Original Word: πόλεμος, ου, ὁ Part 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: πόλεμος
πόλεμοςπολέμου, 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;
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: πόλεμοικαίμάχαι, James 4:1 (Sophocles El. 219; Plato, Phaedo, p. 66 c.).
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
battle, fight, war.
From pelomai (to bustle); warfare (literally or figuratively; a single encounter or a series) -- battle, fight, war.
Matthew 24:6N-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 24:6N-GMP GRK:καὶ ἀκοὰς πολέμων ὁρᾶτε μὴ NAS: and rumors of wars. See KJV: and rumours of wars: see that ye be INT: and rumors of wars See [to it] not
Mark 13:7N-AMP GRK:δὲ ἀκούσητε πολέμους καὶ ἀκοὰς NAS: you hear of wars and rumors KJV: when ye shall hear of wars and rumours INT: moreover you shall hear of wars and rumors
Mark 13:7N-GMP GRK:καὶ ἀκοὰς πολέμων μὴ θροεῖσθε NAS: and rumors of wars, do not be frightened; KJV: and rumours of wars, be ye not INT: and rumors of wars not be disturbed
Luke 14:31N-AMS GRK:συνβαλεῖν εἰς πόλεμον οὐχὶ καθίσας NAS: king in battle, will not first KJV: going to make war against another INT: to engage in war not having sat down
Luke 21:9N-AMP GRK:δὲ ἀκούσητε πολέμους καὶ ἀκαταστασίας NAS: you hear of wars and disturbances, KJV: ye shall hear of wars and INT: moreover you shall hear of wars and commotions
1 Corinthians 14:8N-AMS GRK:παρασκευάσεται εἰς πόλεμον NAS: who will prepare himself for battle? KJV: shall prepare himself to the battle? INT: will prepare himself for battle
Hebrews 11:34N-DMS GRK:ἰσχυροὶ ἐν πολέμῳ παρεμβολὰς ἔκλιναν NAS: became mighty in war, put foreign KJV: in fight, turned to flight INT: mighty in war [the] armies made to give way
James 4:1N-NMP GRK:Πόθεν πόλεμοι καὶ πόθεν NAS: is the source of quarrels and conflicts KJV: From whence [come] wars and fightings INT: from where [come] wars and from where
Revelation 9:7N-AMS GRK:ἡτοιμασμένοις εἰς πόλεμον καὶ ἐπὶ NAS: prepared for battle; and on their heads KJV: prepared unto battle; and on INT: prepared for war and upon
Revelation 11:7N-AMS GRK:μετ' αὐτῶν πόλεμον καὶ νικήσει NAS: will make war with them, and overcome KJV: shall make war against INT: with them war and will overcome
Revelation 12:7N-NMS GRK:Καὶ ἐγένετο πόλεμος ἐν τῷ NAS:And there was war in heaven, Michael KJV: And there was war in heaven: INT: And there was war in
Revelation 12:17N-AMS GRK:ἀπῆλθεν ποιῆσαι πόλεμον μετὰ τῶν NAS: to make war with the rest KJV: went to make war with the remnant INT: went to make war with the
Revelation 13:7N-AMS GRK:αὐτῷ ποιῆσαι πόλεμον μετὰ τῶν NAS: to him to make war with the saints KJV: unto him to make war with the saints, INT: to it to make war with the
Revelation 16:14N-AMS GRK:εἰς τὸν πόλεμον τῆς ἡμέρας NAS: to gather them together for the war of the great KJV: them to the battle of that great INT: unto the battle of the day
Revelation 20:8N-AMS GRK:εἰς τὸν πόλεμον ὧν ὁ NAS: to gather them together for the war; the number KJV: together to battle: the number of whom INT: unto the war of whom the
