Senses
1. soldier — A military serviceman (στρατιώτης), a person serving in an army, used in both singular ('a soldier') and plural ('soldiers') forms throughout the NT narratives. Refers to Roman soldiers at the crucifixion, soldiers of Herod, soldiers guarding prisoners, and Paul's metaphorical 'fellow soldier.' Multilingual evidence is uniform across number: Arabic جُنْدِيّ (jundiyy, singular)/جُنُود (junūd, plural), Korean 군인/병사 (gunin/byeongsa, 'soldier'), Swahili askari ('soldier/guard'), Hindi सैनिक/सैनिकों (sainik/sainikoṃ), Spanish soldado/soldados. The singular and plural forms represent grammatical number inflection of one sense, not distinct lexicographic meanings. 26×
AR["الجُنودِ","الجُنُودُ","الجُنُودِ","الْجُنُودَ","الْجُنُودِ","جُنودٌ","جُنودُ","جُنُودًا","جُنُودٍ","جُنُودُ","جُنُودِ","جُنْدُ","جُنْدِ"]·ben["στρατιῶται-সৈন্যরা","সৈনিকদের","সৈনিকরা","সৈনিকরা,","সৈন্যদের","সৈন্যদেরকে","সৈন্যরা","সৈন্যেরা"]·DE["Soldat","Soldaten"]·EN["of-soldiers","soldiers"]·FR["soldat"]·heb["הַחַיָּלִים","חַיָּלִים"]·HI["सिपाहियों","सिपाहियों-को","सैनिक","सैनिकों","सैनिकों-के","सैनिकों-ने","सैनिकोंको","सैनिकोंने","सैनिकोंसे"]·ID["prajurit","prajurit,","prajurit-prajurit"]·IT["soldato"]·jav["prajurit","prajurit,"]·KO["군병들-중에","군병들도","군병들에게","군병들의","군병들이","군사","군사들에게","군사들이","군인들-에게","군인들-의","군인들-이","군인들과","군인들에-의해","군인들을","병사들-을"]·PT["soldados","soldados,"]·RU["воинам","воинам,","воинами","воинов","воинов,","воины","воины,"]·ES["de-soldados","los-soldados","soldados"]·SW["askari","askari,","askari;"]·TR["askerin","askerler","askerler;","askerlerde","askerlere","askerleri","askerlerin"]·urd["سپاہی","سپاہیوں","سپاہیوں نے","سپاہیوں-نے","سپاہیوں-کو","سپاہیوں-کے"]
Matt 8:9, Matt 27:27, Matt 28:12, Mark 15:16, Luke 7:8, Luke 23:36, John 19:2, John 19:23, John 19:23, John 19:24, John 19:32, John 19:34 (+14 more)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
στρᾰτῐώτ-ης, ου, ὁ: vocative στρατιῶτα Refs 4th c.BC+: (στρατιά):— soldier, Refs 5th c.BC+; σ. μισθωσάμενος, of Pisistratus, Refs 4th c.BC+; ἄνδρες σ., in a speech, Refs 5th c.BC+; collectively, in singular, ὁ πολὺς ὅμιλος καὶ σ. Refs; also of soldiers serving on ship-board, Refs __2 later, professional soldier,= μισθοφόρος, Refs 4th c.BC+; soldier in Ptolemaic and Roman Egypt, Refs 3rd c.BC+;…