Lexicon :: Strong's G4755 - stratēgos
στρατηγός
Transliteration
stratēgos
(Key)
Pronunciation
strat-ay-gos'
Part of Speech
masculine noun
Dictionary Aids
Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry
TDNT Reference: 7:701,1091
KJV Translation Count — Total: 10x
The KJV translates Strong's G4755 in the following manner: captain (5x), magistrate (5x).
the commander of an army
in the NT a civic commander, a governor
the name the highest magistrate in the municipia or colonies; they had the power of administering justice in the less important cases
of civil magistrates
captain of the temple, i.e. the commander of the Levites who kept guard in and around the temple
STRONGS G4755:
στρατηγός, στρατηγοῦ, ὁ (στρατός and ἄγω), from down, the Sept. chiefly for סֶגֶן (only plural סְגָנִים); 1. the commander of an army.
2. in the N. T. a civic commander, a governor (the name of the duumviri or highest magistrates in the municipia and colonies; they had the power of administering justice in the less important cases; οἱ τῆς πόλεως στρατηγοί, Daldianus, oneir. 4, 49; of civil magistrates as early as 5, 38; (see references in Meyer on
3. στρατηγός τοῦ ἱεροῦ, 'captain of the temple' (), i. e. the commander of the Levites who kept guard in and around the temple (, Antiquities 20, 6, 2; (, under the word , 3; Edersheim, The Temple etc., chapter vii., 2 edition, p. 119f)):
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's
- Luke
- 22:4; 22:52
- Acts
- 4:1; 5:24; 5:26; 16:20; 16:20; 16:22; 16:35
