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Lexicon :: Strong's G4754 - strateuō

Aa
στρατεύω
Transliteration
strateuō (Key)
Pronunciation
strat-yoo'-om-ahee
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
Middle voice from the base of στρατιά (G4756)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 7:701,1091

Strong’s Definitions

†στρατεύομαι strateúomai, strat-yoo'-om-ahee; 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).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x

The KJV translates Strong's G4754 in the following manner: war (5x), goeth a warfare (1x), soldier (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x
The KJV translates Strong's G4754 in the following manner: war (5x), goeth a warfare (1x), soldier (1x).

  1. to make a military expedition, to lead soldiers to war or to battle, (spoken of a commander)

  2. to do military duty, be on active service, be a soldier

  3. to fight

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
†στρατεύομαι strateúomai, strat-yoo'-om-ahee; 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).
STRONGS G4754:
στρατεύω: middle, present στρατεύομαι; 1 aorist subjunctive 2 person singular στρατευση (1 Timothy 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, Luke 3:14; 1 Corinthians 9:7; 2 Timothy 2:4; to fight (A. V. war): tropically, of the conflicts of the apostolic office, 2 Corinthians 10:3; with a kindred accusative (Winers Grammar, § 32, 2; Buttmann, § 131, 5), τήν καλήν στρατείαν, 1 Timothy 1:18 (ἱεράν καί εὐγενῆ στρατείαν στρατεύσασθαι περί τῆς εὐσεβείας, 4 Macc. 9:23); of passions that disquiet the soul, James 4:1; 1 Peter 2:11. (Compare: ἀντιστρατεύομαι.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Luke
3:14
1 Corinthians
9:7
2 Corinthians
10:3
1 Timothy
1:18; 1:18
2 Timothy
2:4
James
4:1
1 Peter
2:11

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4754 matches the Greek στρατεύω (strateuō),
which occurs 7 times in 7 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 3:14

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 3:14 - And men of the army put questions to him, saying, And what have we to do? And he said to them, Do no violent acts to any man, and do not take anything without right, and let your payment be enough for you.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 9:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 9:7 - Who ever goes to war without looking to someone to be responsible for his payment? who puts in vines and does not take the fruit of them? or who takes care of sheep without drinking of their milk?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 10:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 10:3 - For though we may be living in the flesh, we are not fighting after the way of the flesh

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 1:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 1:18 - This order I give to you, Timothy my son, in harmony with the words of the prophets about you, so that by them you may be strong, fighting the good fight,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 2:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 2:4 - A fighting man, when he is with the army, keeps himself free from the business of this life so that he may be pleasing to him who has taken him into his army.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJas 4:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 4:1 - What is the cause of wars and fighting among you? is it not in your desires which are at war in your bodies?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:11 - My loved ones, I make this request with all my heart, that, as those for whom this world is a strange country, you will keep yourselves from the desires of the flesh which make war against the soul;
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