πολεμέω,
Ion. Iterat. πολεμέεσκε Acus. 22J.: fut. -ήσω X. An. 2.6.5: pf. πεπολέμηκα Arist. Rh. 1396a11, Ephipp. 9: - Med., aor. ἐπολεμησάμην ( κατ- ) Plb. 11.31.6: - Pass., πολεμηθήσομαι Id. 2.41.14, etc.; πολεμήσομαι in pass. sense, Th. 1.68, 8.43, D. 23.110: aor. ἐπολεμήθην Th. 5.26: pf. πεπολέμημαι ( κατα- ) Id. 6.16: ( πόλεμος ): - to be at war or make war, Id. 1.140, etc.; ἀφ’ ἡσυχίας πολεμῆσαι ib. 124; opp. εἰρήνην ἄγειν, Id. 5.76; τινι with one, Hdt. 6.37, IG 22.236.19, etc.; πολεμοῦσαι πρὸς ἀλλήλας πόλεις X. Vect. 5.8, cf. Pl. Lg. 686b, SIG 182.12 (Argos, iv B.C. ), etc.; μετά τινος or σύν τινι in conjunction with . ., X. HG 7.1.27, An. 2.6.5; περὶ τῆς ἀρχῆς π. Hdt. 6.98 .
2. fight, do battle, ἀπὸ τῶν ἵππων Pl. Prt. 350a; ἀπὸ [καμήλων ] X. Cyr. 7.1.49; but ἀφ’ ὅτου πολεμήσωμεν what our means of war are, And. 3.16 .
3. generally, quarrel, wrangle with one, X. Cyr. 1.3.11; π. χρείᾳ S. OC 191 (anap.), cf. E. Ion 1386; τισὶν ὑπέρ τινος D. 18.31: metaph. of disease, Gal. 1.103.
II later c. acc., make war upon, τὴν πόλιν Din. 1.36 codd.; τὰς Ἀθήνας D.S. 4.61, cf. 13.84, 14.37, LXX [1Ma 5:30], etc.; τὰς Συρακούσας Plb. 1.15.10, etc.: metaph., τὰς σταφυλάς Alciphr. 3.22: - Pass., also in early writers, have war made upon one, to be treated as enemies, Th. 1.37, X. HG 7.4.20; ὑπό τινων Isoc. 5.49; καὶ αὐτοὶ . . ἐκ πολλοῦ πολεμούμενοι D. 18.43; αὐτὸς μὲν πολεμεῖν ὑμῖν, ὑφ’ ὑμῶν δὲ μὴ πολεμεῖσθαι Id. 9.9; -ηθείσης τῆς χώρας OGI 748.8 (Cyzicus, iii B.C. ).
2. c. acc. cogn., πόλεμον π. Pl. R. 551d, Arist.l.c., etc.: - Pass., [ πολέμους] τοὺς ἐπὶ Θησέως πολεμηθέντας X. Mem. 3.5.10; κατὰ θάλατταν ὁ π. ἐπολεμεῖτο Id. HG 5.1.1, cf. Pl. R. 600a; ὅσα ἐπολεμήθη whatever hostilities took place, X. An. 4.1.1; τὰ περὶ Πύλον κατὰ κράτος ἐπολεμεῖτο Th. 4.23, cf. 3.6 . - The form used by Poets is πολεμίζω.
G4170 — πολεμέω
πολέμῳ; future πολεμήσω; 1 aorist ἐπολέμησα; (πόλεμος); (from Sophocles and Herodotus down); the Sept. chiefly for נִלְחַם; to war, carry on war; to fight: [Rev 19:11]; μετά τίνος (on which construction see μετά, I. 2 d., p. 403{b}), [Rev 2:16]; [Rev 12:7] (where Rec. κατά; (cf. on this verse Buttmann, § 140, 14 and under the word μετά as above)); [Rev 13:4]; [Rev 17:14]; equivalent to to wrangle, quarrel, [Jam 4:2].
πολεμέω , - ῶ
( < πόλεμος ),
[in LXX chiefly for H3898 ni .;]
to make war, fight: [Rev 12:7] b [Rev 19:11]; seq . μετά ([2Sa 21:15] and v. M , Pr., 106, 247), [Rev 2:16]; [Rev 12:7] a [Rev 13:4]; [Rev 17:14]; hyperb., of private quarrels, [Jas 4:2]. †