Strong's Lexicon

G4758

G4758 — στρατολογέω

Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

GreekstratologeoverbOccurrences: 1

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.)

Other Resources

Dictionary of New Testament Theology
Colin Brown

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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