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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 154 times in 150 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 1 / 3 (Exo 14:14–1Sa 17:32)

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 14:14

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:14 - “The LORD will fight for you, and you shall hold your peace.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 14:25

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:25 - And He took off[fn] their chariot wheels, so that they drove them 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 Box Exo 17:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:8 - Now Amalek came and fought with Israel in Rephidim.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 17:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:16 - for he said, “Because the LORD has sworn: the LORD will have war with Amalek from generation to generation.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 21:1

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:1 - The king of Arad, the Canaanite, who dwelt in the South, heard that Israel was coming on the road to Atharim. Then he fought against Israel and took some of them prisoners.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 21:26

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:26 - For Heshbon was the city of Sihon king of the Amorites, who had fought against the former king of Moab, and had taken all his land from his hand as far as the Arnon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 1:41

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:41 - “Then you answered and said to me, ‘We have sinned against the LORD; we will go up and fight, just as the LORD our God commanded us.’ And when everyone of you had girded on his weapons of war, you were ready to go up into the mountain.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 1:42

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:42 - “And the LORD said to me, ‘Tell them, “Do not go up nor fight, for I am not among you; lest you be defeated before your enemies.” ’

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 3:22

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:22 - ‘You must not fear them, for the LORD your God Himself fights for you.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 11:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:5 - And when all these kings had met together, they came and camped together at the waters of Merom to fight against Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 11:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:23 - So Joshua took the whole land, according to all that the LORD had said to Moses; and Joshua gave it as an inheritance to Israel according to their divisions by their tribes. Then the land rested from war.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 19:47

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:47 - And the border of the children of Dan went beyond these, because the children of Dan went up to fight against Leshem and took it; and they struck it with the edge of the sword, took possession of it, and dwelt in it. They called Leshem, Dan, after the name of Dan their father.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:11 - ‘Then you went over the Jordan and came to Jericho. And the men of Jericho fought against you—also the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Girgashites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites. But I delivered them into your hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 1:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:1 - Now after the death of Joshua it came to pass that the children of Israel asked the LORD, saying, “Who shall be first to go up for us against the Canaanites to fight against them?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 1:3

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:5 - And they found Adoni-Bezek in Bezek, and fought against him; and they defeated the Canaanites and the Perizzites.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 1:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:8 - Now the children of Judah fought against Jerusalem and took it; they struck it with the edge of the sword and set the city on fire.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 1:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:9 - And afterward the children of Judah went down to fight against the Canaanites who dwelt in the mountains, in the South,[fn] and in the lowland.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 5:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:14 - From Ephraim were those whose roots were in Amalek.
After you, Benjamin, with your peoples,
From Machir rulers came down,
And from Zebulun those who bear the recruiter’s staff.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 5:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:19 - “The kings came and fought,
Then the kings of Canaan fought
In Taanach, by the waters of Megiddo;
They took no spoils of silver.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 5:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:20 - They fought from the heavens;
The stars from their courses fought against Sisera.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 8:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:1 - Now the men of Ephraim said to him, “Why have you done this to us by not calling us when you went to fight with the Midianites?” And they reprimanded him sharply.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:17

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:38

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:39

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:39 - So Gaal went out, leading the men of Shechem, and fought with Abimelech.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:45

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:45 - So Abimelech fought against the city all that day; he took the city and killed the people who were in it; and he demolished the city and sowed it with salt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 10:18

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 11:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:4 - It came to pass after a time that the people of Ammon made war against Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 11:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:5 - And so it was, when the people of Ammon made war against Israel, that the elders of Gilead went to get Jephthah from the land of Tob.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 11:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:6 - Then they said to Jephthah, “Come and be our commander, that we may fight against the people of Ammon.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 11:8

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 11:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:9 - So Jephthah said to the elders of Gilead, “If you take me back home to fight against the people of Ammon, and the LORD delivers them to me, shall I be your head?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 11:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:12 - Now Jephthah sent messengers to the king of the people of Ammon, saying, “What do you have against me, that you have come to fight against me in my land?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 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, encamped in Jahaz, and fought against Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 11:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:25 - ‘And now, are you any better than Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab? Did he ever strive against Israel? Did he ever fight against them?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 11:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:27 - ‘Therefore I have not sinned against you, but you wronged me by fighting against me. May the LORD, the Judge, render judgment this day between the children of Israel and the people of Ammon.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 11:32

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:32 - So Jephthah advanced toward the people of Ammon to fight against them, and the LORD delivered them into his hands.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 12:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 12:1 - Then the men of Ephraim gathered together, crossed over toward Zaphon, and said to Jephthah, “Why did you cross over to fight against the people of Ammon, and did not call us to go with you? We will burn your house down on you with fire!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 12:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 12:3 - “So when I saw that you would not deliver me, I took my life in my hands and crossed over against the people of Ammon; and the LORD delivered them into my hand. Why then have you come up to me this day to fight against me?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 12:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 12:4 - Now Jephthah gathered together all the men of Gilead and fought against Ephraim. And the men of Gilead defeated Ephraim, because they said, “You Gileadites are fugitives of Ephraim among the Ephraimites and among the Manassites.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 20:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:14 - Instead, the children of Benjamin gathered together from their cities to Gibeah, to go to battle against the children of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 20:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:18 - Then the children of Israel arose and went up to the house of God[fn] to inquire of God. They said, “Which of us shall go up first to battle against the children of Benjamin?” The LORD said, “Judah first!”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 4:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:9 - “Be strong and conduct yourselves like men, you Philistines, that you do not become servants of the Hebrews, as they have been to you. Conduct yourselves like men, and fight!”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 4:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:10 - So the Philistines fought, and Israel was defeated, and every man fled to his tent. There was a very great slaughter, and there fell of Israel thirty thousand foot soldiers.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 8:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:20 - “that we also may be like all the nations, and that our king may judge us and go out before us and fight our battles.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 12:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:9 - “And when they forgot the LORD their God, He sold them into the hand of Sisera, commander of the army of Hazor, into the hand of the Philistines, and into the hand of the king of Moab; and they fought against them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:47

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:47 - So Saul established his sovereignty over Israel, and fought against all his enemies on every side, against Moab, against the people of Ammon, against Edom, against the kings of Zobah, and against the Philistines. Wherever he turned, he harassed them.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 15:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:18 - “Now the LORD sent you on a mission, and said, ‘Go, and utterly destroy the sinners, the Amalekites, and fight against them until they are consumed.’

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:9 - “If he is able to fight with me and kill me, then we will be your servants. But if I prevail against him and kill him, then you shall be our servants and serve us.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:32 - Then David said to Saul, “Let no man’s heart fail because of him; your servant will go and fight with this Philistine.”

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