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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 18 times in 16 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 24:6

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:6 - “And you are going to hear of wars G4171 and rumors of wars G4171. See that you are not alarmed, for those things must take place, but that is not yet the end.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 13:7 - “And when you hear of wars G4171 and rumors of wars G4171, do not be alarmed; those things must take place; but that is not yet the end.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 14:31

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:31 - “Or what king, when he sets out to meet another king in battle G4171, will not first sit down and consider whether he is strong enough with ten thousand men to encounter the one coming against him with twenty thousand?

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:9 - “And when you hear of wars G4171 and disturbances, do not be terrified; for these things must take place first, but the end does not follow immediately.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 14:8 - For if the trumpet produces an indistinct sound, who will prepare himself for battle G4171?

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 11:34

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:34 - quenched the power of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, were made strong from weakness, became mighty in war G4171, put foreign armies to flight.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJas 4:1 -

[fn]What is the source of quarrels G4171 and conflicts among you? [fn]Is not the source your pleasures that wage war in your members?

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 9:7 -

And the [fn]appearance of the locusts was like horses prepared for battle G4171. And on their heads appeared to be crowns like gold, and their faces were like the faces of men.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 9:9 - And they had breastplates like breastplates of iron, and the sound of their wings was like the sound of chariots, of many horses running to battle G4171.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 11:7 -

And when they have finished their witness, the beast that comes up out of the abyss will make war G4171 with them and overcome them and kill them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 12:7 -

And there was war G4171 in heaven, Michael and his angels waging war G4171 with the dragon. The dragon and his angels waged war G4171,

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 12:17 - So the dragon was enraged with the woman and went off to make war G4171 with the rest of her seed, who keep the commandments of God and have the witness of Jesus.

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And it was also given to him to make war G4171 with the saints and to overcome them, and authority over every tribe and people and tongue and nation was given to him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 16:14 - for they are spirits of demons, doing signs, which go out to the kings of the whole [fn]world, to gather them together for the war G4171 of the great day of God, the Almighty.

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Then I saw the beast and the kings of the earth and their armies assembled to make war G4171 with Him who sits on the horse and with His army.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 20:8 - and will come out to deceive the nations which are in the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together for the war G4171; the number of them is like the sand of the [fn]seashore.
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