Gloss: officer/magistrate
Transliteration: stratēgos
Strong’s: G4755
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.†
<re>SYN.: ἄρχων (cf. EGT on Act.16:20; Ramsay, St. Paul, 217). </re> (AS)
(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.†
<re>SYN.: ἄρχων (cf. EGT on Act.16:20; Ramsay, St. Paul, 217). </re> (AS)