polemos · war, battle

What it means

polemos (πόλεμος) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “war, battle”.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. Armed conflict between peoples or armies; also a struggle.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• war ×9
• wars ×6
• battle ×3

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×2
• Mark×2
• Luke×2
• 1 Corinthians×1
• Hebrews×1
• James×1
• Revelation×9

• Matthew 24:6

  And you will hear of wars and reports of wars. See that you are not alarmed, for it must happen, but the end is not yet.

• Mark 13:7

  And when you hear of wars and reports of wars, do not be alarmed; this must happen, but the end is not yet.

• Luke 14:31

  Or what king, going to encounter another king in war, will not first sit down and consider whether he is able with ten thousand to meet the one who comes against him with twenty thousand?

• Luke 21:9

  And when you hear of wars and uprisings, do not be terrified; for these things must happen first, but the end will not come at once.”

• 1 Corinthians 14:8

  And indeed, if a trumpet gives an unclear sound, who will prepare himself for battle?

• Hebrews 11:34

  quenched the power of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, were made strong out of weakness, became mighty in war, put to flight the armies of foreigners.

• James 4:1

  From where come wars and from where fights among you? Is it not from here, from your pleasures that wage war in your members?

• Revelation 9:7

  And the appearance of the locusts was like horses prepared for battle; and on their heads were what looked like crowns like gold, and their faces were like human faces;

• Revelation 9:9

  and they had breastplates like iron breastplates, and the sound of their wings was like the sound of chariots with many horses rushing into battle.

• Revelation 11:7

  And when they have finished their testimony, the beast that comes up out of the abyss will make war against them and conquer them and kill them.

• Revelation 12:7

  And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels went out to fight against the dragon. And the dragon fought, and his angels,

• Revelation 12:17

  And the dragon was enraged at the woman, and went off to make war with the rest of her offspring, those who keep the commandments of God and hold the testimony of Jesus.

• Revelation 13:7

  And it was given to it to make war with the saints and to conquer them, and there was given to it authority over every tribe and people and language and nation.

• Revelation 16:14

  for they are spirits of demons performing signs, who go out to the kings of the whole inhabited world, to gather them for the war of 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 to make war against the one who sat on the horse and against his army.

• Revelation 20:8

  and will come out to deceive the nations that are at the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them for the war; their number is like the sand of the sea.

And 2 more times.