Strong's Concordance polemos: war Original Word: πόλεμος, ου, ὁPart of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: polemos Phonetic Spelling: (pol'-em-os) Short Definition: a war, battle, strife Definition: a war, battle, strife. Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 4171: πόλεμοςπόλεμος 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); 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.). From pelomai (to bustle); warfare (literally or figuratively; a single encounter or a series) -- battle, fight, war. Englishman's Concordance Strong's Greek 417118 Occurrences πολέμῳ — 1 Occ. πολέμων — 2 Occ. πόλεμοι — 1 Occ. πόλεμον — 10 Occ. πόλεμος — 1 Occ. πολέμους — 3 Occ. Matthew 24:6 N-AMP GRK: δὲ ἀκούειν πολέμους καὶ ἀκοὰς NAS: be hearing of wars and rumors KJV: ye shall hear of wars and rumours INT: moreover to hear of wars and rumors Matthew 24:6 N-GMP Mark 13:7 N-AMP Mark 13:7 N-GMP Luke 14:31 N-AMS Luke 21:9 N-AMP 1 Corinthians 14:8 N-AMS Hebrews 11:34 N-DMS James 4:1 N-NMP Revelation 9:7 N-AMS Revelation 9:9 N-AMS Revelation 11:7 N-AMS Revelation 12:7 N-NMS Revelation 12:17 N-AMS Revelation 13:7 N-AMS Revelation 16:14 N-AMS Revelation 19:19 N-AMS Revelation 20:8 N-AMS |