What does στρατεύομαι · στρατεία mean in the Bible?
στρατεύομαι · στρατεία is a Greek phrase meaning "to wage warfare; campaign or battle".
Greek · G4754, G4752
στρατεύῃ ... τὴν καλὴν στρατείαν
To battle · warfare
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στρατεύομαιG4754to battle
Pronunciationstrateúomai
To serve as a soldier or engage in spiritual warfare; emphasizes active military service under command.
Open lexicon entry →στρατείαG4752warfare
Pronunciationstrateía
Spiritual struggle or conflict, used metaphorically for Christian warfare against evil forces or false doctrine
Open lexicon entry →What does στρατεύῃ ... τὴν καλὴν στρατείαν (strateuē ... tēn kalēn strateian) mean in the Bible?
στρατεύομαι · στρατεία is a Greek phrase meaning "to wage warfare; campaign or battle".
Full entry for στρατεύῃ ... τὴν καλὴν στρατείαν (G4754, G4752) · Open the biblical lexicon
Questions this entry answers
How many biblical occurrences are listed for G4754, G4752?
G4754, G4752 is connected to 7 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. to wage warfare; campaign or battle
Source Gloss
to wage warfare; campaign or battle
Grammatical Forms
How mood, tense, and voice shift the force of this verb in context.
This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.
Form groups3Aligned forms7TensesPresentVoicesMiddle
Tenses
Voices
Participleverbal adjective — the action as a modifying quality3×
Present MiddleLuke 3:14 · 2 Tim 2:4 · Jas 4:13×
Indicativestates a fact or reality3×
Present Middle1 Cor 9:7 · 2 Cor 10:3 · 1 Pet 2:113×
Subjunctivepossibility, probability, or purpose1×
Present Middle1 Tim 1:181×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 7 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
present7
Voice
middle7
Mood
indicative3participle3subjunctive1
NT Occurrences
Luke 3:14στρατευόμενοιpresent middle participleparticiple1 Corinthians 9:7στρατεύεταιpresent middle indicativeongoing2 Corinthians 10:3στρατευόμεθαpresent middle indicativeongoing1 Timothy 1:18στρατεύῃpresent middle subjunctivesubjunctive2 Timothy 2:4στρατευόμενοςpresent middle participleparticipleJames 4:1στρατευομένωνpresent middle participleparticiple1 Peter 2:11στρατεύονταιpresent middle indicativeongoing
Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.
Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)
Word Origins
στρατεύῃ ... τὴν καλὴν στρατείαν is built from this root: