G4170: πολεμέω (poleméō)

G4170 πολεμέω (poleméō)

Greek

Quick Definition

πολεμέω v. I make war, contend

Strong's Definition

from 4171; to be (engaged) in warfare, i.e. to battle (literally or figuratively): -fight, (make) war.

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

πολεμέω (G4170)

verb | πόλεμος

55.5 · Military Activities · To Fight

to wage war, war, fighting to engage in open warfare

REV 2:16 · REV 12:7 · REV 12:7 · REV 13:4 · REV 17:14 · REV 19:11

39.26 · Hostility, Strife · Strife, Struggle

to fight, to war against (figurative extension of meaning of πολεμέω[a] ‘to wage war,’ 55.5) to engage in serious and protracted conflict, often involving a series of attacks

JAS 4:2

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

πολεμέω, -@; fut. πολεμήσω ; 1 aor. ἐπολέμησα ; (πόλεpos); [fr. Soph. and Hdt. down]; Sept. chiefly for om); to war, carry on war; to fight: Rev. xix. 11; μετά τινος (on which constr. see μετά, I. 2 d. p. 403°), Rev. ii. 16; xii. 7 (where Ree. xara; [ef. on this vs. B. § 140, 14 and 8. V. pera as above]); xiii. 4; xvii. 14; 1. 4. fo wrangle, quarrel, Jas. iv. 2.

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

πολεμέω polemeō 7x

to make or wage war, fight, Rev. 2:16; 12:7; to battle, quarrel, Jas. 4:2

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

πολεμέω, -ῶ

(< πόλεμος), [in LXX chiefly for לחם ni.;]

to make war, fight: Re 12:7b 19:11; seq. μετά (II Ki 21:15 and v. M, Pr., 106, 247), Re 2:16 12:7a 13:4 17:14; hyperb., of private quarrels, Ja 4:2.†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

πολεμέω, “make war with,”’ is construed with μετά, as guater in Rev, in BGU IV. 1035° (v/a.p.) (as read Chrest. I. p. 39) ot οὖν ἀπὸ ᾿Οξυρύγχων ἠθέλησαν... πολεμῆσαι μετὰ τῶν ἀπὸ Κερκῆσις, and in the Silko inser. OGZS 2013 (vi/A.D.) ἅπαξ δύο ἐπολέμησα μετὰ τῶν Βλεμύων. Thumb (Hellen. Ρ. 125) points out that there is no need to speak of Hebraism in view of MGr use, as in the popular song τρεῖς ὥρες ἐπολέμαε μὲ δεκοχτὼ χιλιάδες : cf. Abbott Soxgs, p. 44— τὸ πῶς αὐτὸς ᾿πολέμησε μὲ τρεῖς χιλιάδα(ι)ς Τούρκους. For the verb used hyperbolically of private quarrels, as in Jas 4°, cf. Preisigke 431712 (c. A.D. 200) πολεμεῖ pe διότι εἶπόν σοι εἰς ὄψιν, where the growth of the acc. construction may also be noted (cf. Proleg. p. 64). The pass. is seen in OG7S 7488 (iv/B.c.) πολεμηθείσης τῆς χώρας. MGr πολεμῶ, ‘‘fight,’’ ‘‘struggle”; ‘‘endeavour” (Thumb flandb. p. 350).

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

πολεμέω (polemeō) — to fight. πολεμέω, Ionic dialect Iterat. πολεμέεσκε [Refs 5th c.BC+]: future -ήσω[Refs 5th c.BC+]: perfect πεπολέμηκα [Refs 4th c.BC+] —middle, aorist ἐπολεμησάμην (κατ-) [Refs 2nd c.BC+]:—passive, πολεμηθήσομαι [Refs]; πολεμήσομαι in passive sense, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist ἐπολεμήθην [Refs 5th c.BC+]perfect πεπολέμημαι (κατα-) [Refs]: (πόλεμος):— to be at war or make war, [Refs]; opposed to εἰρήνην ἄγειν, [Refs]; τινι with one, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; μετά τινος or σύν τινι in conjunction with.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]

2. fight, do battle, ἀπὸ τῶν ἵππων [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀπὸ [καμήλων] [Refs 5th c.BC+]; but ἀφ᾽ ὅτου πολεμήσωμεν what our means of war are, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

3. generally, quarrel, wrangle with one, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

II. later with accusative, make war upon, τὴν πόλιν [LXX+4th c.BC+]:—passive, also in early writers, have war made upon one, to be treated as enemies, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

II.2. with accusative cognate, πόλεμον π. [Refs 5th c.BC+], Arist.[same place], etc.:—passive, [πολέμους] τοὺς ἐπὶ Θησέως πολεμηθέντας [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὅσα ἐπολεμήθη whatever hostilities took place, [Refs 5th c.BC+] —The form used by Poets is πολεμίζω.