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Lexicon :: Strong's G4171 - polemos

Aa
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 BoxMat 24:6 - “And you will G3195 be hearing G191 of wars G4171 and rumors G189 of wars G4171. See G3708 that you are not alarmed G2360, for those things must G1163 take G1096 place G1096, but that is not yet G3768 the end G5056.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 13:7 - “When G3752 you hear G191 of wars G4171 and rumors G189 of wars G4171, do not be alarmed G2360; those things must G1163 take G1096 place G1096; but that is not yet G3768 the end G5056.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:31 - “Or G2228 what G5101 king G935, when he sets G4198 out G4198 to meet G4820 another G2087 king G935 in battle G4171, will not first G4413 sit G2523 down G2523 and consider G1011 whether G1487 he is strong G1415 enough with ten G1176 thousand G5505 men to face G5221 the one coming G2064 against G1909 him with twenty G1501 thousand G5505?

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:9 - “And when G3752 you hear G191 of wars G4171 and revolts G181, do not be alarmed G4422; for these G3778 things G3778 must G1163 take G1096 place G1096 first G4413, but the end G5056 will not follow immediately G2112.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 14:8 - For if G1437 the trumpet G4536 produces G1325 an indistinct G82 sound G5456, who G5101 will prepare G3903 himself for battle G4171?

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:34 - quenched G4570 the power G1411 of fire G4442, escaped G5343 the edge G4750 of the sword G3162, from weakness G769 were made G1412 strong G1412, became G1096 mighty G2478 in war G4171, put G2827 foreign G245 armies G3925 to G2827 flight G2827.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJas 4:1 -

[fn]What G4159 is the source G4159 of quarrels G4171 and conflicts G3163 among G1722 you? [fn]Is the source G1782 not your pleasures G2237 that wage G4754 war G4754 in [fn]your body’s parts G3196?

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The [fn]appearance G3667 of the locusts G200 was like G3664 horses G2462 prepared G2090 for battle G4171; and on their heads G2776 appeared G5613 to be crowns G4735 like G3664 gold G5557, and their faces G4383 were like G5613 human G444 faces G4383.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 9:9 - They had G2192 breastplates G2382 like G5613 breastplates G2382 of iron G4603; and the sound G5456 of their wings G4420 was like G5613 the sound G5456 of chariots G716, of many G4183 horses G2462 rushing G5143 to battle G4171.

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When G3752 they have finished G5055 their testimony G3141, the beast G2342 that comes G305 up G305 out of the abyss G12 will make G4160 war G4171 with them, and overcome G3528 them and kill G615 them.

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And there was war G4171 in heaven G3772, Michael G3413 and his angels G32 waging G4170 war G4171 with the dragon G1404. The dragon G1404 and his angels G32 waged G4170 war G4171,

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 12:17 - So G2532 the dragon G1404 was G3710 enraged G3710 with the woman G1135, and went G565 off G565 to make G4160 war G4171 with the rest G3062 of her [fn]children G4690, who keep G5083 the commandments G1785 of God G2316 and hold G2192 to the testimony G3141 of Jesus G2424.

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It was also G2532 given G1325 to him to make G4160 war G4171 with the [fn]saints G40 and to overcome G3528 them, and authority G1849 was given G1325 to him over G1909 every G3956 tribe G5443, people G2992, language G1100, and nation G1484.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 16:14 - for they are spirits G4151 of demons G1140, performing G4160 signs G4592, which G3739 go G1607 out G1607 to the kings G935 of the entire G3650 [fn]world G3625, to gather G4863 them together G4863 for the war G4171 of the great G3173 day G2250 of God G2316, the Almighty G3841.

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And I saw G3708 the beast G2342 and the kings G935 of the earth G1093 and their armies G4753, assembled G4863 to make G4160 war G4171 against G3326 Him who sat G2521 on the horse G2462, and against G3326 His army G4753.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 20:8 - and will come G1831 out G1831 to deceive G4105 the nations G1484 which are at the four G5064 corners G1137 of the earth G1093, Gog G1136 and Magog G3098, to gather G4863 them together G4863 for the war G4171; the number G706 of them is like G5613 the sand G285 of the [fn]seashore G2281.
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