UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

στρατεία

MainId: 004655000000000

Version: 0

HasAramaic: False

InLXX: True

AlphaPos: σ

StrongCodes: G4752

BaseForms:

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