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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) A connected series of military or political operations, forming a distinct stage.

2. (n.) Political operations preceding an election; a canvass.

3. (n.) The period during which a blast furnace is continuously in operation.

4. (v. i.) To serve in a campaign.

Greek

4752. strateia -- a campaign, expedition, hence warfare
... a campaign, expedition, hence warfare. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration:
strateia Phonetic Spelling: (strat-i'-ah) Short Definition: warfare ...
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497. antistrateuomai -- to make war against
... make war against. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: antistrateuomai Phonetic
Spelling: (an-tee-strat-yoo'-om-ahee) Short Definition: I campaign against, war ...
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4754. strateuo -- to make war, hence to serve as a soldier
... Middle voice from the base of stratia; to serve in a military campaign; figuratively,
to execute the apostolate (with its arduous duties and functions), to ...
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Strong's Hebrew

6635. tsaba -- army, war, warfare
... Organized for war (an army); by implication, a campaign, literally or figuratively
(specifically, hardship, worship) -- appointed time, (+) army, (+) battle ...
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Library

Of the Campaign of Theodosius.
... Book V. Chapter V."Of the campaign of Theodosius. Now at this time Theodosius,
on account alike of the splendour of his ancestry ...
/.../the ecclesiastical history of theodoret/chapter v of the campaign of.htm

Campaign of Constantius in Sirmium, and Details Concerning ...
... Book IV. Chapter IV."Campaign of Constantius in Sirmium, and Details concerning
Vetranio and Magnentius. Gallus receives the Title ...
/.../chapter iv campaign of constantius in.htm

Service Unites.
... There must be simple, but thorough organization. The campaign should be mapped out
as thoroughly as a Presidential campaign is organized here in our country. ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/gordon/quiet talks with world winners/service unites.htm

The Secondary Division or Teen Age Boys' Crusade
... The objectives around which the idea grew were a campaign for Organized Classes
in every school, an effort to reach Toronto's 10,000 non-Sunday school, teen ...
/.../alexander/the boy and the sunday school/xiv the secondary division or.htm

History Of Egypt, Chaldaea, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria, V 7
... The first campaigns of Assur-nazir-pal in Nairi and on the Khabur (885-882 BC):
Zamua reduced to an Assyrian province (881 BC) -- The fourth campaign in Nairi ...
/.../history of egypt chaldaea syria babylonia and assyria v 7/title page.htm

The Revolt of Babylon.
... the Babylonians chose for their rebellion at last was one when the movable forces
which Darius had at command were at the west, engaged in a campaign on the ...
//christianbookshelf.org/abbott/darius the great/chapter vii the revolt of.htm

Debate on the Proposed Invasion of Greece.
... Mardonius was much older, but he was a soldier by profession, and was eager
to distinguish himself in some great military campaign. ...
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The Power of Assyria at Its Zenith; Esarhaddon and Assur-Bani-Pal
... Assur-bani-pal and Shamash shumukin (668 BC)"Revolt of Egypt and death of Esarhaddon
(668 BC); accession of Assur-bani-pal; his campaign against Kirbit ...
/.../chapter iithe power of assyria.htm

The Nations of the South-East
... Campaign followed upon campaign; the City of Waters, Rabbah, the "capital" of Ammon,
was closely invested, and the Aramaic allies of Hanun were put to flight. ...
/.../sayce/early israel and the surrounding nations/chapter iii the nations of.htm

A Foreword
... He wrote me asking that I act as captain in the Nation-wide Campaign, and
I answered that I could not. But the next thing I remember ...
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Thesaurus

Campaign (3 Occurrences)
... 3. (n.) The period during which a blast furnace is continuously in operation.
4. (vi) To serve in a campaign. ...Campaign (3 Occurrences). ...
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Sennacherib (13 Occurrences)
... Sennacherib in his first campaign marched into Babylonia. ... This campaign was followed
by an invasion of the country of the Cassites and Iasubigalleans. ...
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Paul (207 Occurrences)
... 1) Preparation (2) Experience (3) Effect on Paul V. WORK 1. Adjustment 2. Opposition
3. Waiting 4. Opportunity 5. The First Great Mission Campaign 6. The ...
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Hezekiah (124 Occurrences)
... Of Sennacherib's campaign of 701, for instance, no fewer than six accounts are at
present known (see GA Smith, Jerusalem, II, 154, note), the most detailed ...
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Hammurabi
... him until his 30th year, when the army of Elam is referred to, possibly indicating
warlike operations, which paved the way for the great campaign of his 31st ...
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Army (401 Occurrences)
... ar'-mi (chayil, "army," tsabha', "host," ma`arakhah, "army in battle array" gedhudh,
"troop"): 1. The First Campaign of History 2. In the Wilderness 3. The ...
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Warfare (18 Occurrences)
... or priests who accompanied their armies that Yahweh was with them to fight their
battles (Deuteronomy 20:1-4). It was customary to open a campaign, or to enter ...
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Nicanor (1 Occurrence)
... The campaign began in 166 BC; the Syrians were defeated at Emmaus (1 Maccabees
3:57;), while Gorgias at a later stage gained a victory at Jamnia over a body of ...
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Cambyses
... Greek fleets. During this campaign Cambyses seems to have acted with good
generalship and with clemency toward the conquered. After ...
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Shishak (6 Occurrences)
... 3. Syrian Campaign: So it came to pass that in the 5th year of Rehoboam, Shishak
came up against Jerusalem with 1,200 chariots, and 60,000 horsemen, and people ...
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Bible Concordance

Campaign (3 Occurrences)

Joshua 10:42 Joshua took all these kings and their land at one time, because Yahweh, the God of Israel, fought for Israel.
(See NIV)

1 Samuel 29:6 And Achish calleth unto David, and saith unto him, 'Jehovah liveth, surely thou 'art' upright, and good in mine eyes is thy going out, and thy coming in, with me in the camp, for I have not found in thee evil from the day of thy coming in unto me till this day; and in the eyes of the princes thou art not good;
(See RSV)

Ezekiel 29:18 Son of man, Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, made his army do hard work against Tyre, and the hair came off every head and every arm was rubbed smooth: but he and his army got no payment out of Tyre for the hard work which he had done against it.
(See NIV)

Subtopics

Campaign

Related Terms

Sennacherib (13 Occurrences)

Paul (207 Occurrences)

Hezekiah (124 Occurrences)

Hammurabi

Army (401 Occurrences)

Warfare (18 Occurrences)

Nicanor (1 Occurrence)

Cambyses

Shishak (6 Occurrences)