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Lexicon :: Strong's G4170 - polemeō

Strong's

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πολεμέω

Transliteration

polemeō (Key)

Pronunciation

pol-em-eh'-o

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Part of Speech

verb

Root Word (Etymology)

From πόλεμος (G4171)

Greek Inflections of πολεμέω [?]

mGNT
7x in 6 unique form(s) TR
7x in 7 unique form(s) LXX
153x in 32 unique form(s)

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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 6:502,904

Strong's Info

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).

Outline of Biblical Usage [?]

to war, carry on war
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.

Thayer's Greek Lexicon [?] (Jump to Scripture Index)

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.

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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

James: 4:2
Revelation: 2:16; 12:7; 13:4; 17:14; 19:11

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Strong's Number G4170 matches the Greek πολεμέω (polemeō),
which occurs 8 times in 7 verses in 'Psa' in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 35:1

Psa 35:1 - Of David.
Contend, O LORD, with those who contend with me;
fight against those who fight against me!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 56:1

Psa 56:1 - To the choirmaster: according to The Dove on Far-off Terebinths. A Miktam[fn] of David, when the Philistines seized him in Gath.
Be gracious to me, O God, for man tramples on me;
all day long an attacker oppresses me;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 56:2

Psa 56:2 - my enemies trample on me all day long,
for many attack me proudly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 109:3

Psa 109:3 - They encircle me with words of hate,
and attack me without cause.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 120:7

Psa 120:7 - I am for peace,
but when I speak, they are for war!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 129:1

Psa 129:1 - A Song of Ascents.
“Greatly[fn] have they afflicted me from my youth”—
let Israel now say—

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 129:2

Psa 129:2 - “Greatly have they afflicted me from my youth,
yet they have not prevailed against me.

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