Word Summary
stratiōtēs: a soldier
Original Word: στρατιώτηςTransliteration: stratiōtēs
Phonetic Spelling: (strat-ee-o'-tace)
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Short Definition: a soldier
Meaning: a soldier
Strong's Concordance
soldier.
From a presumed derivative of the same as stratia; a camper-out, i.e. A (common) warrior (literally or figuratively) -- soldier.
see GREEK stratia
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 4757: στρατιώτηςστρατιώτης,
στρατιωτου,
ὁ (from
στράτιος ((cf.
στρατεύω)), like
ἡλιώτης,
κλοιωτης,
ἠπειρώτης), from
Herodotus down,
a (common) soldier:
Matthew 8:9;
Mark 15:16;
Luke 23:36;
John 19:2;
Acts 10:7;
Acts 12:4, etc.; with the addition of
Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, metaphorically, a champion of the cause of Christ,
2 Timothy 2:3.