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Lexicon :: Strong's G4170 - polemeō

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πολεμέω
Transliteration
polemeō (Key)
Pronunciation
pol-em-eh'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 6:502,904

Strong’s Definitions

πολεμέω poleméō, pol-em-eh'-o; from G4171; to be (engaged) in warfare, i.e. to battle (literally or figuratively):—fight, (make) war.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x

The KJV translates Strong's G4170 in the following manner: make war (3x), fight (3x), war (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x
The KJV translates Strong's G4170 in the following manner: make war (3x), fight (3x), war (1x).

  1. to war, carry on war

  2. to fight

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
πολεμέω poleméō, pol-em-eh'-o; from G4171; to be (engaged) in warfare, i.e. to battle (literally or figuratively):—fight, (make) war.
STRONGS G4170:
πολεμέω, πολέμῳ; future πολεμήσω; 1 aorist ἐπολέμησα; (πόλεμος); (from Sophocles and Herodotus down); the Sept. chiefly for נִלְחַם; to war, carry on war; to fight: Revelation 19:11; μετά τίνος (on which construction see μετά, I. 2 d., p. 403{b}), Revelation 2:16; Revelation 12:7 (where Rec. κατά; (cf. on this verse Buttmann, § 140, 14 and under the word μετά as above)); Revelation 13:4; Revelation 17:14; equivalent to to wrangle, quarrel, James 4:2.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

James
4:2
Revelation
2:16; 12:7; 13:4; 17:14; 19:11

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4170 matches the Greek πολεμέω (polemeō),
which occurs 153 times in 149 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 1 / 3 (Exo 14:14–1Sa 17:32)

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:14

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:14 - The Lord shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:25

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:25 - and bound the axle-trees of their chariots, and caused them to go with difficulty; and the Egyptians said, Let us flee from the face of Israel, for the Lord fights for them against the Egyptians.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:8 - And Amalec came and fought with Israel in Raphidin.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:16 - For with a secret hand the Lord wages war upon Amalec to all generations.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:1 - And Arad the Chananitish king who dwelt by the wilderness, heard that Israel came by the way of Atharin; and he made war on Israel, and carried off [fn]some of them captives.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:26

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:26 - For Esebon is the city of Seon king of the Amorites; and he before fought against the king of Moab, and they took all his land, from Aroer to Arnon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:41 - And ye answered and said, We have sinned before the Lord our God; we will go up and fight according to all that the Lord our God has commanded us: and having taken every one his weapons of war, and being gathered together, ye [fn]went up to the mountain.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:42

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:42 - And the Lord said to me, Tell them, Ye shall not go up, neither shall ye fight, for I am not with you; thus shall ye not be destroyed before your enemies.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:22

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:22 - Ye shall not be afraid of them, because the Lord our God himself shall fight for you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:5 - And all the kings assembled in person, and came to the same place, and encamped at the waters of Maron to war with Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:23 - And Joshua took all the land, as the Lord commanded Moses; and Joshua gave them for an inheritance to Israel by division according to their tribes; and the land ceased from war.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:47 - (LXX 19:48) And the sons of Dan went and fought against Lachis, and took it, and smote it with the [fn]edge of the sword; and they dwelt in it, and called the name of it Lasendan:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:11 - And ye crossed over Jordan, and came to Jericho; and the inhabitants of Jericho fought against us, the Amorite, and the Chananite, and the Pherezite, and the Evite, and the Jebusite, and the Chettite, and the Gergesite, and the Lord delivered them into our hands.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:1 - And it came to pass after the death of Joshua, that the children of Israel enquired of the Lord, saying, Who shall go up for us first against the Chananites, to fight against them?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:3 - And Judas said to his brother Symeon, Come up with me into my lot, and let us array ourselves against the Chananites, and I also will go with thee into thy lot: and Symeon went with him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:5 - And they overtook Adonibezek in Bezek, and fought against him; and they smote the Chananite and the Pherezite.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:8 - And the children of Judas fought against Jerusalem, and took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and they burnt the city with fire.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:9 - And afterwards the children of Judas went down to fight with the Chananite dwelling in the hill country, and the south, and the plain country.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:14 - Ephraim rooted them out in Amalec, behind thee was Benjamin among thy people: the inhabitants of Machir came down with me searching out the enemy, and from Zabulon came they that [fn]draw with the scribe's pen of record.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:19 - Kings set themselves in array, then the kings of Chanaan fought in Thanaach at the water of Mageddo; they took no gift of money.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:20 - The stars from heaven set themselves in array, they set themselves to fight with Sisara out of their paths.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:1 - And the men of Ephraim said to Gedeon, What is this that thou hast done to us, in that thou didst not call us when thou wentest to fight with Madiam? and they chode with him sharply.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:17 - as my father fought for you, and put his life in jeopardy, and delivered you out of the hand of Madiam;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:38

