στρατεύω: Mid., pres. στρατεύομαι; 1 aor. subjunc. 2 pers. sing. στρατεύσῃ (1 Tim. i. 18 T Tr txt. WH mrg.); (στρατός [related to στρωννύω, q. v-], an encampment, an army); fr. Hdt. down; to make a military expedition, to lead soldiers to war or to battle, (spoken of a commander); to do military duty, be on active service, be a soldier; in the N. T. only in the mid. (Grk. writ. use the act. and the depon. mid. indiscriminately; ef. Passow s. y. 1 fin. ; [L. and 5. 5. ν. I. 2]): prop. of soldiers, Lk. iii. 14; 1 Co. ix. 7; 2Tim.ii.4; to fight, [Α΄ V. war]: trop. of the conflicts of the apostolic office, 2 Co. x. 3; with a kindred ace. [W. § 32, 2; B.§ 131, 5], τὴν καλὴν στρατείαν, 1 Tim. i. 18 (ἱερὰν x. εὐγενῆ στρατείαν στρατεύσασθαι περὶ τῆς εὐσεβείας, 4 Mace. ix. 23); of passions that disquiet the soul, Jas. iv. 1; 1 Pet. ii.11. [Come.: ἀντιotparevouat. |

στρατεύω and depon., -ομαι, so always in NT

(< στρατός, an encamped army), [in LXX for מההּ hith., יצא, צבא; metaph., IV Mac 9:23 ;]

used of the general, to make war, do battle, and (chiefly) of the soldiers serving under him, to serve as a soldier: Lk 3:14, I Co 9:7, II Ti 2:4. Metaph. (cf. MM, ii, xxiii), of spiritual conflict, to war, make war: II Co 10:3, I Ti 1:18, Ja 4:1, I Pe 2:11.†

στρατεύομαι is common in the general sense “serve in the army,” ‘am a soldier’? (whether on active service or not). See e.g. P Rev Lxxiv-6 (gc. 259-8) τῶν στρατευομένων Kal τοὺϊς SOG a0 OND ] κλήρους πεφευκότων, P Tebt 1. 515 (B.c. 118) τοὺς στρατευομένους “EAAnvas, “the Greeks serving in the army”’ (Edd.), 74. 2745 (B.c. 113) ἀπό Te τῶ]ν στρατευομένων καὶ τῶν ἄλλων τῶν τόπους κατ[ο]ικούντων, ‘from those in the army and the other inhabitants of the district ” (Edd.), P Amh II. 32? (ii/B.c.) where certain στρατενόμενοι defend themselves against the charge of returning for taxation purposes their κλῆροι at less than their true value, P Lond 1171 verso (c)? (A.D. 42) (= ΠῚ. p. 107) where a distinction is drawn between στρατευόμενοι *‘regular soldiers” and μαχαιροφόροι ‘‘armed attendants upon officials” (see further the editors’ note ad P Tebt I. 351%), P Hamb I. 3138 (A.D. 103) ἀπογραφὴν περιέχουσαν ἐστρατεῦσθαι αὐτὸν [ἔ]τεσι Ks, and P Oxy XIV. 1666% (iii/A.D.) φθάνω δὲ ὑμεῖν πρότερον γεγραφηκὼς περὶ τοῦ μεικροῦ Παυσανίου ὡς εἰς λεγιῶναν στρατευσάμενον, “1 have previously written to you about the little Pausanias becoming a soldier of a legion’”’ (Edd.). The idea of active service seems to be implied in such passages as P Par 6317 (B.c. 164) (= P Petr III. p. 34) where the cattle belonging ἄλλοις Tots στρατευομένοις are impressed into the service of the State, P Grenf I. 213 (Will—s.c. 126) τὸν μὲν ἵππον ἐφ᾽ οὗ στρατεύομαι, BGU IV. 10977 (Claudius/Nero) ἀπῆλθεν εἰς παρεμβολὴν στρατεύσαφθαι, cf. 8, Ρ Ryl II. 189° (Α.Ὁ. 128) receipt for cloaks ts <o>tpatiwtikas χρείας τῶν ἐν τῇ ᾿Ιουία)δαίᾳ στρατευομένων, ‘for the needs of the soldiers serving in Judaea’’ (Edd.), and P Oxy VIII. 1103° (a.p. 360) τῶν νεολέκτων τῶν στρατευθέντων, ‘the new levies raised by us for military service ’’ (Ed.). For the metaph. usage, as in 2 Cor 103 al., cf. BGU IV. 1127%8 (p.c. 8) ἐὰν δὲ κατά τι στρατεύηται o’ArodAdytos ἐν τοῖς κατὰ τὴν παραχώρησιν, where Schubart notes that the meaning must be “ Schwierigkeiten, Umstande machen,’’ “make difficulties, troubles,’’ comparing 23, 11317° (B.C. 17). This is rather like our phrase, ‘‘ He has been in the wars.”’ Cf. the use of μάχομαι in the sense of “quarrel ”’ (Sco¢ézce, “fecht’’), e.g. Menander Fragm. p. 86, No. 302° γυνὴ κρατεῖ πάντων, ἐπιτάττει, μάχετ᾽ ἀεί. The use illustrates the large metaphorical application of the term in the NT. Cumont Les Religions Orientales Ὁ. xiv ff. (Engl. Tr. pp. xx, 213f.) has collected a number of passages on the ‘‘ Salvation Army”’ ic ancient times. See also Harnack Militia Chresti (1905), and Dibelius HZN7 ad 1 Tim 17°.

