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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συστρατιώτης G4961
Pronunciation systratiṓtēs
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 It fellow soldier 2× Philippians 2:25, Philemon 1:2
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Philippians 2:25
Aligned rows 2
Books represented 2
Philippians 1 Philemon 1
Source forms
συστρατιώτῃ 1x systratiōtē Philemon 1:2
συστρατιώτην 1x systratiōtēn Philippians 2:25
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular 1x Philippians 2:25
Noun - Dative Masculine Singular 1x Philemon 1:2
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Comrade in military service; metaphorically, a Christian coworker sharing the same spiritual battle.
Strong's G4961
Lexical occurrences 2 verses Greek text appearances 2 times Word forms 2 forms 2 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Philippians 2:25 Source Gloss
fellow soldier
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek 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 2:25 Noun Accusative Singular Masculine
συστρατιώτην sustratiwthn
a fellow soldier
Read verse Philemon 1:2 Noun Dative Singular Masculine
συστρατιώτῃ sustratiwth
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 patterns 2 Aligned forms 2 Case pattern Accusative (1) Number pattern Singular (2)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Dative · Singular · Masculine Phlm 1:2 1×
Accusative · Singular · Masculine Phil 2:25 1×
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:
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