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:38 - And Zebul said to him, And where is thy mouth as thou spokest, Who is Abimelech that we should serve him? Is not this the people whom thou despisedst? go forth now, and set the battle in array against him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:39

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:39 - And Gaal went forth before the men of Sychem, and set the battle in array against Abimelech.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:45

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:45 - And Abimelech fought against the city all that day, and took the city, and slew the people that were in it, and destroyed the city, and sowed it with salt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:18 - And the people the princes of Galaad said every man to his neighbour, Who is he that shall begin to fight against the children of Ammon? he shall even be head over all that dwell in Galaad.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:4 - And it came to pass when the children of Ammon prepared to fight with Israel,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:5 - that the elders of Galaad went to fetch Jephthae from the land of Tob.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:6 - And they said to Jephthae, Come, and be our head, and we will fight with the sons of Ammon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:8 - And the elders of Galaad said to Jephthae, Therefore have we now turned to thee, [fn]that thou shouldest go with us, and fight against the sons of Ammon, and be our head over all the inhabitants of Galaad.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:9 - And Jephthae said to the elders of Galaad, If ye turn me back to fight with the children of Ammon, and the Lord should deliver them before me, then will I be your head.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:12 - And Jephthae sent messengers to the king of the children of Ammon, saying, What have I to do with thee, that thou hast come against me to fight in my land?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:20 - And Seon did not trust Israel to pass by his coast; and Seon gathered all his people, and they encamped at Jasa; and he set the battle in array against Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:25 - And now art thou any better than Balac son of Sepphor, king of Moab? Did he indeed fight with Israel, or indeed make war with him,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:27 - And now [fn]I have not sinned against thee, but thou wrongest me in preparing war against me: may the Lord the Judge judge this day between the children of Israel and the children of Ammon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:32

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:32 - And Jephthae advanced to meet the sons of Ammon to fight against them; and the Lord delivered them into his hand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 12:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 12:1 - And the men of Ephraim [fn]assembled themselves, and passed on to the north, and said to Jephthae, Wherefore didst thou go over to fight with the children of Ammon, and didst not call us to go with thee? we will burn thy house over thee with fire.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 12:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 12:3 - And I saw that thou [fn]wert no [fn]helper, and I put my life in my hand, and passed on to the sons of Ammon; and the Lord delivered them into my hand: and wherefore are ye come up against me this day to fight with me?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 12:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 12:4 - And Jephthae gathered all the men of Galaad, and fought with Ephraim; and the men of Galaad smote Ephraim, because they that were escaped of Ephraim said, Ye are of Galaad in the midst of Ephraim and in the midst of Manasse.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:14 - And the children of Benjamin were gathered from their cities to Gabaa, to go forth to fight with the children of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:18 - And they arose and went up to Bæthel, and enquired of God: and the children of Israel said, Who shall go up for us first to fight with the children of Benjamin? And the Lord said, Juda shall go up first as leader.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:9 - Strengthen yourselves and behave yourselves like men, O ye Philistines, that ye may not serve the Hebrews as they have served us, but be ye men and fight with them.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:10 - And they fought with them; and [fn]the men of Israel fall, and they fled every man to his tent; and there was a very great slaughter; and there fell of Israel thirty thousand [fn]fighting men.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:20 - And we also will be like all the nations; and our king shall judge us, and shall go out before us, and fight our [fn]battles.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:9 - And they forgot the Lord their God, and he sold them into the hands of Sisara captain of the host of Jabis king of Asor, and into the hands of the Philistines, and into the hands of the king of Moab; and he fought with them.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:47

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:47 - And Saul received the kingdom, by lot he inherits the office of ruling over Israel: and he fought against all his enemies round about, against Moab, and against the children of Ammon, and against the children of Edom, and against Bæthæor, and against the king of Suba, and against the Philistines: whithersoever he turned, he was victorious.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:18 - And the Lord sent thee on a journey, and said to thee, Go, and utterly destroy: thou shalt slay the sinners against me, even the Amalekites; and thou shalt war against them until thou have consumed them.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:9 - And if he shall be able to fight against me, and shall smite me, then will we be your servants: but if I should prevail and smite him, ye shall be our servants, and serve us.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:32 - And David said to Saul, Let not, I pray thee, the heart of my lord be dejected [fn]within him: thy servant will go, and fight with this Philistine.

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