War (Verb and Noun) - Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words

War (Verb and Noun)

[ A-1,Verb,G4170, polemeo ]
(Eng., polemics"), "to fight, to make war," is used
(a) literally, Revelation 12:7 (twice), RV; Revelation 13:4; Revelation 17:14; Revelation 19:11;
(b) metaphorically, Revelation 2:16, RV;
(c) hyperbolically, James 4:2. See FIGHT, B, Note
(1).

[ A-2,Verb,G4754, strateuo ]
used in the Middle Voice, "to make war" (from stratos, "an encamped army"), is translated "to war" in 2 Corinthians 10:3; metaphorically, of spiritual "conflict," 1 Timothy 1:18; 2 Timothy 2:3, AV; James 4:1; 1 Peter 2:11. See SOLDIER, B.

[ A-3,Verb,G497, antistrateuomai ]
not found in the Active Voice antistrateuo, "to make war against" (anti), occurs in Romans 7:23.

Note: For "men of war," Luke 23:11, AV, See SOLDIER, No. 2.

[ B-1,Noun,G4171, polemos ]
"war" (akin to A, No. 1), is so translated in the RV, for AV, "battle," 1 Corinthians 14:8; Revelation 9:7, Revelation 9:9; Revelation 16:14; Revelation 20:8; for AV, "fight," Hebrews 11:34; AV and RV in James 4:1, hyperbolically of private "quarrels;" elsewhere, literally, e.g., Matthew 24:6; Revelation 11:7. See BATTLE.

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