πόλεμος polemos · G4171
war
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)
Definition: TBESG (Abbott-Smith)
Classical Greek (Liddell–Scott–Jones) excerpt
πόλεμος, ; and Epic dialect πτόλεμος, ὁ, war, []; also, battle, fight, [], etc.; even of single combat,[]; π. καὶ δηϊοτῆτος []; ὁ τῶν βαρβάρων π. []; ὁ μέλλων καὶ ὅσον οὐ παρὼν π.[]; Δωριακὸς π. Oracle texts cited in []; πόλεμον ἄρασθαι levy war, []; π. κινεῖν, ἐγεῖραι, []; π. ποιεῖν make war, []; π. ποιεῖσθαι carry it on, []; π. καταλύεσθαι put an end to it, [] i.e. that is good news, []; II personified, War, Battle, Ἀλαλὰ Πολέμου θύγατερ []; Π. πάντων μὲν πατήρ ἐστι, πάντων δὲ βασιλεύς []; …
Where it's used 19 times
Matthew 24:6 · Mark 13:7 · Luke 14:31 · Luke 21:9 · 1 Corinthians 14:8 · Hebrews 11:34 · James 4:1 · Revelation 9:7 · Revelation 9:9 · Revelation 11:7 · Revelation 12:7 · Revelation 12:17 · Revelation 13:5 · Revelation 13:7 · Revelation 16:14 · Revelation 19:19 · Revelation 20:8 … and 2 more
Source: TBESG G4171; TFLSJ G4171
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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