Strong G4754στρατεύω
to battle
- Transliteration
- strateuomai
- Pronunciation
- strat-yoo'-om-ahee
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Middle voice from the base of G4756; to serve in a military campaign; figuratively to execute the apostolate (with its arduous duties and functions) to contend with carnal inclinations: - soldier (go to) war (-fare).
Detailed definition
στρατεύω and depon., -ομαι, so always in NT
(στρατός, an encamped army), [in LXX for מההּ hith., יָצָא, צָבָא; metaphorically, 4Ma.9:23;]
used of the general, to make war, do battle, and (chiefly) of the soldiers serving under him, to serve as a soldier: Luk.3:14, 1Co.9:7, 2Ti.2:4. Metaphorical (cf. MM, ii, xxiii), of spiritual conflict, to war, make war: 2Co.10:3, 1Ti.1:18, Jas.4:1, 1Pe.2:11.†
(AS)
(στρατός, an encamped army), [in LXX for מההּ hith., יָצָא, צָבָא; metaphorically, 4Ma.9:23;]
used of the general, to make war, do battle, and (chiefly) of the soldiers serving under him, to serve as a soldier: Luk.3:14, 1Co.9:7, 2Ti.2:4. Metaphorical (cf. MM, ii, xxiii), of spiritual conflict, to war, make war: 2Co.10:3, 1Ti.1:18, Jas.4:1, 1Pe.2:11.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4754 appears in 7 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- war4
- do1
- soldier1
- thou1
- warfare1
- warreth1
First verses
- Luke 3:14And the soldiers likewise demanded of him, saying, And what shall we do? And he said unto them, Do violence to no man, neither accuse any falsely; and be content with your wages.
- 1 Corinthians 9:7Who 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?
- 2 Corinthians 10:3For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh:
- 1 Timothy 1:18This 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;
- 2 Timothy 2:4No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.
- James 4:1From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members?
- 1 Peter 2:11Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
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Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
στρατ-εύω,
(στρατός) advance with an army or fleet, wage war, or rulers, offcers, or men, Κροῖσος ἐνένωτο -εύειν ἐπὶ τοὺς Πέρσας [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.77; Θηβαῖοι.. ἐστράτευον ἐπὶ τοὺς Πλαταιέας [prev. author] 6.108, compare 7 (variant), 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.7, “OGI” 327.2 (Pergam., 2nd c.BC), etc.)]; οἱ Ἀθηναῖοι -εύσαντες ἐς Πλάταιαν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.6; Καρχηδόνιοι -εύσαντες ἐπὶ Σικελίαν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 1.1.37; εἰς Σικελίαν -εύσαντες [prev. work] 1.5.21)]; ἐστράτευσαν πρὸς Ἄβυδον[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 1.2.16; σ. ὅποι Κῦρος ἐπαγγέλλοι [prev. author] “Cyr.” 7.4.9: with _accusative_ _cognate_, οἶσθ᾽ ἣν στρατείαν ἐστράτευσ᾽ ὀλεθρίαν (i.e. ἐγὼ Ἄδραστος) 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 116; Λακεδαιμόνιοι.. τὸν ἱερὸν καλούμενον πόλεμον ἐστράτευσαν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.112)]; metaphorically, ἑνὸς δ᾽ ἐπ᾽ ἀνδρὸς δώματα στρατεύομεν (Iris et Lyssa loq.) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 825 (nisi to be read σῶμα συστρατεύομεν))]:—so in middle, στρατεύομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.61, etc.:)]future -εύσομαι[Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 11, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 8.23)]: aorist ἐστρατευσάμην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.204, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1111, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 5.144, etc.; also ἐστρατεύθην 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 