πόλεμος

πόλεμος — pólemos

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 מִלְחָמָה;

1. properly,

a. war: Mat 24:6; Mar 13:7; Luk 14:31; Luk 21:9; Heb 11:31; in imitation of the Hebrew מִלְחָמָה עָשָׂה followed by אֵת or עִם (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.).