of the Ammonites;
it shall become a desolate mound,
and its villages shall be burned with fire;
then Israel shall dispossess those who dispossessed him,
says the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 49:14

Jer 49:14 - I have heard a message from the LORD,
and an envoy has been sent among the nations:
“Gather yourselves together and come against her,
and rise up for battle!

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 50:22

Jer 50:22 - The noise of battle is in the land,
and great destruction!

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 50:42

Jer 50:42 - They lay hold of bow and spear;
they are cruel and have no mercy.
The sound of them is like the roaring of the sea;
they ride on horses,
arrayed as a man for battle
against you, O daughter of Babylon!

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:20

Jer 51:20 - “You are my hammer and weapon of war:
with you I break nations in pieces;
with you I destroy kingdoms;

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