1. war, battle, conflict — Armed conflict between opposing forces; a state of hostility or organized military engagement. Covers both singular ('a war') and plural ('wars') forms in all grammatical cases. Used of literal warfare (Mt 24:6; Mk 13:7; Lk 14:31; 21:9; Heb 11:34; Rev 9:7,9; 11:7; 12:7,17; 13:7; 16:14; 19:19; 20:8) and metaphorical inner conflict (Jas 4:1). Translations are uniform across number: eng 'war/wars,' spa 'guerra/guerras,' arb حَرْبٍ/حُرُوبٍ (harb/hurub, warfare), hin युद्ध/युद्धों (yuddh, armed conflict), kor 전쟁/전쟁들 (jeonjaeng, war), swa 'vita' (war, used for both singular and plural in Swahili). 18×
AR["الحَرْبِ","الحُروبُ","حَربًا","حَربٌ","حَربٍ","حَربِ","حَرْب","حَرْبًا","حَرْبٍ","حُروبًا","حُروبٍ","حُرُوبًا","حُرُوبٍ"]·ben["যুদ্ধ","যুদ্ধ?","যুদ্ধগুলি","যুদ্ধে","যুদ্ধে;","যুদ্ধের","যুদ্ধের,","যুদ্ধের-কথা"]·DE["Krieg"]·EN["of-wars","war","wars"]·FR["guerre"]·heb["הַמִּלְחָמָה","מִלְחֶמֶת","מִלְחָמָה","מִלְחָמוֹת"]·HI["युद्ध","युद्ध,","युद्धों","युद्धों-की","युद्ध।","लड़ाइयाँ"]·ID["peperangan","perang","perang,","perang-perang","perang;","perang?"]·IT["guerra"]·jav["peperangan","perang","perang-perang"]·KO["싸움들-이","전쟁","전쟁들과","전쟁들을","전쟁들의","전쟁에서","전쟁을","전쟁의","전쟁이"]·PT["de-guerras","guerra","guerra?","guerras"]·RU["война","войне","войне,","войну","войну,","войну;","войны","о-войнах"]·ES["de-guerras","guerra","guerra,","guerras"]·SW["angalieni","na","vita","vita,","vita?","vitani;","za-vita"]·TR["savaş","savaşa","savaşlar","savaşları","savaşların","savaşta","savaşı","savaşın","savaşına"]·urd["جنگ","جنگ-کے","جنگوں-کی","جنگیں","لڑائی","لڑائیاں","لڑائیوں-کی"]
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BDB / Lexicon Reference
πόλεμος, and Epic dialect πτόλεμος, ὁ, war, Refs 8th c.BC+; also, battle, fight, Refs, etc.; even of single combat,Refs; π. καὶ δηϊοτῆτος Refs 8th c.BC+; ὁ τῶν βαρβάρων π. Refs 5th c.BC+; ὁ μέλλων καὶ ὅσον οὐ παρὼν π.Refs 5th c.BC+; Δωριακὸς π. Oracle texts cited in Refs 5th c.BC+; πόλεμον ἄρασθαι levy war, Refs 5th c.BC+; π. κινεῖν, ἐγεῖραι, Refs 5th c.BC+; π. ποιεῖν make war, Refs; π. ποιεῖσθαι…