στρατεύω

στρατεύω and depon., -ομαι, so always in NT

(στρατός, an encamped army), [in LXX for מההּ hith., יָצָא, צָבָא; metaphorically, 4Ma 9,23 ;]

used of the general, to make war, do battle, and (chiefly) of the soldiers serving under him, to serve as a soldier: Luk 3,14, 1 Kor 9,7, 2 Tim 2,4. Metaphorical (cf. MM, ii, xxiii), of spiritual conflict, to war, make war: 2 Kor 10,3, 1 Tim 1,18, Jak 4,1, 1 Pet 2,11.†