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Lexicon :: Strong's G4757 - stratiōtēs

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στρατιώτης
Transliteration
stratiōtēs (Key)
Pronunciation
strat-ee-o'-tace
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From a presumed derivative of the same as στρατιά (G4756)
Dictionary Aids

Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 7:701,1091

Strong’s Definitions

στρατιώτης stratiṓtēs, strat-ee-o'-tace; from a presumed derivative of the same as G4756; a camper-out, i.e. a (common) warrior (literally or figuratively):—soldier.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 26x

The KJV translates Strong's G4757 in the following manner: soldier (26x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 26x
The KJV translates Strong's G4757 in the following manner: soldier (26x).
  1. a (common) soldier

  2. metaph. a champion of the cause of Christ

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
στρατιώτης stratiṓtēs, strat-ee-o'-tace; from a presumed derivative of the same as G4756; a camper-out, i.e. a (common) warrior (literally or figuratively):—soldier.
STRONGS G4757:
στρατιώτης, στρατιωτου, (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.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
8:9
Mark
15:16
Luke
23:36
John
19:2
Acts
10:7; 12:4
2 Timothy
2:3

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4757 matches the Greek στρατιώτης (stratiōtēs),
which occurs 26 times in 24 verses in the TR Greek.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 8:9 - “For I also am a man under authority, with soldiers G4757 under me; and I say to this man, ‘Go!’ and he goes, and to another, ‘Come!’ and he comes, and to my slave, ‘Do this!’ and he does it.”
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:27 -

Then when the soldiers G4757 of the governor took Jesus into the [fn]Praetorium, they gathered the whole Roman [fn]cohort around Him.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 28:12 - And when they had assembled with the elders and took counsel together, they gave a large sum of money to the soldiers G4757,
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:16 -

So the soldiers G4757 took Him away into the [fn]palace (that is, the [fn]Praetorium), and they *called together the whole Roman [fn]cohort.

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:8 - “For I also am a man placed under authority, with soldiers G4757 under me; and I say to this one, ‘Go!’ and he goes, and to another, ‘Come!’ and he comes, and to my slave, ‘Do this!’ and he does it.”
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:36 - And the soldiers G4757 also mocked Him, coming up to Him, offering Him sour wine,
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:2 - And when the soldiers G4757 twisted together a crown of thorns, they put it on His head, and put a purple [fn]robe on Him;
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:23 -

Then the soldiers G4757, when they had crucified Jesus, took His garments and made four parts, a part to each soldier G4757 and also His [fn]tunic; now that tunic was seamless, woven in one piece from the top.

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:24 - So they said to one another, “Let us not tear it, but cast lots for it, to decide whose it shall be;” this was in order that the Scripture would be fulfilled: “THEY DIVIDED MY GARMENTS AMONG THEM, AND FOR MY CLOTHING THEY CAST [fn]LOTS.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:32 - So the soldiers G4757 came, and broke the legs of the first man and of the other who was crucified with Him;
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:34 - But one of the soldiers G4757 pierced His side with a spear, and immediately blood and water came out.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:7 - And when the angel who was speaking to him had left, he called two of his servants and a devout soldier G4757 of those who were his personal attendants,
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:4 - When he had seized him, he put him in prison, delivering him to four [fn]squads of soldiers G4757 to guard him, intending after the Passover to bring him out before the people.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:6 -

Now on [fn]the very night when Herod was about to bring him forward, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers G4757, bound with two chains, and guards in front of the door were watching over the prison.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:18 -

Now when day came, there was no small disturbance among the soldiers G4757 as to what [fn]had become of Peter.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:32 - At once he took along soldiers G4757 and centurions and ran down to them; and when they saw the commander and the soldiers G4757, they stopped beating Paul.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:35 - And when he got to the stairs, he actually was carried by the soldiers G4757 because of the violence of the crowd;
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:23 - And when he called to him two of the centurions, he said, “Make ready two hundred soldiers G4757, [fn]seventy horsemen, and two hundred [fn]spearmen to proceed to Caesarea by the [fn]third hour of the night,
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:31 -

So the soldiers G4757, according to their orders, took Paul and brought him by night to Antipatris.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:31 - Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers G4757, “Unless these men remain in the ship, you yourselves cannot [fn]be saved.”
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:32 - Then the soldiers G4757 cut away the ropes of the ship’s boat and let it fall away.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:42 - Now the soldiers’ G4757 plan was to kill the prisoners, so that none of them would swim away and escape;
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 28:16 -

And when we entered Rome, Paul was allowed to stay by himself, with the soldier G4757 who was guarding him.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 2:3 - Suffer hardship with me, as a good soldier G4757 of Christ Jesus.
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