πόλεμος,
and Ep. πτόλεμος, ὁ,
war, Il. 1.61, etc. (the usual meaning in post-Homeric Greek); also, battle, fight, ib. 226, etc.; even of single combat, 7.174; πόλεμοί τε μάχαι τε 1.177, 5.891; φυλόπιδος . . καὶ πολέμοιο 18.242; ἀϋτήν τε πτόλεμόν τε 1.492, cf. 14.37, 96; π. καὶ δηϊοτῆτος 5.348, etc.: periphr., νεῖκος, φύλοπις, ἔρις πολέμοιο, 13.271, 635, 17.253; π. ἄγριος, αἱματόεις, ἀργαλέος, ἀλίαστος, δακρυόεις, δήϊος, δυσηλεγής, δυσηχής, κακός, λευγαλέος, ὀϊζυρός, ὀκρυόεις, ὀλοός, ὁμοίιος, πευκεδανός, πολυᾶϊξ, πολύδακρυς, στυγερός, φθισήνωρ, ib. 737, 19.313, Od. 24.531, Il. 2.797, 5.737, 7.119, 20.154, 2.686, 1.284, 13.97, 3.112, 9.64 (leg. κρυόεντος ), 3.133, 9.440, 10.8, 1.165, 3.165, 4.240, 9.604; π. Ἀχαιῶν, ἀνδρῶν, i.e. brought by them, 3.165, 24.8 (pl.), etc.; ὁ τῶν βαρβάρων π. Th. 1.24; Ἑλλήνων π. X. HG 3.2.22; ὁ παρὼν π. Κορινθίων Th. 1.32; ὁ μέλλων καὶ ὅσον οὐ παρὼν π. ib. 36; ὁ πρὸς Δαρεῖον π. Hdt. 6.2; ἀσχημοσύνῃ καὶ Ἔρωτι πρὸς ἀλλήλους ἀεὶ π. Pl. Smp. 196a; Δωριακὸς π. Orac. ap. Th. 2.54; ὁ Ἰωνικὸς π. Id. 8.11; ὁ Φωκικὸς π. Aeschin. 3.148; π. Δεκελεικός Isoc. 8.37, 14.31; π. ξενικός Arist. Pol. 1272b20; δουλικοὶ π. Ath. 6.272f; ἱερὸς π. Ar. Av. 556, etc.; πόλεμον ἄρασθαι levy war, A. Supp. 342, cf. Ar. Ach. 913, etc.: c. dat., ἢ τοῖσιν ἢ τοῖς π. αἴρεσθαι μέγαν A. Supp. 439; π. ἄρασθαι πρός τινας X. Cyr. 1.6.45; π. θέσθαι τινί E. Or. 13; π. ἀναιρέεσθαι Hdt. 5.36, cf. D. 1.7, etc.; π. κινεῖν, ἐγεῖραι, Th. 6.34, Hdn. 3.5.3; π. τοῖς ἔργοις ἐξενήνοχε D. 11.20, cf. Plu. 2.829e; ἐς π. καθίστασθαί τισι E. HF 1168; π. ἐπαγαγεῖν Aeschin. 3.140; ἀγαγεῖν ἐπί τινας D. 5.19; π. ποιεῖν make war, Id. 8.7; π. ποιεῖσθαι carry it on, X. An. 5.5.24; π. καταλύεσθαι put an end to it, And. 3.17, Th. 6.36; ὁ π. ἀναπέπαυται X. Cyr. 7.5.47: prov., οὐ πόλεμον ἐπαγγέλλεις, i.e. that is good news, Pl. Lg. 702d, Phdr. 242b: in pl., Democr. 250, etc.; διὰ τὴν τῶν χρημάτων κτῆσιν πάντες οἱ π. ἡμῖν γίγνονται Pl. Phd. 66c, cf. R. 460a, al.
II personified, War, Battle, Ἀλαλὰ Πολέμου θύγατερ Pi. Fr. 78, cf. Ar. Pax 205; Π. πάντων μὲν πατήρ ἐστι, πάντων δὲ βασιλεύς Heraclit. 53; ὁ π. τῆς γενέσεως Dam. Pr. 423 .
2. metaph. of womankind, πολυτελὴς π. Secund. Sent. 8 .
G4171 — 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, [Jam 4:1] (Sophocles El. 219; Plato, Phaedo, p. 66 c.).
πόλεμος , - ον , ό ,
[in LXX chiefly for H4421;]
1. war: [Mat 24:6], [Mar 13:7], [Luk 14:31]; [Luk 21:9], [Heb 11:34]; Papyri ποιεῖν , seq . μετά , c . gen . ( cf. πολεμέω ), [Rev 11:7]; [Rev 12:17]; [Rev 13:7]; [Rev 19:19].
2. = μάχη , a fight, battle: [1Co 14:8], [Rev 9:7]; [Rev 9:9]; [Rev 12:7]; [Rev 16:14]; [Rev 20:8]; hyperb., of private quarrels ( cf. πολεμέω ), [Jas 4:1]. †