Strong G4171πόλεμος
war
- Transliteration
- polēmos
- Pronunciation
- pol'-em-os
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Masculine)
Definition
From πέλομαι pelomai (to bustle);
warfare (literally or figuratively; a single encounter or a series): - battle fight war.
warfare (literally or figuratively; a single encounter or a series): - battle fight war.
Detailed definition
πόλεμος, -ον, ό
[in LXX chiefly for מִלְחָמָה;]
1. war: Mat.24:6, Mrk.13:7, Luk.14:31 21:9, Heb.11:34; π. ποιεῖν, before μετά, with genitive (cf. πολεμέω), Rev.11:7 12:17 13:7 19:19.
2. = μάχη, a fight, battle: 1Co.14:8, Rev.9:7, 9 12:7 16:14 20:8; hyperb., of private quarrels (cf. πολεμέω), Jas.4:1.†
(AS)
[in LXX chiefly for מִלְחָמָה;]
1. war: Mat.24:6, Mrk.13:7, Luk.14:31 21:9, Heb.11:34; π. ποιεῖν, before μετά, with genitive (cf. πολεμέω), Rev.11:7 12:17 13:7 19:19.
2. = μάχη, a fight, battle: 1Co.14:8, Rev.9:7, 9 12:7 16:14 20:8; hyperb., of private quarrels (cf. πολεμέω), Jas.4:1.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4171 appears in 16 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- war10
- battle5
- fight1
First verses
- Matthew 24:6And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.
- Mark 13:7And when ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars, be ye not troubled: for such things must needs be; but the end shall not be yet.
- Luke 14:31Or what king, going to make war against another king, sitteth not down first, and consulteth whether he be able with ten thousand to meet him that cometh against him with twenty thousand?
- Luke 21:9But when ye shall hear of wars and commotions, be not terrified: for these things must first come to pass; but the end is not by and by.
- 1 Corinthians 14:8For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle?
- Hebrews 11:34Quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, waxed valiant in fight, turned to flight the armies of the aliens.
- James 4:1From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members?
- Revelation 9:7And the shapes of the locusts were like unto horses prepared unto battle; and on their heads were as it were crowns like gold, and their faces were as the faces of men.
- Revelation 9:9And they had breastplates, as it were breastplates of iron; and the sound of their wings was as the sound of chariots of many horses running to battle.
- Revelation 11:7And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and shall overcome them, and kill them.
- Revelation 12:7And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels,
- Revelation 12:17And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.
- Revelation 13:7And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations.
- Revelation 16:14For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.
- Revelation 19:19And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse, and against his army.
- Revelation 20:8And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
πόλεμος,
and Epic dialect πτόλεμος, ὁ, war, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.61, etc. (the usual meaning in post-Homeric Greek))]; also, battle, fight, [Refs ([prev. work] 226)], etc.; even of single combat,[Refs (7.174; πόλεμοί τε μάχαι τε 1.177, 5.891; φυλόπιδος.. καὶ πολέμοιο 18.242; ἀϋτήν τε πτόλεμόν τε 1.492, compare 14.37, 96)]; π. καὶ δηϊοτῆτος [Refs 8th c.BC+ (5.348, etc.: periphrastic, νεῖκος, φύλοπις, ἔρις πολέμοιο, 13.271, 635, 17.253; π. ἄγριος, αἱματόεις, ἀργαλέος, ἀλίαστος, δακρυόεις, δήϊος, δυσηλεγής, δυσηχής, κακός, λευγαλέος, ὀϊζυρός, ὀκρυόεις, ὀλοός, ὁμοίιος, πευκεδανός, πολυᾶϊξ, πολύδακρυς, στυγερός, φθισήνωρ, [prev. work] 737, 19.313, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 24.531, 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.797, 5.737, 7.119, 20.154, 2.686, 1.284, 13.97, 3.112, 9.64 (to be read κρυόεντος), 3.133, 9.440, 10.8, 1.165, 3.165, 4.240, 9.604; π. Ἀχαιῶν, ἀνδρῶν, i.e. brought by them, 3.165, 24.8 (_plural_), etc.)]; ὁ τῶν βαρβάρων π. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.24; Ἑλλήνων π. 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 3.2.22; ὁ παρὼν π. Κορινθίων 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.32)]; ὁ μέλλων καὶ ὅσον οὐ παρὼν π.[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 36; ὁ πρὸς Δαρεῖον π. 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.2; ἀσχημοσύνῃ καὶ Ἔρωτι πρὸς ἀλλήλους ἀεὶ π. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 196a)]; Δωριακὸς π. Oracle texts cited in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.54; ὁ Ἰωνικὸς π. [prev. author] 8.11; ὁ Φωκικὸς π. 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.148; π. Δεκελεικός 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 8.37, 14.31; π. ξενικός 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1272b20; δουλικοὶ π. 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 6.272f; ἱερὸς π. 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 556, etc.)]; πόλεμον ἄρασθαι levy war, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 342, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 913, etc.: with _dative_, ἢ τοῖσιν ἢ τοῖς π. αἴρεσθαι μέγαν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 439; π. ἄρασθαι πρός τινας 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.6.45; π. θέσθαι τινί 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 13; π. ἀναιρέεσθαι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.36, compare 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 1.7, etc.)]; π. κινεῖν, ἐγεῖραι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.34, 2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus 3.5.3; π. τοῖς ἔργοις ἐξενήνοχε 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 11.20, compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.829e; ἐς π. καθίστασθαί τισι 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 1168; π. ἐπαγαγεῖν 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.140; ἀγαγεῖν ἐπί τινας 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 5.19)]; π. ποιεῖν make war, [Refs ([prev. author] 8.7)]; π. ποιεῖσθαι carry it on, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 5.5.24)]; π. καταλύεσθαι put an end to it, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 3.17, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.36; ὁ π. ἀναπέπαυται 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.5.47: proverbial, οὐ πόλεμον ἐπαγγέλλεις,)] i.e. that is good news, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 702d, “Phdr.” 242b: in _plural_, 3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 250, etc.; διὰ τὴν τῶν χρημάτων κτῆσιν πάντες οἱ π. ἡμῖν γίγνονται 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 66c, compare “R.” 460a, +others)]
II personified, War, Battle, Ἀλαλὰ Πολέμου θύγατερ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “Fragmenta.” 78, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 205)]; Π. πάντων μὲν πατήρ ἐστι, πάντων δὲ βασιλεύς [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD(?): Heraclitus 53; ὁ π. τῆς γενέσεως 5th-6th c.AD: Damascius Philosophus “de Principiis” 423.)]
