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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 - καὶ ἀπελθὼν συνελάλησεν τοῖς ἀρχιερεῦσιν καὶ στρατηγοῖς G4755 τὸ πῶς αὐτοῖς παραδῷ αὐτόν

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 22:52

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:52 - εἶπεν δὲ Ἰησοῦς πρὸς τοὺς παραγενομένους ἐπ᾽ αὐτὸν ἀρχιερεῖς καὶ στρατηγοὺς G4755 τοῦ ἱεροῦ καὶ πρεσβυτέρους ὡς ἐπὶ λῃστὴν ἐξήλθατε μετὰ μαχαιρῶν καὶ ξύλων

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 4:1

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:1 - λαλούντων δὲ αὐτῶν πρὸς τὸν λαὸν ἐπέστησαν αὐτοῖς οἱ ἱερεῖς καὶ ὁ στρατηγὸς G4755 τοῦ ἱεροῦ καὶ οἱ Σαδδουκαῖοι

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 5:24

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:24 - ὡς δὲ ἤκουσαν τοὺς λόγους τούτους ὅ τε στρατηγὸς G4755 τοῦ ἱεροῦ καὶ οἱ ἀρχιερεῖς διηπόρουν περὶ αὐτῶν τί ἂν γένοιτο τοῦτο

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 5:26

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:26 - τότε ἀπελθὼν ὁ στρατηγὸς G4755 σὺν τοῖς ὑπηρέταις ἦγεν αὐτούς οὐ μετὰ βίας ἐφοβοῦντο γὰρ τὸν λαόν μὴ λιθασθῶσιν

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 16:20

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:20 - καὶ προσαγαγόντες αὐτοὺς τοῖς στρατηγοῖς G4755 εἶπαν οὗτοι οἱ ἄνθρωποι ἐκταράσσουσιν ἡμῶν τὴν πόλιν Ἰουδαῖοι ὑπάρχοντες

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 16:22

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:22 - καὶ συνεπέστη ὁ ὄχλος κατ᾽ αὐτῶν καὶ οἱ στρατηγοὶ G4755 περιρήξαντες αὐτῶν τὰ ἱμάτια ἐκέλευον ῥαβδίζειν

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 16:35

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:35 - ἡμέρας δὲ γενομένης ἀπέστειλαν οἱ στρατηγοὶ G4755 τοὺς ῥαβδούχους λέγοντες ἀπόλυσον τοὺς ἀνθρώπους ἐκείνους

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 16:36

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:36 - ἀπήγγειλεν δὲ ὁ δεσμοφύλαξ τοὺς λόγους τούτους πρὸς τὸν Παῦλον ὅτι ἀπέσταλκαν οἱ στρατηγοὶ G4755 ἵνα ἀπολυθῆτε νῦν οὖν ἐξελθόντες πορεύεσθε ἐν εἰρήνῃ

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 16:38

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:38 - ἀπήγγειλαν δὲ τοῖς στρατηγοῖς G4755 οἱ ῥαβδοῦχοι τὰ ῥήματα ταῦτα ἐφοβήθησαν δὲ ἀκούσαντες ὅτι Ῥωμαῖοί εἰσιν
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