Strong G4170πολεμέω
to fight
- Transliteration
- polemeō
- Pronunciation
- pol-em-eh'-o
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
From G4171; to be (engaged) in warfare that is to battle (literally or figuratively): - fight (make) war.
Detailed definition
πολεμέω, -ῶ
(πόλεμος), [in LXX chiefly for לָחַם ni.;]
to make war, fight: Rev.12:7 b Rev.19:11; before μετά (2Ki.21:15 and see M, Pr., 106, 247), Rev.2:16 12:7 a Rev.13:4 17:14; hyperb., of private quarrels, Jas.4:2.†
(AS)
(πόλεμος), [in LXX chiefly for לָחַם ni.;]
to make war, fight: Rev.12:7 b Rev.19:11; before μετά (2Ki.21:15 and see M, Pr., 106, 247), Rev.2:16 12:7 a Rev.13:4 17:14; hyperb., of private quarrels, Jas.4:2.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4170 appears in 6 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- fight2
- make2
- war2
First verses
- James 4:2Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not.
- Revelation 2:16Repent; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth.
- Revelation 12:7And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels,
- Revelation 13:4And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him?
- Revelation 17:14These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful.
- Revelation 19:11And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
πολεμέω,
Ionic dialect Iterat. πολεμέεσκε [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Acusilaus Historicus 22J.)]: future -ήσω[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 2.6.5)]: perfect πεπολέμηκα [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1396a11, 4th c.BC: Ephippus Comicus 9:)] —middle, aorist ἐπολεμησάμην (κατ-) [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 11.31.6)]:—passive, πολεμηθήσομαι [Refs ([prev. author] 2.41.14, etc.)]; πολεμήσομαι in passive sense, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.68, 8.43, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 23.110)]: aorist ἐπολεμήθην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.26:)]perfect πεπολέμημαι (κατα-) [Refs ([prev. author] 6.16)]: (πόλεμος):— to be at war or make war, [Refs ([prev. author] 1.140, etc.; ἀφ᾽ ἡσυχίας πολεμῆσαι [prev. work] 124)]; opposed to εἰρήνην ἄγειν, [Refs ([prev. author] 5.76)]; τινι with one, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.37, “IG” 22.236.19, etc.; πολεμοῦσαι πρὸς ἀλλήλας πόλεις 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Vectigalibus” 5.8, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 686b, “SIG” 182.12 (Argos, 4th c.BC), etc.)]; μετά τινος or σύν τινι in conjunction with.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 7.1.27, “An.” 2.6.5; περὶ τῆς ἀρχῆς π. 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.98.)]
2 fight, do battle, ἀπὸ τῶν ἵππων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 350a)]; ἀπὸ [καμήλων] [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.1.49)]; but ἀφ᾽ ὅτου πολεμήσωμεν what our means of war are, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 3.16.)]
3 generally, quarrel, wrangle with one, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.3.11; π. χρείᾳ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 191 (_anapaest meter_), compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 1386; τισὶν ὑπέρ τινος 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.31: _metaphorically_ of disease, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 1.103.)]
II later with accusative, make war upon, τὴν πόλιν [LXX+4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Dinarchus Orator 1.36 codices; τὰς Ἀθήνας 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 4.61, compare 13.84, 14.37, LXX.1Mac.5.30, etc.; τὰς Συρακούσας 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.15.10, etc.: _metaphorically_, τὰς σταφυλάς 4th c.AD: Alciphro Epistolographus 3.22)]:—passive, also in early writers, have war made upon one, to be treated as enemies, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.37, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 7.4.20; ὑπό τινων 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 5.49; καὶ αὐτοὶ.. ἐκ πολλοῦ πολεμούμενοι 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.43; αὐτὸς μὲν πολεμεῖν ὑμῖν, ὑφ᾽ ὑμῶν δὲ μὴ πολεμεῖσθαι [prev. author] 9.9; -ηθείσης τῆς χώρας “OGI” 748.8 (Cyzicus, 3rd c.BC).)]