II.2 metaphorically of womankind, πολυτελὴς π. [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Secundus Gnomologus “Sententiae - FPG” 8.)]
and Epic dialect πτόλεμος, ὁ, war, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.61, etc. (the usual meaning in post-Homeric Greek))]; also, battle, fight, [Refs ([prev. work] 226)], etc.; even of single combat,[Refs (7.174; πόλεμοί τε μάχαι τε 1.177, 5.891; φυλόπιδος.. καὶ πολέμοιο 18.242; ἀϋτήν τε πτόλεμόν τε 1.492, compare 14.37, 96)]; π. καὶ δηϊοτῆτος [Refs 8th c.BC+ (5.348, etc.: periphrastic, νεῖκος, φύλοπις, ἔρις πολέμοιο, 13.271, 635, 17.253; π. ἄγριος, αἱματόεις, ἀργαλέος, ἀλίαστος, δακρυόεις, δήϊος, δυσηλεγής, δυσηχής, κακός, λευγαλέος, ὀϊζυρός, ὀκρυόεις, ὀλοός, ὁμοίιος, πευκεδανός, πολυᾶϊξ, πολύδακρυς, στυγερός, φθισήνωρ, [prev. work] 737, 19.313, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 24.531, 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.797, 5.737, 7.119, 20.154, 2.686, 1.284, 13.97, 3.112, 9.64 (to be read κρυόεντος), 3.133, 9.440, 10.8, 1.165, 3.165, 4.240, 9.604; π. Ἀχαιῶν, ἀνδρῶν, i.e. brought by them, 3.165, 24.8 (_plural_), etc.)]; ὁ τῶν βαρβάρων π. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.24; Ἑλλήνων π. 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 3.2.22; ὁ παρὼν π. Κορινθίων 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.32)]; ὁ μέλλων καὶ ὅσον οὐ παρὼν π.[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 36; ὁ πρὸς Δαρεῖον π. 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.2; ἀσχημοσύνῃ καὶ Ἔρωτι πρὸς ἀλλήλους ἀεὶ π. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 196a)]; Δωριακὸς π. Oracle texts cited in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.54; ὁ Ἰωνικὸς π. [prev. author] 8.11; ὁ Φωκικὸς π. 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.148; π. Δεκελεικός 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 8.37, 14.31; π. ξενικός 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1272b20; δουλικοὶ π. 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 6.272f; ἱερὸς π. 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 556, etc.)]; πόλεμον ἄρασθαι levy war, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 342, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 913, etc.: with _dative_, ἢ τοῖσιν ἢ τοῖς π. αἴρεσθαι μέγαν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 439; π. ἄρασθαι πρός τινας 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.6.45; π. θέσθαι τινί 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 13; π. ἀναιρέεσθαι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.36, compare 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 1.7, etc.)]; π. κινεῖν, ἐγεῖραι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.34, 2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus 3.5.3; π. τοῖς ἔργοις ἐξενήνοχε 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 11.20, compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.829e; ἐς π. καθίστασθαί τισι 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 1168; π. ἐπαγαγεῖν 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.140; ἀγαγεῖν ἐπί τινας 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 5.19)]; π. ποιεῖν make war, [Refs ([prev. author] 8.7)]; π. ποιεῖσθαι carry it on, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 5.5.24)]; π. καταλύεσθαι put an end to it, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 3.17, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.36; ὁ π. ἀναπέπαυται 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.5.47: proverbial, οὐ πόλεμον ἐπαγγέλλεις,)] i.e. that is good news, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 702d, “Phdr.” 242b: in _plural_, 3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 250, etc.; διὰ τὴν τῶν χρημάτων κτῆσιν πάντες οἱ π. ἡμῖν γίγνονται 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 66c, compare “R.” 460a, +others)]
II personified, War, Battle, Ἀλαλὰ Πολέμου θύγατερ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “Fragmenta.” 78, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 205)]; Π. πάντων μὲν πατήρ ἐστι, πάντων δὲ βασιλεύς [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD(?): Heraclitus 53; ὁ π. τῆς γενέσεως 5th-6th c.AD: Damascius Philosophus “de Principiis” 423.)]
II.2 metaphorically of womankind, πολυτελὴς π. [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Secundus Gnomologus “Sententiae - FPG” 8.)]