Quick Definition
στρατιώτης, ου, ὁ n.m. 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
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, m. | -ου | στρατεύομαι
55.17 · Military Activities · Soldiers, Officers
soldier a person of ordinary rank in an army In some languages the normal equivalent of στρατιώτης would be ‘one who carries a gun,’ but such an expression would be completely anachronistic. Some translators have attempted to substitute a phrase such as ‘one who carries a sword,’ but this has failed in most cases since it suggests merely individual violence instead of organized warfare. It may therefore be important to use a phrase such as ‘one who fights under command’ or ‘one who is charged by the rulers to fight.’
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
στρατιώτης, -ov, 6, (fr. στρατιός [(cf. στρατεύω)], like ἡλιώτης, κλοιώτης, ἠπειρώτης), fr. Hdt. down, a (common) soldier: Mt. viii. 9; Mk. xv. 16; Lk. xxiii. 36; Jn. xix. 2; Acts x. 7; xii. 4, ete.; with the addition of Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, metaph., a champion of the cause of Christ, 2 Tim. ii. 3.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
στρατιώτης stratiōtēs 26x
a soldier, Mt. 8:9; 27:27; met. a soldier of Christ, 2 Tim. 2:3
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
στρατιώτης, -ου, ὁ
[in LXX; II Ki 23:8 B1, II Mac 5:12 14:39, III Mac 3:12 ; IV Mac3 * ;]
a soldier: Mt 8:9, Mk 15:16, Jo 19:2, Ac 10:7, al.; metaph., σ. Χριστοῦ Ἰησ., II Ti 2:3.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
στρατιώτης, “a soldier”: cf. P Amh II. 39% (letter of a captain— late ii/B.c.) tots ἄλλοις [στ]ρ[αἸ]τιώται[ς] πᾶσι χαίρειν, P Oxy II. 2407 (a.p. 37) εἶ μὴν [μὴ συνε]ιδέναι με μηδενὶ διασεσεισμέϊνωι ἐπὶ] τῶν προκειμένων κωμῶν ὑπὸ [...... 1os 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. Lk 34), 7. 2769 (a.p. 77) Κλαυδίου Κέλερος στρατιώτου λεγεῶνος δευτέρας, and 16. I. 645 (iii/iv A.D.) ἐξαυτῆς παράδοτε τῴ ἀποσταλέντι ὑπ᾽ ἐμοῦ στρατιώτῃ. In P Fay 1355 (iv/a.D.) a son writes to his father urging him to pay a debt ἵνα μὴ] δόξη plo]e στρατιώτας ἀποστῖλαι ἐπὶ σαὶ καὶ συνκλισθῇς ἄχρις ἂν πληρώσῃς, ‘that I may not have 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. 123 f.), where a praefect asks for the forgiveness of a deserter TlavAw τοῦ στρατιότη, under circumstances which closely recall the Ep. to Philemon. For asoldier in the service of the Church, apparently as its guardian and protector, see P Lond V. 1776} (vi/vii A.D.), with the editor’snote. See also Dibelius HZNT ad Eph 6”. For the adj. στρατιωτικός see P Ryl II. 256% (i/B.c.) where a young man complains that he has been deprived of Ta λειφθέν[τα poli [πατ]ρικὴν στρατιωτικὴν μάχαιραν, 16. 189% (A.D. 128) ts {ζσ)τρατιωτικὰς χρείας τῶν ἐν τῇ Tov{a}Saig στρατευομένων παλλίῳλα λευκὰ πέντε, ‘for the needs of the soldiers serving in Judaea five white cloaks” (Edd.), and P Oxy I. 7147 (a.p. 303) στρατιωτικὰς εὐθενίας, ‘supplies for the soldiers” (Edd.).
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
στρατιώτης (stratiōtēs) — soldier. στρᾰτῐώτ-ης, ου, ὁ: vocative στρατιῶτα [Refs 4th c.BC+]: (στρατιά):— soldier, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; σ. μισθωσάμενος, of Pisistratus, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἄνδρες σ., in a speech, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; collectively, in singular, ὁ πολὺς ὅμιλος καὶ σ. [Refs]; also of soldiers serving on ship-board, [Refs]
2. later, professional soldier,= μισθοφόρος, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; soldier in Ptolemaic and Roman Egypt, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; Κάσσανδρος τῶν Ἀπολλωνίου στρατιωτῶν [Refs 3rd c.BC+]
II. water-lettuce (σ. ἔνυδρος [Refs 2nd c.AD+], Pistia Stratiotes, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; σ. χιλιόφυλλος, Achillea Millefolium, yarrow or milfoil, [Refs]