1.51, 2nd c.AD: Apollodorus Damascenus Mechanicus 1.9.13)]: perfect ἐστράτευμαι [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 4.29, etc.)]; Boeotian dialect 3rd.pers. plural perfect middle ἐστροτεύαθη [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“IG” 7.3174.27 (Orchom. _Boeotian dialect_), +others: εἰ μὴ στρατεύοισθ᾽ ἐς τὸν Ἑλλήνων τόπον 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 790)]; -εύσονται ἐπὶ τὴν ἡμετέρην [Ἀθηναῖοι] [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.11; οἱ δὲ -ευόμενοι οἵδε ἦσαν, Πέρσαι μέν.. [prev. work] 61, compare 64, 66, +others)]; ἐστρατευμένοι γάρ εἰσι they have been soldiers, have seen war-service, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 1113, compare “IG” 12.1.3, 18.9, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 9.4; ψιλὸς αὖ στρατεύσομαι 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 232, compare 5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus 117.8)]; ὁπλίτης σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.4.1; ἐκ καταλόγου σ. [prev. passage]; ὅταν ἡλικίαν ἐκπέμπωσι προγράφουσιν ἀπὸ τίνος ἄρχοντος καὶ ἐπωνύμου μέχρι τίνων δεῖ στρατεύεσθαι 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ἀθηναίων Πολιτεία” 53.7; σφι ἐδόκεε -εύεσθαι ἐπὶ τὰς Θήβας 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.86; ἐπὶ τοῦ κρυστάλλου -εύονται.. πέρην ἐς τοὺς Σίνδους [prev. author] 4.28; σ. μετά τινων 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 967; ὑπὲρ τῆς πόλεως 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 429b; τῆς σῆς οὕνεκ᾽.. γυναικός 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1111; ὑπό τινι 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Camillus” 2; ἐπ᾽ Αἴγυπτον 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.139; ἐς τὴν Ἀσίην [prev. author] 1.4, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 3.30, etc.; κατὰ Ἐφεσίων “OGI” 437.70 (Pergam., 1st c.BC))]; πρὸς τὴν τῶν Ὀλυνθίων πόλιν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 5.3.3)]; μισθοῦ σ. [Refs ([prev. author] “Cyr.” 3.2.7)]; πανδημεὶ ἔξω σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 814a)]; opposed to ἐπιδημεῖν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 20.21)]; opposed to δημηγορεῖν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 4.22)]; στρατευσάμενος,= a militiis, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (Inscriptiones Graecae 14.716 (from Naples): with _accusative_ _cognate_, τὰς στρατείας -ευόμενος 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 10.25.)]
2 middle, serve in the army, τυΐ πρᾶτον ἐστροτεύαθη the following have joined the army for the first time, [Refs (“IG” 7 [same place])]; μηδεὶς ἐαθῇ -εύσασθαι to join the army, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“UPZ” 110.162 (2nd c.BC),compare “Sammelb.” 7354.6 (2nd c.AD), “BGU” 1680.9 (3rd c.AD))]; οἱ -ευόμενοι Ἕλληνες the Greeks who are in the army, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (PTeb. 5.168 (2nd c.BC).—In 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus codices vary between)]active and middle, as in [Refs (6.7, 108)]; in Attic dialect and later Gr. [Refs 2nd c.BC+ ((“PGrenf.” 1.21.3 (2nd c.BC), “PTeb.” 5.168 (2nd c.BC), etc.) the)]middle is much the more frequently
II later, in active, take or receive into the army, enroll, enlist, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 25.12, 2nd c.AD: Appianus Historicus “Bella Civilia” 1.42, 2.141, 5.137, 2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus 2.14.6)]:— passive, τῶν νεολέκτων τῶν -ευθέντων ὑφ᾽ ἡμῶν [Refs 4th c.AD+ (“POxy.” 1103.5 (4th c.AD))]; ὁ νῦν -ευθεὶς τίρων [Refs 4th c.AD+ (“PLond.” 2.237.31 (4th c.AD).)]
III see at {στραγγεύομαι}.
