verb

antistrateuemō

Greekἀντιστρατεύομαι (antistrateuomai)

Strong’sG497

I campaign against, war against

stem antistrateu-once in the New Testament1 forms occur

Translated as

waging war against1×

What it means

* ἀντι-στρατεύομαι,

to make war against: c. dat., Ro 7:23.†

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

Saidan-tee-strat-yoo'-om-ahee

(figuratively) to attack, i.e. (by implication) destroy

Fromfrom G473 and G4754;

King Jameswar against.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Forms in the New Testament

Form and the Greek behind it	What it is	Usually	Times
antistrateuerōtonἀντιστρατευόμενον	happening now · objectpresent middle 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 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses

Statements — indicative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	was happening imperfect	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect	had happened pluperfect
I 1st person singular	antistrateuemō	antistrateueme	antistrateuemi	antistrateuema	antistrateuemē	antistrateuemelē
you 2nd person singular	antistrateuesō	antistrateuese	antistrateuesi	antistrateuesa	antistrateuesē	antistrateueselē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	antistrateuetō	antistrateuete	antistrateueti	antistrateueta	antistrateuetē	antistrateuetelē
we 1st person plural	antistrateuenō	antistrateuene	antistrateueni	antistrateuena	antistrateuenē	antistrateuenelē
ye 2nd person plural	antistrateuevō	antistrateueve	antistrateuevi	antistrateueva	antistrateuevē	antistrateuevelē
they 3rd person plural	antistrateuelō	antistrateuele	antistrateueli	antistrateuela	antistrateuelē	antistrateuelelē

May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
I 1st person singular	antistrateuemeiō	antistrateuemeia	antistrateuemeiē
you 2nd person singular	antistrateueseiō	antistrateueseia	antistrateueseiē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	antistrateueteiō	antistrateueteia	antistrateueteiē
we 1st person plural	antistrateueneiō	antistrateueneia	antistrateueneiē
ye 2nd person plural	antistrateueveiō	antistrateueveia	antistrateueveiē
they 3rd person plural	antistrateueleiō	antistrateueleia	antistrateueleiē

Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
you 2nd person singular	antistrateuesōr	antistrateuesar	antistrateuesēr
he/she/it 3rd person singular	antistrateuetōr	antistrateuetar	antistrateuetēr
ye 2nd person plural	antistrateuevōr	antistrateuevar	antistrateuevēr
they 3rd person plural	antistrateuelōr	antistrateuelar	antistrateuelēr

Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist
I 1st person singular	antistrateuemoiō	antistrateuemoia
you 2nd person singular	antistrateuesoiō	antistrateuesoia
he/she/it 3rd person singular	antistrateuetoiō	antistrateuetoia
we 1st person plural	antistrateuenoiō	antistrateuenoia
ye 2nd person plural	antistrateuevoiō	antistrateuevoia
they 3rd person plural	antistrateueloiō	antistrateueloia

The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences

Who is acting voice	happening now present	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect
acts on or for itself middle voice	antistrateuerō	antistrateueri	antistrateuera	antistrateuerē

Used as an adjective — participle, 1 occurrence

Who is acting voice	happening now present	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect
acts on or for itself middle voice	antistrateuerōtos1×	antistrateueritos	antistrateueratos	antistrateuerētos

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

antistrateustem+aeiwho is acting voice+mstnvl—who person+—eiroistatement, command, wish mood+ōeiaēelēwhen tense+—tthen it declines+—ogender+—sits job in the sentence case

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

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

antistrateuerōton“waging war against”happening now · objectpresent middle participle accusative singular masculine1×

Romans 7:23“waging war against”blepamō de heteron nomon en tei melei mu antistrateuerōton to nomo tou nouou mu kai aichmalōtizarōton min en to nomo tau hamartau to arōto en tei melei mu.But 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 that dwells within me.