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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 11 times in 11 verses in '2Ki' in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:21 - When all the Moabites heard that the kings had come up to fight against them, all who were able to put on armor, from the youngest to the oldest, were called out and were drawn up at the border.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:8 - Once when the king of Syria was warring against Israel, he took counsel with his servants, saying, “At such and such a place shall be my camp.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:29

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:29 - And King Joram returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds that the Syrians had given him at Ramah, when he fought against Hazael king of Syria. And Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see Joram the son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he was sick.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:15 - but King Joram had returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds that the Syrians had given him, when he fought with Hazael king of Syria.) So Jehu said, “If this is your decision, then let no one slip out of the city to go and tell the news in Jezreel.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:3 - select the best and fittest of your master’s sons and set him on his father’s throne and fight for your master’s house.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 12:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 12:17 - At that time Hazael king of Syria went up and fought against Gath and took it. But when Hazael set his face to go up against Jerusalem,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:15 - Now the rest of the acts of Jehoash that he did, and his might, and how he fought with Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:28

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:28 - Now the rest of the acts of Jeroboam and all that he did, and his might, how he fought, and how he restored Damascus and Hamath to Judah in Israel, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 16:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 16:5 - Then Rezin king of Syria and Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, came up to wage war on Jerusalem, and they besieged Ahaz but could not conquer him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:8 - The Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria fighting against Libnah, for he heard that the king had left Lachish.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:9 - Now the king heard concerning Tirhakah king of Cush, “Behold, he has set out to fight against you.” So he sent messengers again to Hezekiah, saying,
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