Strong's Lexicon
G4755 — στρατηγός
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G4755 |
|---|---|
| Word: | στρατηγός |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | from the base of G4756 and G71 or G2233 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 10 |
| Transliteration: | strategos |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | strat-ay-gos' |
| Meaning: | 1. a general 2. (by implication or analogy) a (military) governor (praetor), the chief (prefect) of the (Levitical) temple-wardens |
| KJV Renderings: | captain, magistrate |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
στρατηγός, στρατηγοῦ, ὁ (στρατός and ἄγω), from Herodotus down, the Sept. chiefly for ñÆâÆï (only plural ñÀâÈðÄéí);
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, Artemidorus Daldianus, oneir. 4, 49; of civil magistrates as early as Herodotus 5, 38; (see references in Meyer on Act 16:20; Liddell and Scott, under the word, II. 2f; cf. Farrar, St. Paul, i., excurs. xvi.)): plural (R. V. magistrates (after A. V.), with marginal reading Gr. praetors), Act 16:20; Act 16:22; Act 16:35 f (38).
3. στρατηγός τοῦ ἱεροῦ, ’captain of the temple’ (A. V.), i. e. the commander of the Levites who kept guard in and around the temple (Josephus, Antiquities 20, 6, 2; (B. D., under the word , 3; Edersheim, The Temple etc., chapter vii., 2 edition, p. 119f)): Act 4:1; Act 5:24; plural Luk 22:52; simply (A. V. captain), Act 5:26; Luk 22:4.
Other Resources
Englishman's Greek Concordance
στρατηγός (captain)
Luke 22:4
- KJV: And he went his way and communed with the chief priests and captains how he might betray him unto them
- GK: και απελθών συνελάλησε τοις αρχιερεύσι και τοις στρατηγοίς το πως αυτόν παραδώ αυτοίς
Luke 22:52
- KJV: Then Jesus said unto the chief priests and captains of the temple and the elders which were come to him Be ye come out as against a thief with swords and staves
- GK: είπε δε ο Ιησούς προς τους παραγενομένους επ΄ αυτόν αρχιερείς και στρατηγούς του ιερού και πρεσβυτέρους ως επί ληστήν εξεληλύθατε μετά μαχαιρών και ξύλων
Acts 4:1
- KJV: And as they spake unto the people the priests and the captain of the temple and the Sadducees came upon them
- GK: λαλούντων δε αυτών προς τον λαόν επέστησαν αυτοίς οι ιερείς και ο στρατηγός του ιερού και οι Σαδδουκαίοι
Acts 5:24
- KJV: Now when the high priest and the captain of the temple and the chief priests heard these things they doubted of them whereunto this would grow
- GK: ως δε ήκουσαν τους λόγους τούτους ο τε ιερεύς και ο στρατηγός του ιερού και οι αρχιερείς διηπόρουν περί αυτών τι αν γένοιτο τούτο
Acts 5:26
- KJV: Then went the captain with the officers and brought them without violence for they feared the people lest they should have been stoned
- GK: τότε απελθών ο στρατηγός συν τοις υπηρέταις ήγαγεν αυτούς ου μετά βίας εφοβούντο γαρ τον λαόν ίνα μη λιθασθώσιν
Acts 16:20
- KJV: And brought them to the magistrates saying These men being Jews do exceedingly trouble our city
- GK: και προσαγαγόντες αυτούς τοις στρατηγοίς είπον ούτοι οι άνθρωποι εκταράσσουσιν ημών την πόλιν Ιουδαίοι υπάρχοντες
Acts 16:22
- KJV: And the multitude rose up together against them and the magistrates rent off their clothes and commanded to beat
- GK: και συνεπέστη ο όχλος κατ΄ αυτών και οι στρατηγοί περιρρήξαντες τα ιμάτια αυτών εκέλευον ραβδίζειν
Acts 16:35
- KJV: And when it was day the magistrates sent the serjeants saying Let those men go
- GK: ημέρας δε γενομένης απέστειλαν οι στρατηγοί τους ραβδούχους λέγοντες απόλυσον τους ανθρώπους εκείνους
Acts 16:36
- KJV: And the keeper of the prison told this saying to Paul The magistrates have sent to let you go now therefore depart and go in peace
- GK: απήγγειλε δε ο δεσμοφύλαξ τους λόγους τούτους προς τον Παύλον ότι απεστάλκασιν οι στρατηγοί ίνα απολυθήτε νυν ούν εξελθόντες πορεύεσθε εν ειρήνη