Active members of an army, whatever their rank. Paul uses the term frequently in his letters to draw attention to the fact that believers are engaged in spiritual warfare.

Numbers 31:27-28,32

Armies of soldiers under different commanders

Moses' soldiers

Joshua 8:10-19

Joshua's soldiers

Judges 9:34-35

Abimelech's soldiers

Judges 20:14-16

Benjamin's soldiers

1 Samuel 13:5

Philistine soldiers

1 Samuel 13:22; 15:4,15,21; 26:7

Saul's soldiers

2 Samuel 8:4

Hadadezer's soldiers

2 Samuel 10:6

Aramean soldiers

2 Kings 13:7

Jehoahaz' soldiers

2 Samuel 3:23

David's soldiers

2 Samuel 23:8-39

David's soldiers under Joab

2 Samuel 24:1-9

pp 1Ch 11:10-47

David's mighty men

1 Chronicles 12:23-38; 27:1-22

pp 1Ch 21:1-16

David displeased the LORD by counting his fighting men

2 Kings 25:5

Zedekiah's soldiers

Jeremiah 41:3

Babylonian soldiers

2 Kings 5:1

Individual soldiers

See also

1 Samuel 14:28
2 Chronicles 17:17
Daniel 3:20-22
Luke 3:14

Soldiers came to John the Baptist

Luke 23:11,36

Soldiers involved in the last events of Jesus Christ's life on earth

John 18:3,12; 19:2

In his arrest and trial

Matthew 27:27
John 19:16,23-24,32-34

In his crucifixion

Matthew 27:65-66

After his crucifixion

Matthew 28:2-4,12,15

After his resurrection

Acts 12:4,6,18

Soldiers involved in the lives of the apostles

Peter

Acts 21:32,35,37

Paul

Ezekiel 27:27; 39:20

Soldiers used metaphorically

Joel 2:7
Amos 2:15-16
1 Corinthians 9:7

Paul draws parallels between a soldier and a Christian

See also

An apostle has a right to be supported in material things by those to whom he preaches.

Philippians 2:25

Christians are called fellow-soldiers

Philemon 1:2
2 Timothy 2:3-4

Christians must put Jesus Christ first

Psalms 89:8

God as the commander of an army of soldiers

See also

1 Kings 19:10

The term here translated "LORD God Almighty" can be translated "LORD God of hosts" or "LORD God of armies".

Jeremiah 5:14
Hosea 12:5
Amos 4:13

See also

5207 architecture
5209 armour
5209 armour
5246 captivity
5251 chains
5263 communication
5267 control
5407 merchants
5435 ovens
5490 refuge
5605 warfare
8482 spiritual warfare