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Strong's #4171 - πόλεμος
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- a war
- a fight, a battle
- a dispute, strife, quarrel
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πόλεμος,
and Ep. πτόλεμος, ὁ,
war, Il. 1.61, etc. (the usual meaning in post-Homeric Greek); also, battle, fight, ib. 226, etc.; even of single combat, 7.174; πόλεμοί τε μάχαι τε 1.177, 5.891; φυλόπιδος . . καὶ πολέμοιο 18.242; ἀϋτήν τε πτόλεμόν τε 1.492, cf. 14.37, 96; π. καὶ δηϊοτῆτος 5.348, etc.: periphr., νεῖκος, φύλοπις, ἔρις πολέμοιο, 13.271, 635, 17.253; π. ἄγριος, αἱματόεις, ἀργαλέος, ἀλίαστος, δακρυόεις, δήϊος, δυσηλεγής, δυσηχής, κακός, λευγαλέος, ὀϊζυρός, ὀκρυόεις, ὀλοός, ὁμοίιος, πευκεδανός, πολυᾶϊξ, πολύδακρυς, στυγερός, φθισήνωρ, ib. 737, 19.313, Od. 24.531, Il. 2.797, 5.737, 7.119, 20.154, 2.686, 1.284, 13.97, 3.112, 9.64 (leg. κρυόεντος ), 3.133, 9.440, 10.8, 1.165, 3.165, 4.240, 9.604; π. Ἀχαιῶν, ἀνδρῶν, i.e. brought by them, 3.165, 24.8 (pl.), etc.; ὁ τῶν βαρβάρων π. Th. 1.24; Ἑλλήνων π. X. HG 3.2.22; ὁ παρὼν π. Κορινθίων Th. 1.32; ὁ μέλλων καὶ ὅσον οὐ παρὼν π. ib. 36; ὁ πρὸς Δαρεῖον π. Hdt. 6.2; ἀσχημοσύνῃ καὶ Ἔρωτι πρὸς ἀλλήλους ἀεὶ π. Pl. Smp. 196a; Δωριακὸς π. Orac. ap. Th. 2.54; ὁ Ἰωνικὸς π. Id. 8.11; ὁ Φωκικὸς π. Aeschin. 3.148; π. Δεκελεικός Isoc. 8.37, 14.31; π. ξενικός Arist. Pol. 1272b20; δουλικοὶ π. Ath. 6.272f; ἱερὸς π. Ar. Av. 556, etc.; πόλεμον ἄρασθαι levy war, A. Supp. 342, cf. Ar. Ach. 913, etc.: c. dat., ἢ τοῖσιν ἢ τοῖς π. αἴρεσθαι μέγαν A. Supp. 439; π. ἄρασθαι πρός τινας X. Cyr. 1.6.45; π. θέσθαι τινί E. Or. 13; π. ἀναιρέεσθαι Hdt. 5.36, cf. D. 1.7, etc.; π. κινεῖν, ἐγεῖραι, Th. 6.34, Hdn. 3.5.3; π. τοῖς ἔργοις ἐξενήνοχε D. 11.20, cf. Plu. 2.829e; ἐς π. καθίστασθαί τισι E. HF 1168; π. ἐπαγαγεῖν Aeschin. 3.140; ἀγαγεῖν ἐπί τινας D. 5.19; π. ποιεῖν make war, Id. 8.7; π. ποιεῖσθαι carry it on, X. An. 5.5.24; π. καταλύεσθαι put an end to it, And. 3.17, Th. 6.36; ὁ π. ἀναπέπαυται X. Cyr. 7.5.47: prov., οὐ πόλεμον ἐπαγγέλλεις, i.e. that is good news, Pl. Lg. 702d, Phdr. 242b: in pl., Democr. 250, etc.; διὰ τὴν τῶν χρημάτων κτῆσιν πάντες οἱ π. ἡμῖν γίγνονται Pl. Phd. 66c, cf. R. 460a, al.
II personified, War, Battle, Ἀλαλὰ Πολέμου θύγατερ Pi. Fr. 78, cf. Ar. Pax 205; Π. πάντων μὲν πατήρ ἐστι, πάντων δὲ βασιλεύς Heraclit. 53; ὁ π. τῆς γενέσεως Dam. Pr. 423 .
2. metaph. of womankind, πολυτελὴς π. Secund. Sent. 8 .
πόλεμος πολέμου, 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;
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);
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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πόλεμος , -ον , ό ,
[in LXX chiefly for H4421;]
1. war: Matthew 24:6, Mark 13:7, Luke 14:31; Luke 21:9, Hebrews 11:34; Papyri ποιεῖν , seq. μετά , c. gen. (cf. πολεμέω ), Revelation 11:7; Revelation 12:17; Revelation 13:7; Revelation 19:19.
2. = μάχη , a fight, battle: 1 Corinthians 14:8, Revelation 9:7; Revelation 9:9; Revelation 12:7; Revelation 16:14; Revelation 20:8; hyperb., of private quarrels (cf. πολεμέω ), James 4:1.†
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In its NT occurrences (1 Timothy 5:24 f., Hebrews 7:14) the προ - of πρόδηλος is intensive rather than temporal, ";perfectly clear,"; ";evident,"; cf. P Oxy II. 237viii. 9 (A.D. 186) τοῦ πράγματος πρ [ο ]δ ̣ήλου γενομένου, Syll 686 (= .3 1073).21 (A.D. 117) ὡς πρόδηλον εἶναι τὴν ἐλπίδα τῆς (subst omitted) ἐπὶ τὸν ἱερώτατον στέφανον αὐτῶι, and IMAe VII. 119, 120 ὁρᾷς θανάτου τὸ πρόδηλον. Similarly with the verb—P Magd 21.10 (B.C. 221) τὴ ]ν προδεδηλωμένην τιμήν, P Ryl II. 109.6 (A.D. 235) πατὴρ τῶ [ν ] δυεῖν προδεδ [η ]λωμένων ἀφηλίκων, ";father of the two minors aforesaid,"; and Aristeas 14 καθὼς προδεδήλωται, ";as already explained.";
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