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
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”
“Again, if the trumpet sounds a muffled call, who will prepare for battle?”
“What causes conflicts and quarrels among you? Don’t they come from the passions at war within you?”
“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.”
“When you hear of wars and rebellions, do not be alarmed. These things must happen first, but the end is not imminent.””
“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?”
“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).