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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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He went away and discussed with the chief priests and temple police how he could hand him over to them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 22:52

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Then Jesus said to the chief priests, temple police, and the elders who had come for him, “Have you come out with swords and clubs as if I were a criminal?[fn]

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While they were speaking to the people, the priests, the captain of the temple police, and the Sadducees confronted them,

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As[fn] the captain of the temple police and the chief priests heard these things, they were baffled about them, wondering what would come of this.

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Then the commander went with the servants and brought them in without force, because they were afraid the people might stone them.

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Bringing them before the chief magistrates, they said, “These men are seriously disturbing our city. They are Jews

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The crowd joined in the attack against them, and the chief magistrates stripped off their clothes and ordered them to be beaten with rods.

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When daylight came, the chief magistrates sent the police to say, “Release those men.”

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The jailer reported these words to Paul: “The magistrates have sent orders for you to be released. So come out now and go in peace.”

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The police reported these words to the magistrates. They were afraid when they heard that Paul and Silas were Roman citizens.

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