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Greek Lexicon

SBL Greek New Testament lexicon

πόλεμος

Lemmaπόλεμος
Citation formπόλεμος, ου, ὁ
Part of speechnoun
Glossa war, battle, strife
Strong’sG4171
Transliterationpólemos
Definitionwarfare (literally or figuratively; a single encounter or a series)
KJV glosses:--battle, fight, war.
Derivationfrom (to bustle)
SBLGNT occurrences16

Forms and grammatical context

Each form is parsed from its actual MorphGNT occurrence; a form may have more than one analysis depending on context.

Greek formGrammar and occurrences
πόλεμοι
noun, nominative, plural, masculine (MorphGNT ----NPM-)James 4:1
πόλεμον
noun, accusative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----ASM-)Luke 14:31
noun, accusative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----ASM-)1 Corinthians 14:8
noun, accusative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----ASM-)Revelation 11:7
noun, accusative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----ASM-)Revelation 12:17
noun, accusative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----ASM-)Revelation 13:7
noun, accusative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----ASM-)Revelation 16:14
noun, accusative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----ASM-)Revelation 19:19
noun, accusative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----ASM-)Revelation 20:8
noun, accusative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----ASM-)Revelation 9:7
noun, accusative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----ASM-)Revelation 9:9
πόλεμος
noun, nominative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----NSM-)Revelation 12:7
πολέμους
noun, accusative, plural, masculine (MorphGNT ----APM-)Matthew 24:6
noun, accusative, plural, masculine (MorphGNT ----APM-)Mark 13:7
noun, accusative, plural, masculine (MorphGNT ----APM-)Luke 21:9
πολέμῳ
noun, dative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----DSM-)Hebrews 11:34
πολέμων
noun, genitive, plural, masculine (MorphGNT ----GPM-)Matthew 24:6
noun, genitive, plural, masculine (MorphGNT ----GPM-)Mark 13:7

Morphology

Occurrences

Septuagint occurrences

The same normalized Greek lemma occurs in the Rahlfs Septuagint: πολεμος.