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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 G2532 he went his way, G565 and communed with G4814 the chief priests G749 and G2532 captains, G4755 how G4459 he might betray G3860 him G846 unto them. G846

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 22:52

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:52 - Then G1161 Jesus G2424 said G2036 unto G4314 the chief priests, G749 and G2532 captains G4755 of the temple, G2411 and G2532 the elders, G4245 which were come G3854 to G1909 him, G846 Be ye come out, G1831 as G5613 against G1909 a thief, G3027 with G3326 swords G3162 and G2532 staves? G3586

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 4:1

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:1 - And G1161 as they G846 spake G2980 unto G4314 the people, G2992 the priests, G2409 and G2532 the captain G4755 of the temple, G2411 and G2532 the Sadducees, G4523 came upon G2186 them, G846

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 5:24

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:24 - Now G1161 when G5613 G5037 the high priest G2409 and G2532 the captain G4755 of the temple G2411 and G2532 the chief priests G749 heard G191 these G5128 things, G3056 they doubted G1280 of G4012 them G846 whereunto G5101 G302 this G5124 would grow. G1096

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 5:26

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:26 - Then G5119 went G565 the captain G4755 with G4862 the officers, G5257 and brought G71 them G846 without G3756 G3326 violence: G970 for G1063 they feared G5399 the people, G2992 lest G3363 they should have been stoned. G3034

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 16:20

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:20 - And G2532 brought G4317 them G846 to the magistrates, G4755 saying, G2036 These G3778 men, G444 being G5225 Jews, G2453 do exceedingly trouble G1613 our G2257 city, G4172

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 16:22

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:22 - And G2532 the multitude G3793 rose up together G4911 against G2596 them: G846 and G2532 the magistrates G4755 rent off G4048 their G846 clothes, G2440 and commanded G2753 to beat G4463 them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 16:35

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:35 - And G1161 when it was G1096 day, G2250 the magistrates G4755 sent G649 the serjeants, G4465 saying, G3004 Let G630 ➔ those G1565 men G444 go. G630

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 16:36

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:36 - And G1161 the keeper of the prison G1200 told G518 this G5128 saying G3056 to G4314 Paul, G3972 G3754 The magistrates G4755 have sent G649 to G2443 let you go: G630 now G3568 therefore G3767 depart, G1831 and go G4198 in G1722 peace. G1515

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 16:38

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:38 - And G1161 the serjeants G4465 told G312 these G5023 words G4487 unto the magistrates: G4755 and G2532 they feared, G5399 when they heard G191 that G3754 they were G1526 Romans. G4514
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