στρατεύω strateuō · G4754
to battle
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)
Definition: TBESG (Abbott-Smith)
Classical Greek (Liddell–Scott–Jones) excerpt
στρατ-εύω, ; (στρατός) advance with an army or fleet, wage war, or rulers, offcers, or men, Κροῖσος ἐνένωτο -εύειν ἐπὶ τοὺς Πέρσας []; οἱ Ἀθηναῖοι -εύσαντες ἐς Πλάταιαν []; ἐστράτευσαν πρὸς Ἄβυδον[]; metaphorically, ἑνὸς δ᾽ ἐπ᾽ ἀνδρὸς δώματα στρατεύομεν (Iris et Lyssa loq.) []:—so in middle, στρατεύομαι []future -εύσομαι[]: aorist ἐστρατευσάμην []: perfect ἐστράτευμαι []; Boeotian dialect 3rd.pers. plural perfect middle ἐστροτεύαθη []; -εύσονται ἐπὶ τὴν ἡμετέρην [Ἀθηναῖοι] []; ἐστρατευμένοι γάρ …
Where it's used 7 times
Luke 3:14 · 1 Corinthians 9:7 · 2 Corinthians 10:3 · 1 Timothy 1:18 · 2 Timothy 2:4 · James 4:1 · 1 Peter 2:11
Source: TBESG G4754; TFLSJ G4754
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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