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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 MGNT Greek.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 8:9 - “For I also am a man subject to authority [of a higher rank], with soldiers subject to me; and I say to one, ‘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 the governor’s soldiers took Jesus into [fn]the Praetorium, and they gathered the whole Roman cohort around Him.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 28:12 - And when the chief priests had gathered with the elders and had consulted together [to develop a plan of deception], they gave a sufficient sum of money [as a bribe] to the soldiers,
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:16 -

The soldiers led Him away into the palace (that is, the [fn]Praetorium), and they called together the entire [Roman] battalion [of 600 soldiers].

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:8 - “For I also am a man subject to authority, with soldiers 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 - The soldiers also mocked Him, coming up to Him and [cruelly] offering Him sour wine,
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:2 - And the soldiers twisted together a crown of thorns and put it on His head, and put a purple robe around Him;
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:23 -

Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took His outer clothes and made four parts, a part for each soldier, and also the tunic. But the [fn]tunic was seamless, woven [in one piece] from the top throughout.

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:25 - So the soldiers did these things.

But standing by the cross of Jesus were His mother, His mother’s sister [[fn]Salome], [fn]Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene.

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:32 - So the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first man, and of the other who had been crucified with Him.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:34 - But one of the soldiers pierced His side with a spear, and immediately blood and water came [flowing] out.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:7 - When the angel who was speaking to him had gone, Cornelius called two of his servants and a devout soldier from among his own personal attendants;
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:4 - When he had seized Peter, he put him in prison, turning him over to four squads of soldiers of four each to guard him [in rotation throughout the night], planning after the Passover to bring him out before the people [for execution].
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:6 -

The very night before Herod was to bring him forward, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, and sentries were in front of the door guarding the prison.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:18 -

Now when day came, there was no small disturbance among the soldiers over what had become of Peter.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:32 - So he immediately took soldiers and centurions and ran down among them. When the people saw the commander and the soldiers, they stopped beating Paul.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:35 - When Paul got to the steps, he was carried by the soldiers because of the violence of the mob;
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:23 - Then summoning two of the centurions, he said, “Have two hundred soldiers ready by the third hour of the night (9:00 p.m.) to go as far as [fn]Caesarea, with seventy horsemen and two hundred [fn]spearmen;
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:31 -

So the soldiers, in compliance with their orders, took Paul and brought him to Antipatris during the night.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:31 - Paul said to the centurion and the soldiers, “Unless these men remain on the ship, you cannot be saved.”
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:32 - Then the soldiers cut away the ropes that held the skiff and let it fall and drift away.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:42 - The soldiers’ plan was to kill the prisoners, so that none of them would dive overboard and swim [to land] and escape;
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 28:16 -

When we entered Rome, Paul was allowed to stay by himself [in rented quarters] with the soldier who was guarding him.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 2:3 - Take with me your share of hardship [passing through the difficulties which you are called to endure], like a good soldier of Christ Jesus.
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