Warfare
στρατείαStrong’s G4752strateia
Appears in 2 verses of the New Testament
In short
Strateia is the Greek word usually translated “warfare”. It appears in 2 verses of the New Testament.
“This charge I commit unto thee, son Timothy, according to the prophecies which went before on thee, that thou by them mightest war a good warfare;”
Meaning
Usually translated “warfare”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- warfare 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 2 Corinthians 1
- 1 Timothy 1
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
Greek dictionary
στρατεία strateia · warfare
στρατεία (on the orthogr., see Deiss., BS, 181 f.), -ας, ἡ (οτρατεύω), [in LXX chiefly for צָבָא ;] an expedition, a campaign, warfare: metaphorically, 2Co.10:4 (-τιά, T), 1Ti.1:18.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “warfare” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
WARFARE, noun
[war and fare.]
- Military service; military life; war.“The Philistines gathered their armies for warfare” 1 Samuel 28:1
- Contest; struggle with spiritual enemies.“The weapons of our warfare are not carnal” 2 Corinthians 10:4
All definitions and other forms of “warfare”
WARFARE, verb intransitive
To lead a military life; to carry on continual wars.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.