στρατιώτης stratiōtēs

Greek word for “soldier” · Strong’s G4757 · used 26 times in 24 verses

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Meaning

στρατιώτης, -ου, ὁ; a soldier:, al.; metaphorically, σ. Χριστοῦ Ἰησ..†;

How it is translated

Glosses given for stratiōtēs in context, with how often each is used:

• soldiers 22
• soldier 4

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

John 19 (5), Acts 12 (3), Acts 27 (3), Acts 21 (2), Acts 23 (2), Matthew 8 (1), Matthew 27 (1), Matthew 28 (1), Mark 15 (1), Luke 7 (1)

Forms

• στρατιῶται 9
• στρατιώτας 5
• στρατιωτῶν 5
• στρατιώταις 3
• στρατιώτῃ 2
• στρατιώτην 1
• στρατιώτης 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with stratiōtēs more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• ἑκατόνταρχος hekatontarchos “centurion” 3
• ὅτε hote “when” 4
• Παῦλος Paulos “Paul” 4
• ἱμάτιον himation “clothing” 3
• νύξ nux “night” 3
• πραιτώριον praitōrion “praetorium” 2
• σπεῖρα speira “band” 2
• ὅλος holos “all” 3
• δύο duo “two” 3
• ἄλλος allos “another” 3
• πορεύω poreuō “to travel” 3
• μέν men “on the other hand” 3

Key verses

The verses using stratiōtēs that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 8:9 — For I am a man under authority, having soldiers under me: and I say to this man, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do…
• Matthew 27:27 — Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the common hall, and gathered unto him the whole band of soldiers.
• Luke 23:36 — And the soldiers also mocked him, coming to him, and offering him vinegar,
• John 19:24 — They said therefore among themselves, Let us not rend it, but cast lots for it, whose it shall be: that the scripture might be fulfilled, which saith, They…
• John 19:34 — But one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and forthwith came there out blood and water.
• Acts 10:7 — And when the angel which spake unto Cornelius was departed, he called two of his household servants, and a devout soldier of them that waited on him…
• Acts 12:4 — And when he had apprehended him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to keep him; intending after Easter to bring him forth…
• Acts 12:6 — And when Herod would have brought him forth, the same night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains: and the keepers before the door…
• Acts 23:23 — And he called unto him two centurions, saying, Make ready two hundred soldiers to go to Cæsarea, and horsemen threescore and ten, and spearmen two hundred, at…
• Acts 27:31 — Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, Except these abide in the ship, ye cannot be saved.
• Acts 28:16 — And when we came to Rome, the centurion delivered the prisoners to the captain of the guard: but Paul was suffered to dwell by himself with a soldier that kept…
• 2 Timothy 2:3 — Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.