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Strong’s G4755 · Greek

στρατηγός

stratēgós · strat-ay-gos'

Origin from the base of στρατιά (G4756) and ἄγω (G71) or ἡγέομαι (G2233);

Meaning a general, i.e. (by implication or analogy) a (military) governor (prætor), the chief (præfect) of the (Levitical) temple-wardens

In the King James Version captain, magistrate.

In 10 verses of the King James Version

  1. Luke 22:4And he went his way, and communed with the chief priests and captains, how he might betray him unto them.
  2. Luke 22:52Then Jesus said unto the chief priests, and captains of the temple, and the elders, which were come to him, Be ye come out, as against a thief, with swords and staves?
  3. Acts 4:1And as they spake unto the people, the priests, and the captain of the temple, and the Sadducees, came upon them,
  4. Acts 5:24Now when the high priest and the captain of the temple and the chief priests heard these things, they doubted of them whereunto this would grow.
  5. Acts 5:26Then went the captain with the officers, and brought them without violence: for they feared the people, lest they should have been stoned.
  6. Acts 16:20And brought them to the magistrates, saying, These men, being Jews, do exceedingly trouble our city,
  7. Acts 16:22And the multitude rose up together against them: and the magistrates rent off their clothes, and commanded to beat them.
  8. Acts 16:35And when it was day, the magistrates sent the serjeants, saying, Let those men go.
  9. Acts 16:36And the keeper of the prison told this saying to Paul, The magistrates have sent to let you go: now therefore depart, and go in peace.
  10. Acts 16:38And the serjeants told these words unto the magistrates: and they feared, when they heard that they were Romans.

From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.

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