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Strong's G4171 · Greek

πόλεμος

polemos · pol'-em-os

from pelomai (to bustle); warfare (literally or figuratively; a single encounter or a series)


Scholarly Lexicons

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

πόλεμος (G4171)

18 πόλεμος , -ον, ὁ , [in LXX chiefly for מִלְחָמָה ;] war : Mt 24:6 , Mk 13:7 , Lk 14:31 21:9 , He 11:34 ; π. ποιεῖν , seq. μετά , c. gen. (cf. πολεμέω ), Re 11:7 12:17 13:7 19:19 . = μάχη , a fight , battle : I Co 14:8 , Re 9:7 , 9 12:7 16:14 20:8 ; hyperb., of private quarrels (cf. πολεμέω ), Ja 4:1 .†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) — public domain

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