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Lexicon :: Strong's G4755 - stratēgos

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στρατηγός
Transliteration
stratēgos (Key)
Pronunciation
strat-ay-gos'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 7:701,1091

Strong’s Definitions

στρατηγός stratēgós, strat-ay-gos'; from the base of G4756 and G71 or G2233; a general, i.e. (by implication or analogy) a (military) governor (prætor), the chief (præfect) of the (Levitical) temple-wardens:—captain, magistrate.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 10x

The KJV translates Strong's G4755 in the following manner: captain (5x), magistrate (5x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 10x
The KJV translates Strong's G4755 in the following manner: captain (5x), magistrate (5x).

  1. the commander of an army

  2. in the NT a civic commander, a governor

    1. the name the highest magistrate in the municipia or colonies; they had the power of administering justice in the less important cases

    2. of civil magistrates

  3. captain of the temple, i.e. the commander of the Levites who kept guard in and around the temple

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
στρατηγός stratēgós, strat-ay-gos'; from the base of G4756 and G71 or G2233; a general, i.e. (by implication or analogy) a (military) governor (prætor), the chief (præfect) of the (Levitical) temple-wardens:—captain, magistrate.
STRONGS G4755:
στρατηγός, στρατηγοῦ, ὁ (στρατός and ἄγω), from Herodotus 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, Artemidorus Daldianus, oneir. 4, 49; of civil magistrates as early as Herodotus 5, 38; (see references in Meyer on Acts 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), Acts 16:20, 22, 35f (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)): Acts 4:1; Acts 5:24; plural Luke 22:52; simply (A. V. captain), Acts 5:26; Luke 22:4.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4755 matches the Greek στρατηγός (stratēgos),
which occurs 10 times in 10 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 22:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:4 - And he went away, and communed with the chief priests and captains, how he might deliver him unto them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 22:52

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:52 - And Jesus said unto the chief priests, and captains of the temple, and elders, that were come against him, Are ye come out, as against a robber, with swords and staves?

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 4:1

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:1 - And as they spake unto the people, the priests and the captain of the temple and the Sadducees came upon them,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 5:24

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:24 - Now when the captain of the temple and the chief priests heard these words, they were much perplexed concerning them whereunto this would grow.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 5:26

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:26 - Then went the captain with the officers, and brought them, but without violence; for they feared the people, lest they should be stoned.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 16:20

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:20 - and when they had brought them unto the magistrates, they said, These men, being Jews, do exceedingly trouble our city,

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:22 - And the multitude rose up together against them: and the magistrates rent their garments off them, and commanded to beat them with rods.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 16:35

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:35 - But when it was day, the magistrates sent the serjeants, saying, Let those men go.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 16:36

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:36 - And the jailor reported the words to Paul, saying, The magistrates have sent to let you go: now therefore come forth, and go in peace.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 16:38

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:38 - And the serjeants reported these words unto the magistrates: and they feared when they heard that they were Romans;
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