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Strateuomai (Strong’s G4754): Meaning in the Bible

Strateuomai (στρατεύομαι) is the Greek word numbered G4754 in Strong’s concordance of the Bible. Strong’s defines it as to serve in a military campaign; figuratively, to execute the apostolate (with its arduous duties and functions), to contend with carnal inclinations. In the King James Bible it is translated soldier, (go to) war(-fare)..

στρατεύομαι
strateúomai · Greek
Strong’s G4754 · strat-yoo'-om-ahee

The full Strong’s definition

to serve in a military campaign; figuratively, to execute the apostolate (with its arduous duties and functions), to contend with carnal inclinations

Derivation. middle voice from the base of G4756;

How the King James Bible translates it

soldier, (go to) war(-fare).

Why the word matters

Every word the biblical writers chose carries weight. Studying Strateuomai in the original Greek lets you read the passages where it appears more carefully, closer to what the first hearers understood, so the meaning is drawn from the text itself rather than from the English alone.

The lexical data on this page comes from the public-domain Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890), a Hebrew and Greek dictionary keyed to the King James Bible. It is a reference tool, not a settled verdict: no single word decides a doctrine, and meaning is finally shaped by how a word is used in its sentences. Read the passages themselves, prayerfully, and in full.

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