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GreekG4754Verb

στρατεύω

strateuō

7Occurrences
G4754Strong's #
VerbPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

to serve in a military campaign; figuratively, to execute the apostolate (with its arduous duties and functions), to contend with carnal inclinations

middle voice from the base of G4756 (στρατιά);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
used of the general, to make war, do battle, and (chiefly) of the soldiers serving under him, to serve as a soldier. Metaphorical, of spiritual conflict, to war, make war.
LXX: for מההּ hith., יָצָא, צָבָא; metaphorically, 4

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Verb

Morphology Code

G:V

Full Description

Greek Verb

Occurrences

στρατεύω appears 7 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

1 Corinthians
1
1 Peter
1
1 Timothy
1
2 Corinthians
1
2 Timothy
1
James
1
Luke
1

Key Passages

1 Corinthians 9:7BSB

Who serves as a soldier at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat of its fruit? Who tends a flock and does not drink of its milk?

1 Peter 2:11BSB

Beloved, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from the desires of the flesh, which war against your soul.

1 Timothy 1:18BSB

Timothy, my child, I entrust you with this command in keeping with the previous prophecies about you, so that by them you may fight the good fight,

2 Corinthians 10:3BSB

For though we live in the flesh, we do not wage war according to the flesh.

2 Timothy 2:4BSB

A soldier refrains from entangling himself in civilian affairs, in order to please the one who enlisted him.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.