4754. strateuó

Strong's Lexicon

strateuó: To wage war, to serve as a soldier, to engage in spiritual warfare

Original Word: στρατεύω
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: strateuó
Pronunciation: strat-yoo'-o
Phonetic Spelling: (strat-yoo'-om-ahee)
Definition: To wage war, to serve as a soldier, to engage in spiritual warfare
Meaning: I wage war, fight, serve as a soldier; fig: of the warring lusts against the soul.

Word Origin: From the Greek word στρατός (stratos), meaning "army" or "encamped army."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: While there is no direct Hebrew equivalent for στρατεύω, the concept of spiritual warfare and military service can be related to Hebrew terms like צָבָא (tsaba, Strong's H6635), meaning "army" or "host," often used in the context of the "hosts of heaven" or the "armies of Israel."

Usage: The verb στρατεύω (strateuó) primarily means to engage in military service or to wage war. In the New Testament, it is often used metaphorically to describe the spiritual warfare that believers engage in against sin, the flesh, and spiritual forces of evil. It conveys the idea of active participation in a struggle or conflict, emphasizing the disciplined and committed nature of the Christian life.

Cultural and Historical Background: In the Greco-Roman world, military service was a common and respected duty. Soldiers were expected to be disciplined, loyal, and ready to endure hardship. The metaphor of warfare was a powerful image for early Christians, who lived in a society where military imagery was prevalent. The Apostle Paul, in particular, used military metaphors to describe the Christian life, drawing parallels between the discipline and commitment required of soldiers and that required of believers.

HELPS Word-studies

4754 strateúomai – properly, to contend, fighting like a soldier in war; (figuratively) to engage in spiritual warfare.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
from stratos (an encamped army)
Definition
to make war, hence to serve as a soldier
NASB Translation
active service (1), fight (1), serves as a soldier (1), soldier in active service (1), soldiers (1), wage war (2), war (1).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

STRONGS NT 4754: στρατεύω

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.)

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

go to war

Middle voice from the base of stratia; 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).

see GREEK stratia

Forms and Transliterations

στρατευεται στρατεύεται στρατευη στρατεύη στρατεύῃ στρατεύθητι στρατευομεθα στρατευόμεθα στρατευομενοι στρατευόμενοι στρατευομενος στρατευόμενος στρατευομενων στρατευομένων στρατευονται στρατεύονται strateue strateuē strateúei strateúēi strateuetai strateúetai strateuomenoi strateuómenoi strateuomenon strateuomenōn strateuoménon strateuoménōn strateuomenos strateuómenos strateuometha strateuómetha strateuontai strateúontai

Englishman's Concordance

Luke 3:14 V-PPM-NMP
GRK: αὐτὸν καὶ στρατευόμενοι λέγοντες Τί
NAS: [Some] soldiers were questioning
KJV: And the soldiers likewise demanded
INT: him also those who were soldiers saying what

1 Corinthians 9:7 V-PIM-3S
GRK: τίς στρατεύεται ἰδίοις ὀψωνίοις
NAS: at any time serves as a soldier at his own
KJV: Who goeth a warfare any time at
INT: Who serves as a soldier at his own expense

2 Corinthians 10:3 V-PIM-1P
GRK: κατὰ σάρκα στρατευόμεθα
NAS: in the flesh, we do not war according
KJV: we do not war after the flesh:
INT: according to flesh do we war

1 Timothy 1:18 V-PSM-2S
GRK: προφητείας ἵνα στρατεύῃ ἐν αὐταῖς
NAS: concerning you, that by them you fight the good
KJV: by them mightest war a good warfare;
INT: prophecies that you might war by them

2 Timothy 2:4 V-PPM-NMS
GRK: οὐδεὶς στρατευόμενος ἐμπλέκεται ταῖς
NAS: No soldier in active service entangles
KJV: No man that warreth entangleth himself
INT: No one serving as a soldier entangles himself with the

James 4:1 V-PPM-GFP
GRK: ὑμῶν τῶν στρατευομένων ἐν τοῖς
NAS: your pleasures that wage war in your members?
KJV: your lusts that war in your
INT: of you which war in the

1 Peter 2:11 V-PIM-3P
GRK: ἐπιθυμιῶν αἵτινες στρατεύονται κατὰ τῆς
NAS: lusts which wage war against the soul.
KJV: lusts, which war against the soul;
INT: desires which war against the

Strong's Greek 4754
7 Occurrences

στρατεύῃ — 1 Occ.
στρατεύεται — 1 Occ.
στρατευομένων — 1 Occ.
στρατευόμενοι — 1 Occ.
στρατευόμενος — 1 Occ.
στρατευόμεθα — 1 Occ.
στρατεύονται — 1 Occ.