1 Chronicles 7:4
And with them, by their generations, after the house of their fathers, were bands of soldiers for war, six and thirty thousand men: for they had many wives and sons.
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Soldiers
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Acts 27:42
And the soldiers' counsel was to kill the prisoners, lest any of them should swim out, and escape.
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12 occurrences in 11 verses.
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στρατιώτης
stratiṓtēs · strat-ee-o'-tace
22 times translated as this KJV form26 total Strong's occurrences
a camper-out, i.e. a (common) warrior (literally or figuratively)
Strong's KJV usage: :--soldier.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Matthew 8:9Strong's last: Acts 27:42
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stráteuma · strat'-yoo-mah
1 times translated as this KJV form8 total Strong's occurrences
an armament, i.e. (by implication) a body of troops (more or less extensive or systematic)
Strong's KJV usage: :--army, soldier, man of war.
Strong's first: Acts 23:10Strong's last: Acts 23:10
Open full G4753 profile →στρατεύομαι
strateúomai · strat-yoo'-om-ahee
1 times translated as this KJV form9 total Strong's occurrences
to serve in a military campaign; figuratively, to execute the apostolate (with its arduous duties and functions), to contend with carnal inclinations
Strong's KJV usage: :--soldier, (go to) war(-fare).
Strong's first: Luke 3:14Strong's last: Luke 3:14
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bên · bane
1 times translated as this KJV form4,878 total Strong's occurrences
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)
Strong's KJV usage: afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-) ite, (anoint-) ed one, appointed to, ( ) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-) ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, (young) bullock, (young) calf, × came up in, child, colt, × common, × corn, daughter, × of first, firstborn, foal, very fruitful, postage, × in, kid, lamb, ( ) man, meet, mighty, nephew, old, ( ) people, rebel, robber, × servant born, × soldier, son, spark, steward, stranger, × surely, them of, tumultuous one, valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: 2 Chronicles 25:13Strong's last: 2 Chronicles 25:13
Open full H1121 profile →חַיִל
chayil · khah'-yil
1 times translated as this KJV form238 total Strong's occurrences
probably a force, whether of men, means or other resources; an army, wealth, virtue, valor, strength
Strong's KJV usage: able, activity, ( ) army, band of men (soldiers), company, (great) forces, goods, host, might, power, riches, strength, strong, substance, train, ( ) valiant(-ly), valour, virtuous(-ly), war, worthy(-ily).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Ezra 8:22Strong's last: Ezra 8:22
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châlats · khaw-lats'
1 times translated as this KJV form44 total Strong's occurrences
to pull off; hence (intensively) to strip, (reflex.) to depart; by implication, to deliver, equip (for fight); present, strengthen
Strong's KJV usage: arm (self), (go, ready) armed (× man, soldier), deliver, draw out, make fat, loose, (ready) prepared, put off, take away, withdraw self.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Isaiah 15:4Strong's last: Isaiah 15:4
Open full H2502 profile →צָבָא
tsâbâʼ · tsaw-baw'
1 times translated as this KJV form483 total Strong's occurrences
a mass of persons (or figuratively, things), especially reg. organized for war (an army); by implication, a campaign, literally or figuratively (specifically, hardship, worship)
Strong's KJV usage: appointed time, ( ) army, ( ) battle, company, host, service, soldiers, waiting upon, war(-fare).
Strong's first: 1 Chronicles 7:4Strong's last: 1 Chronicles 7:4
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G4757
And he called unto him two centurions, saying, Make ready two hundred soldiers to go to Caesarea, and horsemen threescore and ten, and spearmen two hundred, at the third hour of the night;
G4757
Then the soldiers, as it was commanded them, took Paul, and brought him by night to Antipatris.
G4757
Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, Except these abide in the ship, ye cannot be saved.
G4757
Then the soldiers cut off the ropes of the boat, and let her fall off.
G4757
And the soldiers' counsel was to kill the prisoners, lest any of them should swim out, and escape.
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soldier
SOLDIER, noun soljur. [from Latin solidus, a piece of money, the pay of a soldier ]
1. A man engaged in military service; one whose occupation is military; a man enlisted for service in an army; a private, or noe in the ranks. There ought to be some time for sober reflection between the life of a soldier and his death.
2. A man enrolled for service, when on duty or embodied for military discipline; a private; as a militia soldier
3. Emphatically, a brave warrior; a man of military experience and skill, or a man of distinguished valor. In this sense, an officer of any grade may be denominated a soldier
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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