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στρατεία

MainId: 004655000000000

Version: 0

HasAramaic: False

InLXX: True

AlphaPos: σ

StrongCodes: G4752

BaseForms:

1. BaseFormID: 004655001000000

   PartsOfSpeech: noun, f.

   Inflections:

   1. Lemma: στρατεία

      BaseFormIndex: 1

      Realizations: -ας

   RelatedLemmas: {'Word': 'στρατεύομαι', 'Meanings': []}

   LEXMeanings:

   1. LEXID: 004655001001000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: Y

      LEXEntryCode: 55.4

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Military Activities

      LEXSubDomains: To Fight

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2022-03-07 13:01:43

         DefinitionShort: act of engaging in war or battle as a soldier

         Glosses: ['war', 'warfare']

         Comments: στρατεύω[a] and στρατεία in {S:05400101800040} and {S:04701000400010} are used figuratively, and it may be essential to mark this figurative usage as a type of simile. For example, in {S:05400101800040} στρατεύομαι may be rendered as ‘you may, so to speak, wage the good battle’ or ‘it is like you are fighting.’ Similarly, in {S:04701000400010} στρατεία may be rendered as ‘in what is like a battle for us.’

      LEXReferences: 2COR 10:4, 1TIM 1:18