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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 31 times in 29 verses in 'Jdg' in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:1 - After the death of Joshua, the people of Israel inquired of the LORD, “Who shall go up first for us against the Canaanites, to fight against them?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:3 - And Judah said to Simeon his brother, “Come up with me into the territory allotted to me, that we may fight against the Canaanites. And I likewise will go with you into the territory allotted to you.” So Simeon went with him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:5 - They found Adoni-bezek at Bezek and fought against him and defeated the Canaanites and the Perizzites.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:8 - And the men of Judah fought against Jerusalem and captured it and struck it with the edge of the sword and set the city on fire.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:9 - And afterward the men of Judah went down to fight against the Canaanites who lived in the hill country, in the Negeb, and in the lowland.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:14 - From Ephraim their root they marched down into the valley,[fn]
following you, Benjamin, with your kinsmen;
from Machir marched down the commanders,
and from Zebulun those who bear the lieutenant’s[fn] staff;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:19 - “The kings came, they fought;
then fought the kings of Canaan,
at Taanach, by the waters of Megiddo;
they got no spoils of silver.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:20 - From heaven the stars fought,
from their courses they fought against Sisera.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:1 - Then the men of Ephraim said to him, “What is this that you have done to us, not to call us when you went to fight against Midian?” And they accused him fiercely.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:17 - for my father fought for you and risked his life and delivered you from the hand of Midian,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:38

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:38 - Then Zebul said to him, “Where is your mouth now, you who said, ‘Who is Abimelech, that we should serve him?’ Are not these the people whom you despised? Go out now and fight with them.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:39

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:39 - And Gaal went out at the head of the leaders of Shechem and fought with Abimelech.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:45

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:45 - And Abimelech fought against the city all that day. He captured the city and killed the people who were in it, and he razed the city and sowed it with salt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:18 - And the people, the leaders of Gilead, said one to another, “Who is the man who will begin to fight against the Ammonites? He shall be head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:4 - After a time the Ammonites made war against Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:5 - And when the Ammonites made war against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to bring Jephthah from the land of Tob.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:6 - And they said to Jephthah, “Come and be our leader, that we may fight against the Ammonites.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:8 - And the elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, “That is why we have turned to you now, that you may go with us and fight against the Ammonites and be our head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:9 - Jephthah said to the elders of Gilead, “If you bring me home again to fight against the Ammonites, and the LORD gives them over to me, I will be your head.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:12 - Then Jephthah sent messengers to the king of the Ammonites and said, “What do you have against me, that you have come to me to fight against my land?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:20 - but Sihon did not trust Israel to pass through his territory, so Sihon gathered all his people together and encamped at Jahaz and fought with Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:25 - Now are you any better than Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab? Did he ever contend against Israel, or did he ever go to war with them?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:27 - I therefore have not sinned against you, and you do me wrong by making war on me. The LORD, the Judge, decide this day between the people of Israel and the people of Ammon.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:32

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:32 - So Jephthah crossed over to the Ammonites to fight against them, and the LORD gave them into his hand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 12:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 12:1 - The men of Ephraim were called to arms, and they crossed to Zaphon and said to Jephthah, “Why did you cross over to fight against the Ammonites and did not call us to go with you? We will burn your house over you with fire.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 12:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 12:3 - And when I saw that you would not save me, I took my life in my hand and crossed over against the Ammonites, and the LORD gave them into my hand. Why then have you come up to me this day to fight against me?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 12:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 12:4 - Then Jephthah gathered all the men of Gilead and fought with Ephraim. And the men of Gilead struck Ephraim, because they said, “You are fugitives of Ephraim, you Gileadites, in the midst of Ephraim and Manasseh.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:14 - Then the people of Benjamin came together out of the cities to Gibeah to go out to battle against the people of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:18 - The people of Israel arose and went up to Bethel and inquired of God, “Who shall go up first for us to fight against the people of Benjamin?” And the LORD said, “Judah shall go up first.”
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