Definition

to gather (or select) as a warrior, i.e. enlist in the army

Etymology

from a compound of the base of G4756 (στρατιά) and G3004 (λέγω) (in its original sense);

Where the KJV renders it

• choose to be a 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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