GREEK · G8841
πολεμιστής
polemistēs — a warrior
1. a warrior, combatant , (Iliad by Homer), etc. 2. π. ἵππος a war-horse, charger , (Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
Charger
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
How to read this: there is rarely one magic “true meaning” hidden behind an English word. A lexicon records a word’s semantic range. The intended meaning is narrowed by grammar, sentence, author, historical usage and context.
Historical dictionary entry
A bowl or deep dish. The silver vessels given by the heads of the tribes for the services of the tabernacle are so named (Num. 7:13, etc.). The “charger” in which the Baptist’s head was presented was a platter or flat wooden trencher (Matt. 14:8, 11; Mark 6:25, 28). The chargers of gold and silver of Ezra 1:9 were probably basins for receiving the blood of sacrifices.
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.