Lexical Summary stratiōtēs: a soldier Original Word: στρατιώτηςTransliteration: stratiōtēs Phonetic Spelling: (strat-ee-o'-tace) Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Short Definition: a soldier Meaning: a soldier Strong's Concordance soldier. From a presumed derivative of the same as stratia; a camper-out, i.e. A (common) warrior (literally or figuratively) -- soldier. see GREEK stratia Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 4757: στρατιώτηςστρατιώτης, στρατιωτου, ὁ (from στράτιος ((cf. στρατεύω)), like ἡλιώτης, κλοιωτης, ἠπειρώτης), from Herodotus down, a (common) soldier: Matthew 8:9; Mark 15:16; Luke 23:36; John 19:2; Acts 10:7; Acts 12:4, etc.; with the addition of Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, metaphorically, a champion of the cause of Christ, 2 Timothy 2:3. |
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