What does συστρατιώτης (systratiṓtēs) mean in the Bible?
συστρατιώτης (systratiṓtēs): Comrade in military service; metaphorically, a Christian coworker sharing the same spiritual battle.
Greek · G4961
συστρατιώτης
Fellow soldier
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συστρατιώτηςG4961
Pronunciationsystratiṓtēs
What does συστρατιώτης (systratiṓtēs) mean in the Bible?
συστρατιώτης (systratiṓtēs): Comrade in military service; metaphorically, a Christian coworker sharing the same spiritual battle.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G4961?
The BSB source-word alignment has 2 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include fellow soldier (2).
Where does συστρατιώτης (systratiṓtēs) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Philippians 2:25. Its strongest book concentrations include Philemon (1), Philippians (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders Itfellow soldier2×Philippians 2:25, Philemon 1:2
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Usage map
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First aligned rowPhilippians 2:25
Aligned rows2
Books represented2
Philippians1Philemon1
Source forms
συστρατιώτῃ1xsystratiōtēPhilemon 1:2
συστρατιώτην1xsystratiōtēnPhilippians 2:25
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular1xPhilippians 2:25
Noun - Dative Masculine Singular1xPhilemon 1:2
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Comrade in military service; metaphorically, a Christian coworker sharing the same spiritual battle.
Strong'sG4961
Lexical occurrences2 versesGreek text appearances2 timesWord forms2 forms2 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Study linkPhilippians 2:25Source Gloss
fellow soldier
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
2 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Philippians 2:25Noun Accusative Singular Masculine
συστρατιώτηνsustratiwthn
a fellow soldier
Read versePhilemon 1:2Noun Dative Singular Masculine
συστρατιώτῃsustratiwth
a fellow soldier
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 2 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns2Aligned forms2Case patternAccusative (1)Number patternSingular (2)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Dative · Singular · MasculinePhlm 1:21×
Accusative · Singular · MasculinePhil 2:251×
Selected Scripture Witness
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Biblical Witnesses
Metaphorical designation of Christian coworker in spiritual warfare and service
Showing 1 selected witness from 2 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
συστρατιώτης is built from these roots: