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Lexicon :: Strong's G4755 - stratēgos

Aa
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 MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:4 - And he left G565 and discussed G4814 with the chief G749 priests G749 and officers G4755 how G4459 he was to betray G3860 Him to them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:52

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:52 - And Jesus G2424 said G3004 to the chief G749 priests G749 and officers G4755 of the temple G2413 and elders G4245 who had come G3854 against G1909 Him, “Have you come G1831 out G1831 with swords G3162 and clubs G3586 as you would against G1909 a man G3027 inciting G3027 a G3027 revolt G3027?

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:1 -

As they were speaking G2980 to the people G2992, the priests G2409 and the captain G4755 of the temple G2413 guard and the Sadducees G4523 came G2186 up G2186 to them,

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:24

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:24 - Now G1161 when G5613 the captain G4755 of the temple G2413 guard and the chief G749 priests G749 heard G191 these G3778 words G3056, they were greatly G1280 perplexed G1280 about G4012 them as to what G5101 [fn]would come G1096 of this G3778.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:26

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:26 - Then G5119 the captain G4755 went G565 along G565 with the officers G5257 and proceeded to bring G71 them back without G3756 G3326 violence G970 (for they were G5399 afraid G5399 of the people G2992, that they might be stoned G3034).

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:20

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:20 - and when they had brought G4317 them to the chief G4755 magistrates G4755, they said G3004, “These G3778 men G444, Jews G2453 as G2453 they G2453 are G2453, are causing G1613 our city G4172 trouble G1613,

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:22

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:22 - The crowd G3793 joined G4911 in G4911 an G4911 attack G4911 against G2596 them, and the chief G4755 magistrates G4755 tore G4048 their [fn]robes G2440 off G4048 them and proceeded to order G2753 [fn]them to be beaten G4463 with G4463 rods G4463.

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Now G1161 when day G2250 came G1096, the chief G4755 magistrates G4755 sent G649 their officers G4465, saying G3004, “Release G630 those G1565 men G444.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:36

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:36 - And the jailer G1200 reported G518 these G3778 words G3056 to Paul G3972, saying, “The chief G4755 magistrates G4755 have sent G649 word that you be released G630. So G3767 come G1831 out G1831 now G3568 and go G4198 in peace G1515.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:38

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:38 - The officers G4465 reported G518 these G3778 words G4487 to the chief G4755 magistrates G4755. And they became G5399 fearful G5399 when they heard G191 that they were Romans G4514,
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