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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 left and discussed with the chief priests and officers G4755 how he was to betray Him 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 officers G4755 of the temple and elders who had come against Him, “Have you come out with swords and clubs as you would against a man inciting a revolt?

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 4:1

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:1 -

As they were speaking to the people, the priests and the captain G4755 of the temple guard and the Sadducees came up to them,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 5:24

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:24 - Now when the captain G4755 of the temple guard and the chief priests heard these words, they were greatly perplexed about them as to what [fn]would come of this.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 5:26

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:26 - Then the captain G4755 went along with the officers and proceeded to bring them back without violence (for they were afraid of the people, that they might be stoned).

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 16:20

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:20 - and when they had brought them to the chief G4755 magistrates G4755, they said, “These men, Jews as they are, are causing our city trouble,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 16:22

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:22 - The crowd joined in an attack against them, and the chief G4755 magistrates G4755 tore their [fn]robes off them and proceeded to order [fn]them to be beaten with rods.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 16:35

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:35 -

Now when day came, the chief G4755 magistrates G4755 sent their officers, saying, “Release those men.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 16:36

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:36 - And the jailer reported these words to Paul, saying, “The chief G4755 magistrates G4755 have sent word that you be released. So come out now and go in peace.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 16:38

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:38 - The officers reported these words to the chief G4755 magistrates G4755. And they became fearful when they heard that they were Romans,
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