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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.
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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 TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 22:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:4 - And he went away and spoke with the chief priests and captains as to how he should deliver him up to them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 22:52

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:52 - And Jesus said to the chief priests and captains of the temple and elders, who were come against him, Have ye come out as against a robber with swords and sticks?

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 4:1

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:1 - And as they were speaking to the people, the priests and 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 - And when they heard these words, both the priest and the captain of the temple and the chief priests were in perplexity as to them, what this would come to.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 5:26

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:26 - Then the captain, having gone with the officers, brought them, not with 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 having brought them up to the praetors, said, These men utterly trouble our city, being Jews,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 16:22

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:22 - And the crowd rose up too against them; and the praetors, having torn off their clothes, commanded to scourge them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 16:35

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:35 - And when it was day, the praetors sent the lictors, saying, Let those men go.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 16:36

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:36 - And the jailor reported these words to Paul: The praetors have sent that ye may be let go. Now therefore go out and depart in peace.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 16:38

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:38 - And the lictors reported these words to the praetors. And they were afraid when they heard they were Romans.
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