Strong’s G4757 · Greek

στρατιώτης
stratiṓtēs

Definition

a camper-out, i.e. a (common) warrior (literally or figuratively)

Etymology

from a presumed derivative of the same as G4756 (στρατιά);

Where the KJV renders it

  • soldier

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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