What does πόλεμος · ἀκαταστασία mean in the Bible?
πόλεμος · ἀκαταστασία is a Greek phrase meaning "wars and disturbances, revolutions, upheavals".
Greek · G4171, G181
πολέμους καὶ ἀκαταστασίας
Warfare (literally or figuratively; a single encounter or a series) · disorder
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πόλεμος G4171 warfare (literally or figuratively; a single encounter or a series)
Pronunciation pólemos
War as organized military conflict, distinct from individual fights or personal quarrels.
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ἀκαταστασία G181 disorder
Pronunciation akatastasía
Spiritual and social chaos resulting from lack of orderly control or proper authority structure
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What does πολέμους καὶ ἀκαταστασίας (polemous kai akatastasias) mean in the Bible?
πόλεμος · ἀκαταστασία is a Greek phrase meaning "wars and disturbances, revolutions, upheavals".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for G4171, G181?
G4171, G181 is connected to 18 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. wars and disturbances, revolutions, upheavals
Source Gloss
wars and disturbances, revolutions, upheavals
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 6 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 6 Aligned forms 18 Case pattern Accusative (13) Number pattern Singular (12)
Nominative · Plural · Masculine Jas 4:1 1×
Nominative · Singular · Masculine Rev 12:7 1×
Genitive · Plural · Masculine Matt 24:6 · Mark 13:7 2×
Dative · Singular · Masculine Heb 11:34 1×
Accusative · Singular · Masculine Luke 14:31 · 1 Cor 14:8 · Rev 9:7 · Rev 9:9 · Rev 11:7 · Rev 12:17 · Rev 13:7 · Rev 16:14 · Rev 19:19 · Rev 20:8 10×
Accusative · Plural · Masculine Matt 24:6 · Mark 13:7 · Luke 21:9 3×
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain