noun · neuter
strateumem
Strong’sG4753
an army
stem strateum-8 times in the New Testamentin 4 of 27 books5 of 6 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.
** στράτευμα, -τος, τό
(< στρατεύω), [in LXX: I Mac 9:34, II Mac 5:24 8:21 12:38 13:13; pl., Jth 11:8, IV Mac 5:1 *;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G4753 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidstrat'-yoo-mah
an armament, i.e. (by implication) a body of troops (more or less extensive or systematic)
Fromfrom G4754;
King Jamesarmy, soldier, man of war.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
expedition, campaign, ἐφ᾽ Ἑλλάδα Refs 5th c.BC+; διέφυγον τὸ σ. escaped the threatened invasion, Refs 5th c.BC+
II armament, army, host, Refs 5th c.BC+; ὑγιαίνω.. μετὰ τοῦ σ. LXX+1st c.BC+; ὑπὲρ τιμῆς ἐλαίου τῶν ἐνταῦθα σ. NT+2nd c.AD+; πεζὸν σ. Refs 4th c.BC+; διαπόντιον σ., i.e. composed of Asiatic mercenaries, Refs 5th c.BC+; πολιτικόν Refs; ἱερὰ σ. Refs 3rd c.AD+: also, a naval armament, Refs 5th c.BC+
II.2 ={στρατός} Refsthe people, σ. Παλλάδος Refs 5th 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
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject or object direct | strateumem | strateumeim1×στρατεύματα |
| of, belonging to genitive | strateumeu1×στρατεύματος | strateumeiu1×στρατευμάτων |
| to, for dative | strateume1×στρατεύματι | strateumei1×στρατεύμασιν |
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
strateume 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.
8 occurrences, every one of them listed
strateumeu“army”of, belonging togenitive singular1×
Revelation 19:19… epi tou hippou kai meta teu strateumeu autou.… on the horse, and against His army.
strateume“troops”to, fordative singular1×
Acts 23:27… anairorō hupo autoiu epistēarantos sun te strateume exairema, matharantos hoti Rōmaios atō,… him when I came with my troops to rescue him. For I had …
strateumeim“armies”subject or objectdirect plural1×
Revelation 19:14kai teim strateumeim teim en to ourano akolouthate auto …The armies of heaven, dressed in fine linen …
strateumeiu“troops”of, belonging togenitive plural1×
Revelation 9:16kai tos arithmos teiu strateumeiu teu hippikeu dismuriadais muriadaiu; akouama ton …And the number of mounted troops was two hundred million; I heard …
strateumei“soldiers”to, fordative plural1×
Luke 23:11… auton kai tos Hērōdos sun tei strateumei autou kai empaizarantos peribalarantos esthan lampran …And even Herod and his soldiers ridiculed and mocked Him. Dressing Him …
strateumeim2×
Matthew 22:7… de basilevos orgizita, kai pemparantos teim strateumeim autou apolata toin fonevoin ekeinoin kai …… was enraged, and he sent his troops to destroy those murderers and burn …
Revelation 19:19… toin basilevoin tau gēau kai teim strateumeim autoiu sunagorēnteim poiara ton polemon meta …… kings of the earth with their armies assembled to wage war against the …
strateumem1×
Acts 23:10… tos Paulos hupo autoiu keleuata tem strateumem katabainarantem harpazara auton ek meseu autoiu, …… Paul to pieces. He ordered the soldiers to go down and remove him …