στρατεύω (strateuō) — to battle. στρατ-εύω, (στρατός) advance with an army or fleet, wage war, or rulers, offcers, or men, Κροῖσος ἐνένωτο -εύειν ἐπὶ τοὺς Πέρσας [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οἱ Ἀθηναῖοι -εύσαντες ἐς Πλάταιαν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐστράτευσαν πρὸς Ἄβυδον[Refs 5th c.BC+]; metaphorically, ἑνὸς δ᾽ ἐπ᾽ ἀνδρὸς δώματα στρατεύομεν (Iris et Lyssa loq.) [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—so in middle, στρατεύομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]future -εύσομαι[Refs 4th c.BC+]: aorist ἐστρατευσάμην [Refs 5th c.BC+]: perfect ἐστράτευμαι [Refs 4th c.BC+]; Boeotian dialect 3rd.pers. plural perfect middle ἐστροτεύαθη [Refs 4th c.BC+]; -εύσονται ἐπὶ τὴν ἡμετέρην [Ἀθηναῖοι] [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐστρατευμένοι γάρ εἰσι they have been soldiers, have seen war-service, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὁπλίτης σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πρὸς τὴν τῶν Ὀλυνθίων πόλιν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; μισθοῦ σ. [Refs]; πανδημεὶ ἔξω σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to ἐπιδημεῖν, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to δημηγορεῖν, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; στρατευσάμενος,= a militiis, [Refs 4th c.BC+]

2. middle, serve in the army, τυΐ πρᾶτον ἐστροτεύαθη the following have joined the army for the first time, [Refs]; μηδεὶς ἐαθῇ -εύσασθαι to join the army, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; οἱ -ευόμενοι Ἕλληνες the Greeks who are in the army, [Refs 5th c.BC+]active and middle, as in [Refs]; in Attic dialect and later Gr. [Refs 2nd c.BC+]middle is much the more frequently

II. later, in active, take or receive into the army, enroll, enlist, [Refs 1st c.BC+]:— passive, τῶν νεολέκτων τῶν -ευθέντων ὑφ᾽ ἡμῶν [Refs 4th c.AD+]; ὁ νῦν -ευθεὶς τίρων [Refs 4th c.AD+]

III. see at {στραγγεύομαι}.