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 ξΔμΐηΘξΘδ; 1. properly, a. war: Mat_24:6; Mar_13:7; Luk_14:31; Luk_21:9; Heb_11:31; in imitation of the Hebrew ξΔμΐηΘξΘδ ςΘωΘ�δ followed by ΰΕϊ or ςΔν (Gen_14:2; Deu_20:12; Deu_20:20), πόλεμον ποιεῖν μετά τίνος, Rev_11:7; Rev_12:17; Rev_13:7 (here L omits; WH Tr marginal reading brackets the clause); (cf. μετά, I. 2 d.). 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): 1Co_14:8; Heb_11:34; Rev_9:7; Rev_9:9; Rev_12:7; Rev_16:14; Rev_20:8. 2. a dispute, strife, quarrel: πόλεμοι καί μάχαι, Jas_4:1 (Sophocles El. 219; Plato, Phaedo, p. 66 c.).

πόλεμος polemos 18x war, Mat_24:6 ; Mar_13:7 ; battle, engagement, combat, 1Co_14:8 ; Heb_11:34 ; battling, strife, Jas_4:1 battle; fight; war.

πόλεμος , -ον , ό , [in LXX chiefly for H4421 ;] 1. war: Mat_24:6 , Mar_13:7 , Luk_14:31 ; Luk_21:9 , Heb_11:34 ; Papyri ποιεῖν , seq . μετά , c . gen . ( cf. πολεμέω ), Rev_11:7 ; Rev_12:17 ; Rev_13:7 ; Rev_19:19 . 2. = μάχη , a fight, battle: 1Co_14:8 , Rev_9:7 ; Rev_9:9 ; Rev_12:7 ; Rev_16:14 ; Rev_20:8 ; hyperb., of private quarrels ( cf. πολεμέω ), Jas_4:1 .†

πόλεμος [page 524] πόλεμος in the general sense of war may be illustrated from P Amh II. 30 .27 (ii/B.C.) where in an inquiry regarding the ownership of a house proof is adduced Μαρρῆν . . κατεσχηκέναι τὴν οἰκίαν πρὸ τοῦ πολέμου , that Marres had become owner of the house before the war, and from P Oxy IV. 705 .33 (A.D. 200 2) where the Emperors Septimius Severus and Caracalla are reminded of the loyalty of the Oxyrhynchites in helping them in the war against the Jews κατὰ τὸν πρὸς Εἰουδαίους πόλεμον συμμαχήσαντες . An interesting ex. of the word is found in the letter of the Emperor Claudius to the Alexandrines P Lond 1912 .74 (A.D. 41) τῆς δὲ πρὸς Ἰουδαίους ταραχῆς καὶ στάσεως , μᾶλλον δ᾽ εἰ χρὴ τὸ ἀλη̣θὲς εἰπεῖν τοῦ πολέμου , πότεροι μὲν αἴτιοι κατέστησαν . . οὐκ ἐβουλήθην ἀκριβῶς ἐξελένξαι , as to the question which of you were responsible for the riot and feud (or rather, if the truth must be told, the war) against the Jews, I was unwilling to commit myself to a decided judgment (Bell). It may be noted that in the calendar inscr. Priene 105 .36 ( c. B.C. 9) the Emperor Augustus is signalized as σωτῆρα . . τὸν παύσαντα τὸν πόλεμον , κοσμήσαντα [δὲ πάντα . For the meaning battle, as in Luk_14:31 ; LXX 3Ki. 22:34 [MT 1Ki_22:34 ], al. see Field Notes , p. 67 f., and add the striking phrase LXX 2Ki_11:7 [MT 2Sa_11:7 ] ἐπερωτᾶν . . εἰς εἰρήνην τοῦ πολέμου , to ask how the battle progressed.

πόλεμος πόλεμος, epic πτόλεμος, ὁ, "battle, fight, war", Hom. , etc.; πόλεμον αἴρεσθαί τινι to levy "war" against another, Aesch. ; π. θέσθαι τινί Eur. ; π. ἀναιρεῖσθαι, κινεῖν, ἐγείρειν, καθιστάναι, ἐπάγειν to begin "a war;" π. ποιεῖσθαι to make "war, —" opp. to π. ἀναπαύειν, καταλύεσθαι to put an end to it, make peace, all in attic

πόλεμος, -ον, ό [in LXX chiefly for מִלְחָמָה ;] __1. war: Mat.24:6, Mrk.13:7, Luk.14:31 21:9, Heb.11:34; π. ποιεῖν, before μετά, with genitive (cf. πολεμέω), Rev.11:7 12:17 13:7 19:19. __2. = μάχη, a fight, battle: 1Co.14:8, Rev.9:7, 9 12:7 16:14 20:8; hyperb., of private quarrels (cf. πολεμέω), Jas.4:1.† (AS)