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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 TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 13:7 - وَلكِنْ، عِنْدَمَا تَسْمَعُونَ بِالْحُرُوبِ وَأَخْبَارِ الْحُرُوبِ لَا تَرْتَعِبُوا؛ فَإِنَّ ذلِكَ لابُدَّ أَنْ يَحْدُثَ، وَلكِنْ لَيْسَتِ النِّهَايَةُ بَعْدُ.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:31 - أَمْ أَيُّ مَلِكٍ ذَاهِبٍ لِمُحَارَبَةِ آخَرَ، لَا يَجْلِسُ أَوَّلاً وَيَسْتَشِيرُ لِيَرَى هَلْ يَقْدِرُ أَنْ يُوَاجِهَ بِعَشَرَةِ آلافٍ ذلِكَ الزَّاحِفَ عَلَيْهِ بِعِشْرِينَ أَلْفاً.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 21:9

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:9 - وَعِنْدَمَا تَسْمَعُونَ بِالْحُرُوبِ وَالاِضْطِرَابَاتِ، فَلا تَرْتَعِبُوا، لأَنَّ هذِهِ الأُمُورَ لابُدَّ مِنْ حُدُوثِهَا أَوَّلاً، وَلكِنَّ النِّهَايَةَ لَا تَأْتِي حَالاً بَعْدَهَا!»

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 14:8 - وَإِنْ كَانَ بُوقُ الْحَرْبِ أَيْضاً يُطْلِقُ صَوْتاً غَيْرَ وَاضِحٍ، فَمَنْ يَسْتَعِدُّ لِلْقِتَالِ؟

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 11:34

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:34 - وَأَبْطَلُوا قُوَّةَ النَّارِ، وَنَجَوْا مِنَ الْمَوْتِ قَتْلاً بِالسَّيْفِ. وَبِهِ أَيْضاً نَالُوا القُوَّةَ بَعْدَ ضَعْفٍ، فَصَارُوا أَشِدَّاءَ فِي الْمَعَارِكِ، وَرَدُّوا جُيُوشاً غَرِيبَةً عَلَى أَعْقَابِهَا.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 4:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 4:1 - مِنْ أَيْنَ النِّزَاعُ وَالْخِصَامُ بَيْنَكُمْ؟ أَلَيْسَ مِنْ لَذَّاتِكُمْ تِلْكَ الْمُتَصَارِعَةِ فِي أَعْضَائِكُمْ؟

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 9:7 - وَيَبْدُو هَذَا الْجَرَادُ كَأَنَّهُ خَيْلٌ مُجَهَّزَةٌ لِلْقِتَالِ، عَلَى رُؤُوسِهِ مَا يُشْبِهُ أَكَالِيلَ الذَّهَبِ، وَوُجُوهُهُ كَوُجُوهِ الْبَشَرِ،

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 9:9 - وَصُدُورُهُ كَدُرُوعٍ حَدِيدِيَّةٍ، وَحَفِيفُ أَجْنِحَتِهِ كَضَجِيجِ مَرْكَبَاتِ خَيْلٍ تَجْرِي إِلَى الْقِتَالِ،

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 11:7

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 11:7 - وَعِنْدَمَا يُكْمِلانِ شَهَادَتَهُمَا يُعْلِنُ الْوَحْشُ الصَّاعِدُ مِنَ الْهَاوِيَةِ الْحَرْبَ عَلَيْهِمَا، وَيَهْزِمُهُمَا وَيَقْتُلُهُمَا

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 12:7

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 12:7 - وَنَشِبَتْ حَرْبٌ فِي السَّمَاءِ، إِذْ هَاجَمَ مِيخَائِيلُ وَمَلائِكَتُهُ التِّنِّينَ وَمَلائِكَتَهُ،

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 12:17

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 12:17 - فَاغْتَاظَ التِّنِّينُ مِنَ الْمَرْأَةِ وَشَنَّ حَرْباً عَلَى بَاقِي أَوْلادِهَا الَّذِينَ يَعْمَلُونَ بِوَصَايَا اللهِ وَعِنْدَهُمُ الشَّهَادَةُ لِيَسُوعَ.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 13:7

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 13:7 - وَأُعْطِيَ الْوَحْشُ قُدْرَةً عَلَى أَنْ يُحَارِبَ الْقِدِّيسِينَ وَيَهْزِمَهُمْ وَسُلْطَةً عَلَى كُلِّ قَبِيلَةٍ وَشَعْبٍ وَلُغَةٍ وَأُمَّةٍ.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 16:14 - وَهِيَ أَرْوَاحٌ شَيْطَانِيَّةٌ قَادِرَةٌ عَلَى صُنْعِ الْمُعْجِزَاتِ، تَذْهَبُ إِلَى مُلُوكِ الأَرْضِ جَمِيعاً وَتَجْمَعُهُمْ لِلْحَرْبِ فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ الْعَظِيمِ، يَوْمِ اللهِ الْقَادِرُ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 19:19

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 19:19 - وَرَأَيْتُ الْوَحْشَ وَمُلُوكَ الأَرْضِ وَجُيُوشَهُمْ وَقَدِ احْتَشَدُوا لِيُحَارِبُوا هَذَا الْفَارِسَ وَجَيْشَهُ.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 20:8

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 20:8 - فَيَخْرُجُ لِيُضَلِّلَ الأُمَمَ فِي زَوَايَا الأَرْضِ الأَرْبَعِ، جُوجَ وَمَاجُوجَ، وَيَجْمَعُهُمْ لِلْقِتَالِ، وَعَدَدُهُمْ كَثِيرٌ جِدّاً كَرَمْلِ الْبَحْرِ!
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