(στρατός) advance with an army or fleet, wage war, or rulers, offcers, or men, Κροῖσος ἐνένωτο -εύειν ἐπὶ τοὺς Πέρσας [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.77; Θηβαῖοι.. ἐστράτευον ἐπὶ τοὺς Πλαταιέας [prev. author] 6.108, compare 7 (variant), 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.7, “OGI” 327.2 (Pergam., 2nd c.BC), etc.)]; οἱ Ἀθηναῖοι -εύσαντες ἐς Πλάταιαν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.6; Καρχηδόνιοι -εύσαντες ἐπὶ Σικελίαν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 1.1.37; εἰς Σικελίαν -εύσαντες [prev. work] 1.5.21)]; ἐστράτευσαν πρὸς Ἄβυδον[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 1.2.16; σ. ὅποι Κῦρος ἐπαγγέλλοι [prev. author] “Cyr.” 7.4.9: with _accusative_ _cognate_, οἶσθ᾽ ἣν στρατείαν ἐστράτευσ᾽ ὀλεθρίαν (i.e. ἐγὼ Ἄδραστος) 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 116; Λακεδαιμόνιοι.. τὸν ἱερὸν καλούμενον πόλεμον ἐστράτευσαν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.112)]; metaphorically, ἑνὸς δ᾽ ἐπ᾽ ἀνδρὸς δώματα στρατεύομεν (Iris et Lyssa loq.) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 825 (nisi to be read σῶμα συστρατεύομεν))]:—so in middle, στρατεύομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.61, etc.:)]future -εύσομαι[Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 11, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 8.23)]: aorist ἐστρατευσάμην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.204, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1111, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 5.144, etc.; also ἐστρατεύθην 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 1.51, 2nd c.AD: Apollodorus Damascenus Mechanicus 1.9.13)]: perfect ἐστράτευμαι [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 4.29, etc.)]; Boeotian dialect 3rd.pers. plural perfect middle ἐστροτεύαθη [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“IG” 7.3174.27 (Orchom. _Boeotian dialect_), +others: εἰ μὴ στρατεύοισθ᾽ ἐς τὸν Ἑλλήνων τόπον 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 790)]; -εύσονται ἐπὶ τὴν ἡμετέρην [Ἀθηναῖοι] [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.11; οἱ δὲ -ευόμενοι οἵδε ἦσαν, Πέρσαι μέν.. [prev. work] 61, compare 64, 66, +others)]; ἐστρατευμένοι γάρ εἰσι they have been soldiers, have seen war-service, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 1113, compare “IG” 12.1.3, 18.9, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 9.4; ψιλὸς αὖ στρατεύσομαι 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 232, compare 5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus 117.8)]; ὁπλίτης σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.4.1; ἐκ καταλόγου σ. [prev. passage]; ὅταν ἡλικίαν ἐκπέμπωσι προγράφουσιν ἀπὸ τίνος ἄρχοντος καὶ ἐπωνύμου μέχρι τίνων δεῖ στρατεύεσθαι 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ἀθηναίων Πολιτεία” 53.7; σφι ἐδόκεε -εύεσθαι ἐπὶ τὰς Θήβας 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.86; ἐπὶ τοῦ κρυστάλλου -εύονται.. πέρην ἐς τοὺς Σίνδους [prev. author] 4.28; σ. μετά τινων 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 967; ὑπὲρ τῆς πόλεως 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 429b; τῆς σῆς οὕνεκ᾽.. γυναικός 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1111; ὑπό τινι 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Camillus” 2; ἐπ᾽ Αἴγυπτον 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.139; ἐς τὴν Ἀσίην [prev. author] 1.4, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 3.30, etc.; κατὰ Ἐφεσίων “OGI” 437.70 (Pergam., 1st c.BC))]; πρὸς τὴν τῶν Ὀλυνθίων πόλιν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 5.3.3)]; μισθοῦ σ. [Refs ([prev. author] “Cyr.” 3.2.7)]; πανδημεὶ ἔξω σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 814a)]; opposed to ἐπιδημεῖν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 20.21)]; opposed to δημηγορεῖν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 4.22)]; στρατευσάμενος,= a militiis, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (Inscriptiones Graecae 14.716 (from Naples): with _accusative_ _cognate_, τὰς στρατείας -ευόμενος 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 10.25.)]
2 middle, serve in the army, τυΐ πρᾶτον ἐστροτεύαθη the following have joined the army for the first time, [Refs (“IG” 7 [same place])]; μηδεὶς ἐαθῇ -εύσασθαι to join the army, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“UPZ” 110.162 (2nd c.BC),compare “Sammelb.” 7354.6 (2nd c.AD), “BGU” 1680.9 (3rd c.AD))]; οἱ -ευόμενοι Ἕλληνες the Greeks who are in the army, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (PTeb. 5.168 (2nd c.BC).—In 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus codices vary between)]active and middle, as in [Refs (6.7, 108)]; in Attic dialect and later Gr. [Refs 2nd c.BC+ ((“PGrenf.” 1.21.3 (2nd c.BC), “PTeb.” 5.168 (2nd c.BC), etc.) the)]middle is much the more frequently
II later, in active, take or receive into the army, enroll, enlist, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 25.12, 2nd c.AD: Appianus Historicus “Bella Civilia” 1.42, 2.141, 5.137, 2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus 2.14.6)]:— passive, τῶν νεολέκτων τῶν -ευθέντων ὑφ᾽ ἡμῶν [Refs 4th c.AD+ (“POxy.” 1103.5 (4th c.AD))]; ὁ νῦν -ευθεὶς τίρων [Refs 4th c.AD+ (“PLond.” 2.237.31 (4th c.AD).)]
III see at {στραγγεύομαι}.