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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 TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 22:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:4 - And he went his way, and communed with the chief priests and captains, G4755 how he might betray him unto them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 22:52

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:52 - Then Jesus said unto the chief priests, and captains G4755 of the temple, and the elders, which were come to him, Be ye come out, as against a thief, 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 G4755 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 high priest and the captain G4755 of the temple and the chief priests heard these things, they doubted of them whereunto this would grow.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 5:26

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:26 - Then went the captain G4755 with the officers, and brought them without violence: for they feared the people, lest they should have been stoned.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 16:20

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:20 - And brought them to the magistrates, G4755 saying, These men, being Jews, do exceedingly trouble our city,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 16:22

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:22 - And the multitude rose up together against them: and the magistrates G4755 rent off their clothes, and commanded to beat them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 16:35

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:35 - And when it was day, the magistrates G4755 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 keeper of the prison told this saying to Paul, The magistrates G4755 have sent to let you go: now therefore depart, and go in peace.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 16:38

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:38 - And the serjeants told these words unto the magistrates: G4755 and they feared, when they heard that they were Romans.
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