Strong's Lexicon
G4758 — στρατολογέω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G4758 |
|---|---|
| Word: | στρατολογέω |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | from a compound of the base of G4756 and G3004 (in its original sense) |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 1 |
| Transliteration: | stratologeo |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | strat-ol-og-eh'-o |
| Meaning: | 1. to gather (or select) as a warrior, i.e. enlist in the army |
| KJV Renderings: | choose to be a soldier |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
στρατολογέω, στρατολόγω: to be a στρατολογος (and this from στρατός and λέγω), to gather (collect) an army, to enlist soldiers: ὁ στρατολογησας (he that enrolled (him) as a soldier), of the commander, 2Ti 2:4. (Diodorus, Dionysius Halicarnassus, Josephus, Plutarch, others.)
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Englishman's Greek Concordance
στρατολογέω (choose to be a soldier)
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
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