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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στρατεύομαι G4754 to battle
Pronunciation strateúomai
To serve as a soldier or engage in spiritual warfare; emphasizes active military service under command.
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στρατεία G4752 warfare
Pronunciation strateía
Spiritual struggle or conflict, used metaphorically for Christian warfare against evil forces or false doctrine
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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".
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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 groups 3 Aligned forms 7 Tenses Present Voices Middle
Tenses
Voices
Participle verbal adjective — the action as a modifying quality 3×
Present Middle Luke 3:14 · 2 Tim 2:4 · Jas 4:1 3×
Indicative states a fact or reality 3×
Present Middle 1 Cor 9:7 · 2 Cor 10:3 · 1 Pet 2:11 3×
Subjunctive possibility, probability, or purpose 1×
Present Middle 1 Tim 1:18 1×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 7 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
present 7
Voice
middle 7
Mood
indicative 3 participle 3 subjunctive 1
NT Occurrences
Luke 3:14 στρατευόμενοι present middle participle participle 1 Corinthians 9:7 στρατεύεται present middle indicative ongoing 2 Corinthians 10:3 στρατευόμεθα present middle indicative ongoing 1 Timothy 1:18 στρατεύῃ present middle subjunctive subjunctive 2 Timothy 2:4 στρατευόμενος present middle participle participle James 4:1 στρατευομένων present middle participle participle 1 Peter 2:11 στρατεύονται present middle indicative ongoing
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:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain