Strong's Lexicon
G4171 — πόλεμος
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G4171 |
|---|---|
| Word: | πόλεμος |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | from pelomai "to bustle" |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 18 |
| Transliteration: | polemos |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | pol'-em-os |
| Meaning: | 1. warfare (a single encounter or a series) {literally or figuratively} |
| KJV Renderings: | battle, fight, war |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
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 îÄìÀçÈîÈä;
1. properly,
a. war: Mat 24:6; Mar 13:7; Luk 14:31; Luk 21:9; Heb 11:31; in imitation of the Hebrew îÄìÀçÈîÈä òÈùÈÒä followed by àÅú or òÄí (Gen 14:2; Deu 20:12; Deu 20:20), πόλεμον ποιεῖν μετά τίνος, Rev 11:7; Rev 12:17; Rev 13:7 (here L omits; WH Tr marginal reading brackets the clause); (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): 1Co 14:8; Heb 11:34; Rev 9:7; Rev 9:9; Rev 12:7; Rev 16:14; Rev 20:8.
2. a dispute, strife, quarrel: πόλεμοι καί μάχαι, Jas 4:1 (Sophocles El. 219; Plato, Phaedo, p. 66 c.).
Other Resources
Englishman's Greek Concordance
πόλεμος (battle)
Matthew 24:6
- KJV: And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars see that ye be not troubled for all must come to pass but the end is not yet
- GK: μελλήσετε δε ακούειν πολέμους και ακοάς πολέμων οράτε μη θροείσθε δει γαρ πάντα γενέσθαι αλλ΄ ούπω εστί το τέλος
Mark 13:7
- KJV: And when ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars be ye not troubled for must needs be but the end yet
- GK: όταν δε ακούσητε πολέμους και ακοάς πολέμων μη θροείσθε δει γαρ γενέσθαι αλλ΄ ούπω το τέλος
Luke 14:31
- KJV: Or 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
- GK: η τις βασιλεύς πορευόμενος συμβαλείν ετέρω βασιλεί εις πόλεμον ουχί καθίσας πρώτον βουλεύεται ει δυνατός εστιν εν δέκα χιλιάσιν απαντήσαι τω μετά είκοσι χιλιάδων ερχομένω επ΄ αυτόν
Luke 21:9
- KJV: But when ye shall hear of wars and commotions be not terrified for these things must first come to pass but the end not by and by
- GK: όταν δε ακούσητε πολέμους και ακαταστασίας μη πτοηθήτε δει γαρ ταύτα γενέσθαι πρώτον αλλ΄ ουκ ευθέως το τέλος
1 Corinthians 14:8
- KJV: For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound who shall prepare himself to the battle
- GK: και γαρ εάν άδηλον φωνήν σάλπιγξ δω τις παρασκευάσεται εις πόλεμον
Hebrews 11:34
- KJV: Quenched 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
- GK: έσβεσαν δύναμιν πυρός έφυγον στόματα μαχαίρας ενεδυναμώθησαν από ασθενείας εγενήθησαν ισχυροί εν πολέμω παρεμβολάς έκλιναν αλλοτρίων
James 4:1
- KJV: From whence wars and fightings among you not hence of your lusts that war in your members
- GK: πόθεν πόλεμοι και μάχαι εν υμίν ουκ εντεύθεν εκ των ηδονών υμών των στρατευομένων εν τοις μέλεσιν υμών
Revelation 9:7
- KJV: And the shapes of the locusts like unto horses prepared unto battle and on their heads as it were crowns like gold and their faces as the faces of men
- GK: και τα ομοιώματα των ακρίδων όμοια ίπποις ητοιμασμένοις εις πόλεμον και επί τας κεφαλάς αυτών ως στέφανοι χρυσοί και τα πρόσωπα αυτών ως πρόσωπα ανθρώπων
Revelation 9:9
- KJV: And they had breastplates as it were breastplates of iron and the sound of their wings as the sound of chariots of many horses running to battle
- GK: και είχον θώρακας ως θώρακας σιδηρούς και η φωνή των πτερύγων αυτών ως φωνή αρμάτων ίππων πολλών τρεχόντων εις πόλεμον
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