Strong's Greek · G4171

πόλεμος

pólemos

battle, fight, war

Definition

warfare (literally or figuratively; a single encounter or a series)

Derivation

from (to bustle);

Appears 18 times in Scripture

Revelation 11:7

When the two witnesses have finished their testimony, the beast that comes up from the Abyss will wage war with them, and will overpower and kill them.

Matthew 24:6

You will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed. These things must happen, but the end is still to come.

Revelation 9:7

And the locusts looked like horses prepared for battle, with something like crowns of gold on their heads; and their faces were like the faces of men.

1 Corinthians 14:8

Again, if the trumpet sounds a muffled call, who will prepare for battle?

James 4:1

What causes conflicts and quarrels among you? Don’t they come from the passions at war within you?

Revelation 9:9

They also had breastplates like breastplates of iron, and the sound of their wings was like the roar of many horses and chariots rushing into battle.

Luke 21:9

When you hear of wars and rebellions, do not be alarmed. These things must happen first, but the end is not imminent.”

Luke 14:31

Or what king on his way to war with another king will not first sit down and consider whether he can engage with ten thousand men the one coming against him with twenty thousand?

Revelation 12:7

Then a war broke out in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon, and the dragon and his angels fought back.

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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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