stratiōtēs · soldier

What it means

stratiōtēs (στρατιώτης) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “soldier”.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. An armed man in the service of a king or of the Roman government.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• soldiers ×22
• soldier ×4

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×3
• Mark×1
• Luke×2
• John×6
• Acts×13
• 2 Timothy×1

• Matthew 8:9

  For I too am a man under authority, having soldiers under me; and I say to this one, ‘Go,’ and he goes; and to another, ‘Come,’ and he comes; and to my slave, ‘Do this,’ and he does it.”

• Matthew 27:27

  Then the soldiers of the governor, taking Jesus into the praetorium, gathered the whole cohort around him.

• Matthew 28:12

  And when they had gathered with the elders and taken counsel, they gave a large sum of money to the soldiers,

• Mark 15:16

  And the soldiers led him away inside the courtyard, which is the praetorium, and they call together the whole cohort.

• Luke 7:8

  For I too am a man placed under authority, having soldiers under me, and I say to this one, ‘Go,’ and he goes; and to another, ‘Come,’ and he comes; and to my slave, ‘Do this,’ and he does it.”

• Luke 23:36

  And the soldiers also mocked him, coming up and offering him sour wine

• John 19:2

  And the soldiers, having twisted together a crown of thorns, put it on his head, and they threw a purple robe around him,

• John 19:23

  So the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took his garments and made four parts, a part for each soldier, and the tunic. Now the tunic was seamless, woven from the top throughout.

• John 19:24

  So they said to one another, “Let us not tear it, but let us cast lots for it to see whose it will be,” so that the Scripture might be fulfilled that says, “They divided my garments among themselves, and for my clothing they cast lots.” So the soldiers did these things.

• John 19:32

  So the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first and of the other who had been crucified with him;

• John 19:34

  But one of the soldiers pierced his side with a spear, and at once blood and water came out.

• Acts 10:7

  And when the angel who was speaking to him had gone away, he called two of the household servants and a devout soldier from among those who were in constant attendance on him,

• Acts 12:4

  When he had seized him, he also put him in prison, handing him over to four squads of four soldiers to guard him, intending after the Passover to bring him out to the people.

• Acts 12:6

  And when Herod was about to bring him out, on that night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, and guards before the door were keeping watch over the prison.

• Acts 12:18

  Now when day came, there was no small commotion among the soldiers over what then had become of Peter.

• Acts 21:32

  He at once took soldiers and centurions and ran down to them; and when they saw the commander and the soldiers, they stopped beating Paul.

• Acts 21:35

  And when he came to the steps, it happened that he was carried by the soldiers because of the violence of the crowd,

• Acts 23:23

  And calling two of the centurions, he said, “Get ready two hundred soldiers to go as far as Caesarea, and seventy horsemen and two hundred spearmen, from the third hour of the night;

• Acts 23:31

  So the soldiers, according to what had been ordered them, took Paul and brought him by night to Antipatris.

• Acts 27:31

  Paul said to the centurion and the soldiers, “Unless these men stay in the ship, you cannot be saved.”

• Acts 27:32

  Then the soldiers cut away the ropes of the boat and let it fall away.

• Acts 27:42

  And the soldiers’ plan was to kill the prisoners, so that no one would swim off and escape.

• Acts 28:16

  And when we entered into Rome, Paul was allowed to live by himself with the soldier who guarded him.

• 2 Timothy 2:3

  Share in suffering as a good soldier of the Messiah Jesus.

And 2 more times.