UBS Greek Dictionary Article

Form 1

Part of speech: verb

Related lemmas: ἀντιστρατεύομαι · στρατεία · στράτευμα · στρατηγός · στρατιά · στρατιώτης · στρατολογέω · στρατοπεδάρχης · στρατόπεδον · συστρατιώτης

Sense 1: to battle, to fight, to engage in war, warfare

Semantic entry: 55.4

Semantic domains: Military Activities

Subdomains: To Fight

Definition: to engage in war or battle as a soldier

Notes: στρατεύω[a] and στρατεία in OET TI1 1:18 and OET CO2 10:4 are used figuratively, and it may be essential to mark this figurative usage as a type of simile. For example, in OET TI1 1:18 στρατεύομαι may be rendered as ‘you may, so to speak, wage the good battle’ or ‘it is like you are fighting.’ Similarly, in OET CO2 10:4 στρατεία may be rendered as ‘in what is like a battle for us.’

Forms: στρατεύομαι[a]

Show passage in OET: CO2 10:3

OET-RV CO2 10:3

3 We might be living in this world, but it’s not people that we’re at war with,

OET-LV CO2 10:3

3 In for the_flesh walking, not according _to flesh we _are _warring.

Show passage in OET: TI1 1:18

OET-RV TI1 1:18

18 In line with previous prophecies, I’m entrusting you, young Timotheos, with this: fight in this battle for good,

OET-LV TI1 1:18

18 This the charge I _am _entrusting to _you, child, Timotheos, according _to the prophesies going _before to you, that you _may _be _warring by them the good warfare,

Jump to OET CO2 10:3 section.

Jump to OET TI1 1:18 section.

All 4 recorded passages for this sense

CO2: OET CO2 10:3

TI1: OET TI1 1:18

JAM: OET JAM 4:1

PE1: OET PE1 2:11

Sense 2: to serve as a soldier, to be a soldier

Semantic entry: 55.18

Semantic domains: Military Activities

Subdomains: Soldiers, Officers

Definition: (derivative of στρατιώτης ‘soldier,’ 55.17: στρατιώτης) to engage in military activity as a soldier

Forms: στρατεύομαι[b]

Show passage in OET: LUK 3:14

OET-RV LUK 3:14

14 “And what about us too,” some soldiers inquired.
¶ “Don’t bully people or falsely accuse anyone,” Yohan answered, “and be content with your wages.”

OET-LV LUK 3:14

14 And also the_soldiering ones were _asking him saying:
What may_ we _do also?
And he _said to _them:
You _all _may _accost no _one nor you _all _may _falsely _accuse, and be _being _sufficed for _the wages of _you _all.

Show passage in OET: CO1 9:7

OET-RV CO1 9:7

7 What soldier has to pay his own expenses? Who plants a vineyard and isn’t allowed to eat its fruit? Or who shepherds a flock and isn’t allowed to drink the milk they produce?

OET-LV CO1 9:7

7 Who is _soldiering to_his_own support once?
Who is _planting a_vineyard, and the fruit of _it not is _eating?
Or who is _shepherding a_flock, and of the milk of _the flock, not is _eating?

Jump to OET LUK 3:14 section.

Jump to OET CO1 9:7 section.

All 3 recorded passages for this sense

LUK: OET LUK 3:14

CO1: OET CO1 9:7

TI2: OET TI2 2:4

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

στρατεύω

Form 1

Sense 1: to battle, to fight, to engage in war, warfare

Sense 2: to serve as a soldier, to be a soldier