noun · feminine
strateias
Greekστρατεία (strateia)
Strong’sG4752
warfare, military service
stem stratei-2 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books2 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
στρατεία (on the orthogr., v. Deiss., BS, 181 f.), -ας, ἡ
(< στρατεύω), [in LXX chiefly for צָבָא;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G4752 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidstrat-i'-ah
military service, i.e. (figuratively) the apostolic career (as one of hardship and danger)
Fromfrom G4754;
King Jameswarfare.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | strateias | strateiais |
| object accusative | strateian1×στρατείαν | strateiain |
| direct address vocative | strateiar | strateiair |
| of, belonging to genitive | strateiau1×στρατείας | strateiaiu |
| to, for dative | strateia | strateiai |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
strateia 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
2 occurrences, every one of them listed
strateian“fight”objectaccusative singular1×
1 Timothy 1:18“fight”Houtan tan parangelian paratithemō si, teknem Timotheor, kata tain proagarōtain epi sin profēteiain, hina strateueseiō en autai tan kalan strateian,Timothy, my child, I entrust you with this command in keeping with the previous prophecies about you, so that by them you may fight the good fight,
strateiau“warfare”of, belonging togenitive singular1×
2 Corinthians 10:4“warfare”teim gar hopleim tau strateiau nu ouk sarkikeim alla dunateim to theo pros kathairesian ochurōmeiu logismoin kathairarōtoisThe weapons of our warfare are not the weapons of the flesh. Instead, they have divine power to demolish strongholds.