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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 16 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 24:6

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:6 - You will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end is still to come.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 13:7 - When you hear of wars and rumors of wars, do not be alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end is still to come.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:31 - “Or suppose a king is about to go to war against another king. Won’t he first sit down and consider whether he is able with ten thousand men to oppose the one coming against him with twenty thousand?

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:9 - When you hear of wars and uprisings, do not be frightened. These things must happen first, but the end will not come right away.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 14:8 - Again, if the trumpet does not sound a clear call, who will get ready for battle?

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 11:34

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:34 - quenched the fury of the flames, and escaped the edge of the sword; whose weakness was turned to strength; and who became powerful in battle and routed foreign armies.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJas 4:1 - What causes fights and quarrels among you? Don’t they come from your desires that battle within you?

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 9:7 - The locusts looked like horses prepared for battle. On their heads they wore something like crowns of gold, and their faces resembled human faces.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 9:9 - They had breastplates like breastplates of iron, and the sound of their wings was like the thundering of many horses and chariots rushing into battle.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 11:7 - Now when they have finished their testimony, the beast that comes up from the Abyss will attack them, and overpower and kill them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 12:7 - Then war broke out in heaven. Michael and his angels fought against the dragon, and the dragon and his angels fought back.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 12:17 - Then the dragon was enraged at the woman and went off to wage war against the rest of her offspring—those who keep God’s commands and hold fast their testimony about Jesus.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 13:7 - It was given power to wage war against God’s holy people and to conquer them. And it was given authority over every tribe, people, language and nation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 16:14 - They are demonic spirits that perform signs, and they go out to the kings of the whole world, to gather them for the battle on the great day of God Almighty.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 19:19 - Then I saw the beast and the kings of the earth and their armies gathered together to wage war against the rider on the horse and his army.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 20:8 - and will go out to deceive the nations in the four corners of the earth—Gog and Magog—and to gather them for battle. In number they are like the sand on the seashore.
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