verb
antistrateuomō
Strong’sG497
I campaign against, war against
stem antistrateu-once in the New Testament1 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
* ἀντι-στρατεύομαι,
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G497 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
take the field, make war against, τινίRefs 5th c.BC+:—later in active, Refs 1st c.BC+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.
| Form and the Greek behind it | What it is | Usually | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| antistrateuorōntonἀντιστρατευόμενον | happening now · objectpresent middle or passive participle accusative singular masculine | waging war against | 1× |
Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.
Every form the system can build — all 54, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses
Statements — indicative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | antistrateuomō | antistrateuome | antistrateuomē | antistrateuomelē |
| you 2nd person singular | antistrateuosō | antistrateuose | antistrateuosē | antistrateuoselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | antistrateuotō | antistrateuote | antistrateuotē | antistrateuotelē |
| we 1st person plural | antistrateuonō | antistrateuone | antistrateuonē | antistrateuonelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | antistrateuovō | antistrateuove | antistrateuovē | antistrateuovelē |
| they 3rd person plural | antistrateuolō | antistrateuole | antistrateuolē | antistrateuolelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | antistrateuomeiō | antistrateuomeiē |
| you 2nd person singular | antistrateuoseiō | antistrateuoseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | antistrateuoteiō | antistrateuoteiē |
| we 1st person plural | antistrateuoneiō | antistrateuoneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | antistrateuoveiō | antistrateuoveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | antistrateuoleiō | antistrateuoleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | antistrateuosōr | antistrateuosēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | antistrateuotōr | antistrateuotēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | antistrateuovōr | antistrateuovēr |
| they 3rd person plural | antistrateuolōr | antistrateuolēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present |
|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | antistrateuomoiō |
| you 2nd person singular | antistrateuosoiō |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | antistrateuotoiō |
| we 1st person plural | antistrateuonoiō |
| ye 2nd person plural | antistrateuovoiō |
| they 3rd person plural | antistrateuoloiō |
The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice | antistrateuorō | antistrateuorē |
Used as an adjective — participle, 1 occurrence
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice | antistrateuorōntos1× | antistrateuorēntos |
Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.
How every form is built — the slots that make them
antistrateu is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
antistrateuorōnton“waging war against”happening now · objectpresent middle or passive participle accusative singular masculine1×
Romans 7:23“waging war against”… heteron nomon en tei melei mu antistrateuorōnton to nomo tou nouou mu kai …… I see another law at work in my body, warring against the law of my mind and holding me captive to the law of sin …