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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 word meaning "wars and disturbances, revolutions, upheavals".

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Meaning

wars and disturbances, revolutions, upheavals
Grammatical Forms

How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.

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×
18 total occurrences across all forms in the biblical text Morphology: MorphGNT SBLGNT — CC BY-SA 3.0
Word Pictures (Robertson)

A.T. Robertson's Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) discusses this term in the following chapters. Open any chapter and go to the Word Pictures tab to read his verse-by-verse commentary.

1 Corinthians 14 — Pursue Love, Desire Gifts, and Let All Things Be Done for Edification and Order Luke 21 — The Widow’s Gift, Jerusalem’s Fall, and Watchfulness before the Son of Man Mark 13 — Watch and Endure: Temple Judgment, Gospel Witness, Tribulation, the Son of Man, and Readiness Matthew 24 — The Olivet Discourse: Temple Desolation, Coming Judgment, the Son of Man, and Watchful Readiness

A.T. Robertson, Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) — public domain

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

STEPBible Data — CC BY 4.0

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