verb
stratologamō
Strong’sG4758
I enlist troops
stem stratolog-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.
*† στρατολογέω, -ῶ
(< στρατός, λέγω),
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G4758 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidstrat-ol-og-eh'-o
to gather (or select) as a warrior, i.e. enlist in the army
Fromfrom a compound of the base of G4756 and G3004 (in its original sense);
King Jameschoose to be a soldier.
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
(λέγω (B)) levy an army, enlist soldiers, Refs 1st c.BC+:—passive, ἐκ συμμάχων στρατολογηθέντων 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| stratologarantoστρατολογήσαντι | happened · to, foraorist active participle dative singular masculine | commanding officer | 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 | stratologamō | stratologame | stratologami | stratologama | stratologamē | stratologamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | stratologasō | stratologase | stratologasi | stratologasa | stratologasē | stratologaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | stratologatō | stratologate | stratologati | stratologata | stratologatē | stratologatelē |
| we 1st person plural | stratologanō | stratologane | stratologani | stratologana | stratologanē | stratologanelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | stratologavō | stratologave | stratologavi | stratologava | stratologavē | stratologavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | stratologalō | stratologale | stratologali | stratologala | stratologalē | stratologalelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | stratologameiō | stratologameia | stratologameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | stratologaseiō | stratologaseia | stratologaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | stratologateiō | stratologateia | stratologateiē |
| we 1st person plural | stratologaneiō | stratologaneia | stratologaneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | stratologaveiō | stratologaveia | stratologaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | stratologaleiō | stratologaleia | stratologaleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | stratologasōr | stratologasar | stratologasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | stratologatōr | stratologatar | stratologatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | stratologavōr | stratologavar | stratologavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | stratologalōr | stratologalar | stratologalēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | stratologamoiō | stratologamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | stratologasoiō | stratologasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | stratologatoiō | stratologatoia |
| we 1st person plural | stratologanoiō | stratologanoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | stratologavoiō | stratologavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | stratologaloiō | stratologaloia |
The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | stratologarō | stratologari | stratologara | stratologarē |
Used as an adjective — participle, 1 occurrence
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | stratologarōntos | stratologarintos | stratologarantos1× | stratologarēntos |
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
stratolog 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
stratologaranto“commanding officer”happened · to, foraorist active participle dative singular masculine1×
2 Timothy 2:4“commanding officer”… tai tou biou pragmateiai, hina to stratologaranto areskateia;… in civilian affairs, in order to please the one who …