πόλεμος πολέμου,
ὁ (from
ΠΑΛΩ,
πολέω, to turn, to range about, whence Latin
pello, 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);
Revelation 19:19 (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):
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.).
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's
- Genesis
-
14:2
- Deuteronomy
-
20:12; 20:20
- Matthew
-
24:6
- Mark
-
13:7
- Luke
-
14:31; 21:9
- 1 Corinthians
-
14:8
- Hebrews
-
11:31; 11:34
- James
-
4:1
- Revelation
-
9:7; 9:9; 11:7; 12:7; 12:17; 13:7; 16:14; 19:19; 20:8