II.2 with accusative cognate, πόλεμον π. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 551d)], Arist.[same place], etc.:—passive, [πολέμους] τοὺς ἐπὶ Θησέως πολεμηθέντας [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.5.10; κατὰ θάλατταν ὁ π. ἐπολεμεῖτο [prev. author] “HG” 5.1.1, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 600a)]; ὅσα ἐπολεμήθη whatever hostilities took place, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 4.1.1; τὰ περὶ Πύλον κατὰ κράτος ἐπολεμεῖτο 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.23, compare 3.6.)] —The form used by Poets is πολεμίζω.
Ionic dialect Iterat. πολεμέεσκε [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Acusilaus Historicus 22J.)]: future -ήσω[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 2.6.5)]: perfect πεπολέμηκα [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1396a11, 4th c.BC: Ephippus Comicus 9:)] —middle, aorist ἐπολεμησάμην (κατ-) [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 11.31.6)]:—passive, πολεμηθήσομαι [Refs ([prev. author] 2.41.14, etc.)]; πολεμήσομαι in passive sense, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.68, 8.43, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 23.110)]: aorist ἐπολεμήθην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.26:)]perfect πεπολέμημαι (κατα-) [Refs ([prev. author] 6.16)]: (πόλεμος):— to be at war or make war, [Refs ([prev. author] 1.140, etc.; ἀφ᾽ ἡσυχίας πολεμῆσαι [prev. work] 124)]; opposed to εἰρήνην ἄγειν, [Refs ([prev. author] 5.76)]; τινι with one, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.37, “IG” 22.236.19, etc.; πολεμοῦσαι πρὸς ἀλλήλας πόλεις 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Vectigalibus” 5.8, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 686b, “SIG” 182.12 (Argos, 4th c.BC), etc.)]; μετά τινος or σύν τινι in conjunction with.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 7.1.27, “An.” 2.6.5; περὶ τῆς ἀρχῆς π. 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.98.)]
2 fight, do battle, ἀπὸ τῶν ἵππων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 350a)]; ἀπὸ [καμήλων] [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.1.49)]; but ἀφ᾽ ὅτου πολεμήσωμεν what our means of war are, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 3.16.)]
3 generally, quarrel, wrangle with one, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.3.11; π. χρείᾳ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 191 (_anapaest meter_), compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 1386; τισὶν ὑπέρ τινος 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.31: _metaphorically_ of disease, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 1.103.)]
II later with accusative, make war upon, τὴν πόλιν [LXX+4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Dinarchus Orator 1.36 codices; τὰς Ἀθήνας 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 4.61, compare 13.84, 14.37, LXX.1Mac.5.30, etc.; τὰς Συρακούσας 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.15.10, etc.: _metaphorically_, τὰς σταφυλάς 4th c.AD: Alciphro Epistolographus 3.22)]:—passive, also in early writers, have war made upon one, to be treated as enemies, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.37, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 7.4.20; ὑπό τινων 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 5.49; καὶ αὐτοὶ.. ἐκ πολλοῦ πολεμούμενοι 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.43; αὐτὸς μὲν πολεμεῖν ὑμῖν, ὑφ᾽ ὑμῶν δὲ μὴ πολεμεῖσθαι [prev. author] 9.9; -ηθείσης τῆς χώρας “OGI” 748.8 (Cyzicus, 3rd c.BC).)]
II.2 with accusative cognate, πόλεμον π. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 551d)], Arist.[same place], etc.:—passive, [πολέμους] τοὺς ἐπὶ Θησέως πολεμηθέντας [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.5.10; κατὰ θάλατταν ὁ π. ἐπολεμεῖτο [prev. author] “HG” 5.1.1, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 600a)]; ὅσα ἐπολεμήθη whatever hostilities took place, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 4.1.1; τὰ περὶ Πύλον κατὰ κράτος ἐπολεμεῖτο 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.23, compare 3.6.)] —The form used by Poets is πολεμίζω.