troops
Strateuma denotes a military body, whether troops deployed by an officer or armies assembled for conflict.
The occurrences depict a military body or force: troops are ordered to seize and rescue a man in Acts 23:10 and Acts 23:27, soldiers accompany Herod in Luke 23:11, and forces are sent, follow, assemble for war, or are counted in Matthew 22:7, Revelation 19:14, Revelation 19:19, and Revelation 9:16.
Senses in use
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Military force or body of soldiers · dominant
The singular forms occur in actions involving an officer's force: in Acts 23:10 the APB renders an order for troops to come down, seize Paul, and bring him into the barracks, while Acts 23:27 describes intervention with troops to rescue him. Plural forms identify soldiers with Herod in Luke 23:11, forces sent against murderers in Matthew 22:7, heavenly armies following on white horses in Revelation 19:14, and armies assembled to make war in Revelation 19:19.
In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the verses, the APB uses “troops,” “soldiers,” and “armies” in the relevant military clauses. These variations show the verse-level presentation rather than distinct lexical senses.