Polemos πόλεμος

Polemos (Greek πόλεμος, Strong's G4171) is a Greek masculine noun meaning “war”. It occurs 18 times in 16 verses of the New Testament.

Definition

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Topics

• War

Verses

Every verse with Polemos, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Matthew

• Matthew 24:6
  And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.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.

Mark

• Mark 13:7
  And when ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars, be ye not troubled: for such things must needs be; but the end shall not be yet.When you hear of wars and rumors of wars, do not be alarmed. These things must happen, but the end is still to come.

Luke

• Luke 14:31
  Or what king, going to make war against another king, sitteth not down first, and consulteth whether he be able with ten thousand to meet him that cometh against him with twenty thousand?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?
• Luke 21:9
  But when ye shall hear of wars and commotions, be not terrified: for these things must first come to pass; but the end is not by and by.When you hear of wars and rebellions, do not be alarmed. These things must happen first, but the end is not imminent.”

1 Corinthians

• 1 Corinthians 14:8
  For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle?Again, if the trumpet sounds a muffled call, who will prepare for battle?

Hebrews

• Hebrews 11:34
  Quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, waxed valiant in fight, turned to flight the armies of the aliens.quenched the raging fire, and escaped the edge of the sword; who gained strength from weakness, became mighty in battle, and put foreign armies to flight.

James

• James 4:1
  From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members?What causes conflicts and quarrels among you? Don’t they come from the passions at war within you?

Revelation

• Revelation 9:7
  And the shapes of the locusts were like unto horses prepared unto battle; and on their heads were as it were crowns like gold, and their faces were as the faces of men.And the locusts looked like horses prepared for battle, with something like crowns of gold on their heads, and faces like the faces of men.
• Revelation 9:9
  And they had breastplates, as it were breastplates of iron; and the sound of their wings was as the sound of chariots of many horses running to battle.They also had thoraxes like breastplates of iron, and the sound of their wings was like the roar of many horses and chariots rushing into battle.
• Revelation 11:7
  And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and shall overcome them, and kill them.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.
• Revelation 12:7
  And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels,Then a war broke out in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon, and the dragon and his angels fought back.
• Revelation 12:17
  And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.And the dragon was enraged at the woman, and went to make war with the rest of her children, who keep the commandments of God and hold to the testimony of Jesus. And the dragon stood on the shore of the sea.
• Revelation 13:7
  And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations.Then the beast was permitted to wage war against the saints and to conquer them, and it was given authority over every tribe and people and tongue and nation.
• Revelation 16:14
  For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.These are demonic spirits that perform signs and go out to all the kings of the earth, to assemble them for battle on the great day of God the Almighty.
• Revelation 19:19
  And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse, and against his army.Then I saw the beast and the kings of the earth with their armies assembled to wage war against the One seated on the horse, and against His army.
• Revelation 20:8
  And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.and will go out to deceive the nations in the four corners of the earth—Gog and Magog—to assemble them for battle. Their number is like the sand of the seashore.

Notes

1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).