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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

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“When Your people go out to battle against their enemies, by whatever way You send them, and they pray to You toward this city which You have chosen and the house which I have built for Your name,

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Now when Rehoboam had come 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 - He reigned in Jerusalem for three years; and his mother’s name was [fn]Micaiah 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 began the battle with an army of warriors, four hundred thousand chosen men, while Jeroboam drew up in battle formation against him with eight hundred thousand chosen men who were valiant warriors.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:14 - When Judah turned around, behold, [fn]they were attacked both from front and rear; so they cried out to the LORD, and the priests blew the trumpets.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:6 - He built fortified cities in Judah, since the land was undisturbed, and [fn]there was no one at war with him during those years, because the LORD had given him rest.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:10 - So Asa went out [fn]to meet him, and they drew up in battle formation 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 Asa’s reign.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 16:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 16:9 - “For the eyes of the LORD roam throughout the earth, so that He may strongly support those whose heart is completely His. You have acted foolishly in this. Indeed, 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, and with him 180,000 equipped 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 against Ramoth-gilead?” And he said to him, “I am as you are, and my people as your people, and we will be with you in the battle.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:5 - So the king of Israel assembled the [fn]prophets, four hundred men, and said to them, “Should we go to battle against Ramoth-gilead, or should I refrain?” And they said, “Go up, for God will hand it over to the king.”

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When he came to the king, the king said to him, “Micaiah, should we go to battle against Ramoth-gilead, or should I refrain?” He said, “Go up and succeed, for they will be handed over to you!”

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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 put on your robes.” So 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 - Now one man drew his bow at random and struck the king of Israel [fn]in a joint of the armor. So he said to the driver of his chariot, “Turn [fn]around and take me out of the battle, for I am severely wounded.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:34

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:34 - The battle raged on that day, and the king of Israel propped himself up in his chariot in front of the Arameans until the evening; and at sunset he died.

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Now it came about after this, that the sons of Moab and the sons of Ammon, together with some of the [fn]Meunites, came to make war against Jehoshaphat.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 22:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 22:5 - He also walked by their counsel, and went with Jehoram the son of Ahab king of Israel to wage war against Hazael king of Aram at Ramoth-gilead. But the Arameans [fn]wounded [fn]Joram.

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Moreover, Amaziah assembled Judah and appointed them according to their fathers’ households under commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds throughout Judah and Benjamin; and he [fn]took a census of those from twenty years old and upward and found them to be three hundred thousand choice men, able to go to war and handle spear and shield.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:13 - But the [fn]troops whom Amaziah sent back, those not going with him to battle, raided the cities of Judah from Samaria to Beth-horon, and struck and killed three thousand of them, and plundered a large amount of spoils.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:11 - Moreover, Uzziah had an army ready for battle, which [fn]entered combat by divisions according to the number of their muster, [fn]recorded by Jeiel the scribe and Maaseiah the official, under the direction of Hananiah, one of the king’s officers.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:12 - The total number of the heads of the [fn]households, of valiant warriors, was 2,600.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:13 - Under their direction was an army of 307,500, who could wage war with great 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, 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 - Then some of the leading men of the sons of Ephraim—Azariah the son of Johanan, Berechiah the son of Meshillemoth, Jehizkiah the son of Shallum, and Amasa the son of Hadlai—rose up against those who were coming from the battle,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:6 - He appointed military officers over the people and gathered them to him in the public square at the city gate, and spoke [fn]encouragingly to them, saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:8

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

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:21 - But [fn]Neco sent messengers to him, saying, “[fn]What business do you have with me, King of Judah? I am not coming against you today, but against the house with which I am at war, and God has told me to hurry. For your own sake, stop interfering with God who is with me, so that He does not destroy you.”
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