King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G4170
Transliteration: polemeō
Phonetic Spelling: (pol-em-eh'-o)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to make war
Meaning: to make war
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.
Word Summary
polemeō: to make war
Original Word: πολεμέωTransliteration: polemeō
Phonetic Spelling: (pol-em-eh'-o)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to make war
Meaning: to make war
Strong's Concordance
to battle, make war. From polemos; to be (engaged) in warfare, i.e. To battle (literally or figuratively): -fight, (make) war.
see GREEK polemos
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 4170: πολεμέωπολεμέω, 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.