στρατηγός stratēgos · G4755

officer/magistrate

στρατηγός, -οῦ, ὁ; (στραός, ἄγω), [in LXX chiefly for סָגָן (always in pl.), שַׂר ; ] ; 1. a military commander, a general (Hdt., al.). ; 2. A civic commander, a governor, magistrate (Hdt., Xen., al.): Act.16:20, 22 16:35-36, 38. ; 3. The commander of the Levitical guard of the Temple, ὁ σ. τ. ἱεροῦ (EV, captain of the Temple): Act.4:1 5:24, 26; pl., Luk.22:4, 52.†; SYN.: ἄρχων (cf. EGT on Act.16:20; Ramsay, St. Paul, 217). (AS)

Definition: TBESG (Abbott-Smith)

Classical Greek (Liddell–Scott–Jones) excerpt

στρᾰτηγ-ός, ὁ ; (the feminine in [] and Doric dialect στρᾰτᾱγός []; Aeolic dialect στρότᾱγος []:— leader or commander of an army, general, []; ἀνὴρ σ. []; opposed to ναύαρχος (admiral), []; 2 generally, commander, governor, πόλει κήρυγμα θεῖναι τὸν σ. []; 3 with genitive, στρατηγοὶ τοῦ πεζοῦ []; 4 metaphorically, παραλαβὼν.. οἶνον σ. []; στρατηγοὶ κυνηγεσίων masters of hounds, []; so strategum te facio huic convivio, []; II at Athens, the title of 10 officers elected by yearly vote to command …

Where it's used 10 times

Luke 22:4 · Luke 22:52 · Acts 4:1 · Acts 5:24 · Acts 5:26 · Acts 16:20 · Acts 16:22 · Acts 16:35 · Acts 16:36 · Acts 16:38

Source: TBESG G4755; TFLSJ G4755

Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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