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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 18 verses in 'Deu' in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:5 - do not [fn]provoke them, for I will not give you any of their land, not even as much as a [fn]footprint, because I have given Mount Seir to Esau as a possession.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:9 - “Then the LORD said to me, ‘Do not attack Moab, nor provoke them to war, for I will not give you any of [fn]their land as a possession, because I have given Ar to the sons of Lot as a possession.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:19 - ‘When you come opposite the sons of Ammon, do not attack them nor provoke them, for I will not give you any of the land of the sons of Ammon as a possession, because I have given it to the sons of Lot as a possession.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:24

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:24 - ‘Arise, set out, and pass through the [fn]Valley of Arnon. Look! I have handed over to you Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land; start taking possession and plunge into battle with him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:32

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:32 -

“Then Sihon came out [fn]with all his people to meet us in battle at Jahaz.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:1

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:1 -

“Then we turned and went up the road to Bashan, and Og, king of Bashan, came out [fn]with all his people to meet us in battle at Edrei.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:34

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:34 - “Or has a god ventured to go to take for himself a nation from within another nation by trials, by signs and wonders, by war, by a mighty hand, by an outstretched arm, and by great terrors, [fn]just as the LORD your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:1

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:1 -

“When you go out to battle against your enemies and see horses, chariots, and people more numerous than you, do not be afraid of them; for the LORD your God, who brought you up from the land of Egypt, is with you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:2 - “When you are approaching the battle, the priest shall come forward and speak to the people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:3 - “He shall say to them, ‘Hear, Israel, you are approaching the battle against your enemies today. Do not be fainthearted. Do not be afraid, or panic, or be terrified by them,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:5 - “The officers also shall speak to the people, saying, ‘Who is the man that has built a new house but has not dedicated it? Let him go and return to his house, otherwise he might die in the battle and another man would dedicate it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:6 - ‘And who is the man that has planted a vineyard but has not [fn]put it to use? Let him go and return to his house, otherwise he might die in the battle and another man [fn]would put it to use.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:7 - ‘And who is the man that is [fn]betrothed to a woman and has not [fn]married her? Let him go and return to his house, otherwise he might die in the battle and another man would [fn]marry her.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:12 - “However, if it does not make peace with you, but makes war against you, then you shall besiege it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:20

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:20 - “Only the trees that you know [fn]are not fruit trees you shall destroy and cut down, so that you may construct siegeworks against the city that is making war against you until it falls.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:10 -

“When you go out to battle against your enemies, and the LORD your God hands them over to you and you take them away captive,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:5 -

“When a man takes a new wife, he is not to go out with the army, nor be assigned any duty; he shall be free at home for one year and shall make his wife whom he has taken happy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:7 - “When you [fn]reached this place, Sihon the king of Heshbon and Og the king of Bashan came out to meet us for battle, but we [fn]defeated them;
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