Definition

to serve in a military campaign; figuratively, to execute the apostolate (with its arduous duties and functions), to contend with carnal inclinations

Etymology

middle voice from the base of G4756 (στρατιά);

Where the KJV renders it

• soldier
• (go to) war(-fare)

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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