Word Summary
strateia: a campaign, expedition, warfare
Original Word: στρατείαTransliteration: strateia
Phonetic Spelling: (strat-i'-ah)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: a campaign, expedition, warfare
Meaning: a campaign, expedition, warfare
Strong's Concordance
warfare.
From strateuomai; military service, i.e. (figuratively) the apostolic career (as one of hardship and danger) -- warfare.
see GREEK strateuomai
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 4752: στρατείαστρατεία,
στρατείας,
ἡ (
στρατεύω),
an expedition, campaign; military service, warfare: Paul likens his contest with the difficulties that oppose him in the discharge of his apostolic duties to a
warfare, 2 Corinthians 10:4 (where
Tdf. στρατιᾶς, see his note);
1 Timothy 1:18. ((
Herodotus,
Xenophon, others.))