The Koine Bible

Greek Lexicon

SBL Greek New Testament lexicon

πολεμέω

Lexicon Index Written Scriptures

Lemma	πολεμέω
Citation form	πολεμέω
Part of speech	verb
Gloss	I make war, contend
Strong’s	G4170
Transliteration	poleméō
Definition	to be (engaged) in warfare, i.e. to battle (literally or figuratively)
KJV glosses	:--fight, (make) war.
Derivation	from
SBLGNT occurrences	6

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 form	Grammar and occurrences
ἐπολέμησεν	verb, third person, aorist, active, indicative, singular (MorphGNT 3AAI-S--) — Revelation 12:7
πολεμεῖ	verb, third person, present, active, indicative, singular (MorphGNT 3PAI-S--) — Revelation 19:11
πολεμεῖτε	verb, second person, present, active, indicative, plural (MorphGNT 2PAI-P--) — James 4:2
πολεμῆσαι	verb, aorist, active, infinitive (MorphGNT -AAN----) — Revelation 12:7 verb, aorist, active, infinitive (MorphGNT -AAN----) — Revelation 13:4
πολεμήσουσιν	verb, third person, future, active, indicative, plural (MorphGNT 3FAI-P--) — Revelation 17:14
πολεμήσω	verb, first person, future, active, indicative, singular (MorphGNT 1FAI-S--) — Revelation 2:16

Morphology

verb; MorphGNT -AAN----
verb; MorphGNT 1FAI-S--
verb; MorphGNT 2PAI-P--
verb; MorphGNT 3AAI-S--
verb; MorphGNT 3FAI-P--
verb; MorphGNT 3PAI-S--

Occurrences

Septuagint occurrences

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