🇬🇷 Greek · Strong's G4755
G4755
στρατηγός
stratēgós
[strat-ay-gos']
Noun
Core meaningofficer/magistrate
Lexical Definition
Strong's Greek G4755
a general, i.e. (by implication or analogy) a (military) governor (prætor), the chief (præfect) of the (Levitical) temple-wardens
KJV usage: :--captain, magistrate.
Etymology: from the base of and or ;
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
a leader or commander of an army, general; a Roman praetor, provincial magistrate, Acts 16:20, 22, 35, 36, 38; στρατηγός τοῦ ἱεροῦ, the captain or prefect of the temple, the chief of the Levites who kept guard in and around the temple, Lk. 22:4, 52; Acts 4:1; 5:24, 26*
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