Strong's Lexicon
G4754 — στρατεύομαι
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G4754 |
|---|---|
| Word: | στρατεύομαι |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | middle voice from the base of G4756 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 7 |
| Transliteration: | strateuomai |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | strat-yoo'-om-ai |
| Meaning: | 1. to serve in a military campaign 2. (figuratively) to execute the apostolate (with its arduous duties and functions), to contend with carnal inclinations |
| KJV Renderings: | soldier, (go to) war(-fare) |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
στρατεύω: middle, present στρατεύομαι; 1 aorist subjunctive 2 person singular στρατευση (1Ti 1:18 T Tr text WH marginal reading); (στρατός (related to στρωννύω, which see), an encampment, an army); from Herodotus down; to make a military expedition, to lead soldiers to war or to battle (spoken of a commander); to do military duty, be on active service, be a soldier"; in the N. T. only in the middle (Greek writings use the active and the deponent middle indiscriminately; cf. Passow, under the word, 1 at the end; (Liddell and Scott, under the word, I. 2)): properly, of soldiers, Luk 3:14; 1Co 9:7; 2Ti 2:4; to fight (A. V. war): tropically, of the conflicts of the apostolic office, 2Co 10:3; with a kindred accusative (Winers Grammar, § 32, 2; Buttmann, § 131, 5), τήν καλήν στρατείαν, 1Ti 1:18 (ἱεράν καί εὐγενῆ στρατείαν στρατεύσασθαι περί τῆς εὐσεβείας, 4Ma 9:23); of passions that disquiet the soul, Jas 4:1; 1Pe 2:11. (Compare: ἀντιστρατεύομαι.)
Englishman's Greek Concordance
στρατεύομαι (soldier)
Luke 3:14
- KJV: And the soldiers likewise demanded of him saying And what shall we do And he said unto them Do violence to no man neither accuse falsely and be content with your wages
- GK: επηρώτων δε αυτόν και στρατευόμενοι λέγοντες και ημείς τι ποιήσομεν και είπε προς αυτούς μηδένα διασείσητε μηδέ συκοφαντήσητε και αρκείσθε τοις οψωνίοις υμών
1 Corinthians 9:7
- KJV: Who goeth a warfare any time at his own charges who planteth a vineyard and eateth not of the fruit thereof or who feedeth a flock and eateth not of the milk of the flock
- GK: τις στρατεύεται ιδίοις οψωνίοις ποτέ τις φυτεύει αμπελώνα και εκ του καρπού αυτού ουκ εσθίει η τις ποιμαίνει ποίμνην και εκ του γάλακτος της ποίμνης ουκ εσθίει
2 Corinthians 10:3
- KJV: For though we walk in the flesh we do not war after the flesh
- GK: εν σαρκί γαρ περιπατούντες ου κατά σάρκα στρατευόμεθα
1 Timothy 1:18
- KJV: This charge I commit unto thee son Timothy according to the prophecies which went before on thee that thou by them mightest war a good warfare
- GK: ταύτην την παραγγελίαν παρατίθεμαί σοι τέκνον Τιμόθεε κατά τας προαγούσας επί σε προφητείας ίνα στρατεύη εν αυταίς την καλήν στρατείαν
2 Timothy 2:4
- KJV: No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of life that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier
- GK: ουδείς στρατευόμενος εμπλέκεται ταις του βίου πραγματείαις ίνα τω στρατολογήσαντι αρέση
James 4:1
- KJV: From whence wars and fightings among you not hence of your lusts that war in your members
- GK: πόθεν πόλεμοι και μάχαι εν υμίν ουκ εντεύθεν εκ των ηδονών υμών των στρατευομένων εν τοις μέλεσιν υμών
1 Peter 2:11
- KJV: Dearly beloved I beseech as strangers and pilgrims abstain from fleshly lusts which war against the soul
- GK: αγαπητοί παρακαλώ ως παροίκους και παρεπιδήμους απέχεσθε των σαρκικών επιθυμιών αίτινες στρατεύονται κατά της ψυχής