Quick Definition
a soldier
Strong's Definition
a camper-out, i.e. a (common) warrior (literally or figuratively)
Derivation: from a presumed derivative of the same as G4756 (στρατιά);
KJV Usage: soldier
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
στρατιώτης, στρατιωτου, ὁ (from στράτιος ((cf. στρατεύω)), like ἡλιώτης, κλοιωτης, ἠπειρώτης), from Herodotus down, a (common) soldier: Mat_8:9; Mar_15:16; Luk_23:36; Joh_19:2; Act_10:7; Act_12:4, etc.; with the addition of Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, metaphorically, a champion of the cause of Christ, 2Ti_2:3.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
στρατιώτης stratiō tē s 26 x
a soldier, Mat_8:9 ; Mat_27:27 ;
met. a soldier of Christ, 2Ti_2:3 soldier.
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
στρατιώτης , -ου , ὁ ,
[in LXX ; 2Sa_23:8 B1, 2Ma_5:12 ; 2Ma_14:39 , 3Ma_3:12 ; 3Ma_3:4 Mac3 * ;]
a soldier: Mat_8:9 , Mar_15:16 , Joh_19:2 , Act_10:7 , al. ; metaph ., σ . Χριστοῦ Ἰησ ., 2Ti_2:3 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
στρατιώτης [page 593]
a soldier : cf. P Amh II. 39 .4 (letter of a captain late ii/B.C.) τοῖς ἄλλοις [στ ]ρ [α ]τιώται [ς ] πᾶσι χαίρειν , P Oxy II. 240 .7 (A.D. 37) εἶ μὴν [μὴ συνε ]ιδέναι με μηδενὶ διασεσεισμέ [νωι ἐπὶ ] τῶν προκειμένων κωμῶν ὑπὸ [. . . . . .]ο̣ς στρατιώτου καὶ τῶν παρ᾽ αὐτοῦ , that I know of no one in the village aforesaid from whom extortions have been made by the soldier . . . or his agents (Edd.) (cf. Luk_3:14 ), ib. 276 .9 (A.D. 77) Κλαυδίου Κέλερος στρατιώτου λεγεῶνος δευτέρας , and ib. I. 64 .3 (iii/iv A.D.) ἐξαυτῆς παράδοτε τῷ ἀποσταλέντι ὑπ᾽ ἐμοῦ στρατιώτῃ . In P Fay 135 .6 (iv/A.D.) a son writes to his father urging him to pay a debt ἵνα μ̣[ὴ ] δ̣ο̣ξὴ̣ μ̣[ο ]ι στρατιώτας ἀποστῖλαι ἐπὶ σαὶ καὶ συνκλισθῇς ἄχρις ἂν πληρώσῃς , that I may not liave to send soldiers after you, and you be put in prison until you pay (Edd.). Reference may also be made to P Lond 417 ( c. A.D. 346) (= II.p. 299f., Selections , p. 123f.), where a praefect asks for the forgiveness of a deserter Παύλω τοῦ στρατιότη , under circumstances which closely recall the Ep. to Philemon. For a soldier in the service of the Church, apparently as its guardian and protector, see P Lond V. 1776 .1 (vi/vii A.D.), with the editor s note. See also Dibelius HZNT ad Eph_6:10 .
For the adj. στρατιωτικός see P Ryl II. 256 .3 (i/B.C.) where a young man complains that he has been deprived of τὰ λειφθέν [τα μο ]ι̣ [πατ ]ρικὴν στρατιωτικήν μάχαιραν , ib. 189 .4 (A.D. 128) ἰς <σ >τρατιωτικὰς χρείὰς τῶν ἐν τῇ Ιουναύδαίᾳ στρατευομένων παλλίῳλα λευκὰ πέντε , for the needs of the soldiers serving in Judaea five white cloaks (Edd.), and P Oxy I. 71 ii. 7 (A.D. 303) στρατιωτικὰς εὐθενίας , supplies for the soldiers (Edd.).
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
στρατιώτης στρα^τιώτης, ου, ὁ, [Etym: στρατιά] "a citizen bound to military service;" generally, "a soldier", Hdt. , attic; collectively, ὁ στρατιώτης "the soldiers", Thuc.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
στρατιώτης, -ου, ὁ
[in LXX; 2Ki.23:8 B1, 2Ma.5:12 2Mac 14:39, III Mac 3:12; 3Ma.3:4 Mac3 * ;]
a soldier: Mat.8:9, Mrk.15:16, Jhn.19:2, Act.10:7, al.; metaphorically, σ. Χριστοῦ Ἰησ., 2Ti.2:3.†
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