Strong’s G4171 · Greek

πόλεμος
pólemos

Definition

warfare (literally or figuratively; a single encounter or a series)

Etymology

from (to bustle);

Where the KJV renders it

  • battle
  • fight
  • war

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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