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Strong's #4170 - πολεμέω
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- to war, carry on war
- to fight
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πολεμέω,
Ion. Iterat. πολεμέεσκε Acus. 22J.: fut. -ήσω X. An. 2.6.5: pf. πεπολέμηκα Arist. Rh. 1396a11, Ephipp. 9: — Med., aor. ἐπολεμησάμην ( κατ- ) Plb. 11.31.6: — Pass., πολεμηθήσομαι Id. 2.41.14, etc.; πολεμήσομαι in pass. sense, Th. 1.68, 8.43, D. 23.110: aor. ἐπολεμήθην Th. 5.26: pf. πεπολέμημαι ( κατα- ) Id. 6.16: ( πόλεμος ): — to be at war or make war, Id. 1.140, etc.; ἀφ' ἡσυχίας πολεμῆσαι ib. 124; opp. εἰρήνην ἄγειν, Id. 5.76; τινι with one, Hdt. 6.37, IG 22.236.19, etc.; πολεμοῦσαι πρὸς ἀλλήλας πόλεις X. Vect. 5.8, cf. Pl. Lg. 686b, SIG 182.12 (Argos, iv B.C. ), etc.; μετά τινος or σύν τινι in conjunction with . ., X. HG 7.1.27, An. 2.6.5; περὶ τῆς ἀρχῆς π. Hdt. 6.98 .
2. fight, do battle, ἀπὸ τῶν ἵππων Pl. Prt. 350a; ἀπὸ [καμήλων ] X. Cyr. 7.1.49; but ἀφ' ὅτου πολεμήσωμεν what our means of war are, And. 3.16 .
3. generally, quarrel, wrangle with one, X. Cyr. 1.3.11; π. χρείᾳ S. OC 191 (anap.), cf. E. Ion 1386; τισὶν ὑπέρ τινος D. 18.31: metaph. of disease, Gal. 1.103.
II later c. acc., make war upon, τὴν πόλιν Din. 1.36 codd.; τὰς Ἀθήνας D.S. 4.61, cf. 13.84, 14.37, LXX 1 Maccabees 5:30, etc.; τὰς Συρακούσας Plb. 1.15.10, etc.: metaph., τὰς σταφυλάς Alciphr. 3.22: — Pass., also in early writers, have war made upon one, to be treated as enemies, Th. 1.37, X. HG 7.4.20; ὑπό τινων Isoc. 5.49; καὶ αὐτοὶ . . ἐκ πολλοῦ πολεμούμενοι D. 18.43; αὐτὸς μὲν πολεμεῖν ὑμῖν, ὑφ' ὑμῶν δὲ μὴ πολεμεῖσθαι Id. 9.9; -ηθείσης τῆς χώρας OGI 748.8 (Cyzicus, iii B.C. ).
2. c. acc. cogn., πόλεμον π. Pl. R. 551d, Arist.l.c., etc.: — Pass., [ πολέμους] τοὺς ἐπὶ Θησέως πολεμηθέντας X. Mem. 3.5.10; κατὰ θάλατταν ὁ π. ἐπολεμεῖτο Id. HG 5.1.1, cf. Pl. R. 600a; ὅσα ἐπολεμήθη whatever hostilities took place, X. An. 4.1.1; τὰ περὶ Πύλον κατὰ κράτος ἐπολεμεῖτο Th. 4.23, cf. 3.6 . — The form used by Poets is πολεμίζω.
πολεμέω, πολέμῳ; future πολεμήσω; 1 aorist ἐπολέμησα; (πόλεμος); (from Sophocles and Herodotus down); the Sept. chiefly for נִלְחַם; to war, carry on war; to fight: Revelation 19:11; μετά τίνος (on which construction see μετά, I. 2 d., p. 403{b}), Revelation 2:16; Revelation 12:7 (where Rec. κατά; (cf. on this verse Buttmann, § 140, 14 and under the word μετά as above)); Revelation 13:4; Revelation 17:14; equivalent to to wrangle, quarrel, James 4:2.
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πολεμέω , -ῶ
(< πόλεμος ),
[in LXX chiefly for H3898 ni.;]
to make war, fight: Revelation 12:7 b Revelation 19:11; seq. μετά (2 Samuel 21:15 and v. M, Pr., 106, 247), Revelation 2:16; Revelation 12:7 a Revelation 13:4; Revelation 17:14; hyperb., of private quarrels, James 4:2.†
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For exx. of this verb meaning ";write above,"; ";write already,"; with the temporal force of the preposition much weakened as in Ephesians 3:3, cf. P Petr III. 104.11 (B.C. 244–3) τὸ προγεγραμμένον ἐκφόριον ";the above written rent,"; PSI I. 64.24 (i/B.C.?) Θαι ̣, ς ̣ ὀμω ̣μοκα τὸν προγεγραμμένον ὅρκον, P Amh II. 135.12 (early ii/A.D.) ὁ κύριος τῇ γ ̄ προέγραψεν, ";the master wrote on the third,"; and P Oxy I. 79.17 (A.D. 181–192) (= Selections, p. 89) ὀμνύω. . . ἀληθῆ εἶν [αι ] τὸ προ [γεγραμμένα.
The formulae of quotations in the NT may also be illustrated from the legal language of the time—καθότι προγέγραπται. (P Tebt II. 386.24—marriage-contract, B.C. 12), κατὰ τὰ προγεγραμμένα (CPR I. 4.24—deed of sale, A.D. 52–53).
For the forcible meaning ";placard up"; which, as Light-foot pointed out (Comm. ad l.), προγράφω has in Galatians 3:1, we can now provide fresh exx. Thus in announcing that he will no longer be responsible for his son’s debts a father directs that a public proclamation to that effect be set up, P Flor I. 99.11 (i/ii A.D.) (= Selections, p. 72) ἀ ̣[ξιοῦμεν ? π ]ρογραφῆναι. To much the same effect we may quote from the inscrr, IG X. 4.24 τόπος. . . ὃς προεγέγραπτο πωλούμενος. . . ἐν τῆι διόδωι τῆς ἀγορᾶς : cf. also the question to an oracle P Oxy XII. 1477.11 (iii/iv A.D.) εἶ προγράφεται τὰ ἐμά; ";is my property to be sold by auction?"; (Edd.), and P Tebt II. 411.8 (ii/A.D.) οἷός τε ἦν καὶ προγράψαι εἰ μὴ ἐπηγγειλάμην σήμερόν σε παρέσασθαι, ";he might even have proscribed you, had I not promised that you would be present to-day"; (Edd.) See also Field Notes, p. 189. For the double compd. προαπογράφω, cf. P Ryl II. 102.39 (2nd half ii/A.D.).
The subst. πρόγραμμα is frequent with reference to official and other notices, e.g. P Tebt I. 35.8 (B.C. 111) τὸ δ᾽ ὑποκείμενον πρόγραμμα ἐκτεθήιτωι καὶ διὰ τῆς τοῦ κωμογραμματέως γνώμης, ";let the following proclamation be published with the concurrence of the komogrammateus"; (Edd.).
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