Strong G4755στρατηγός
officer/magistrate
- Transliteration
- stratēgos
- Pronunciation
- strat-ay-gos'
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Masculine)
Definition
Detailed definition
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.†
SYN.: ἄρχων (cf. EGT on Act.16:20; Ramsay, St. Paul, 217). (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.†
SYN.: ἄρχων (cf. EGT on Act.16:20; Ramsay, St. Paul, 217). (AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4755 appears in 10 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- captain5
- magistrate5
First verses
- Luke 22:4And he went his way, and communed with the chief priests and captains, how he might betray him unto them.
- 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?
- Acts 4:1And as they spake unto the people, the priests, and the captain of the temple, and the Sadducees, came upon them,
- 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.
- 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.
- Acts 16:20And brought them to the magistrates, saying, These men, being Jews, do exceedingly trouble our city,
- Acts 16:22And the multitude rose up together against them: and the magistrates rent off their clothes, and commanded to beat them.
- Acts 16:35And when it was day, the magistrates sent the serjeants, saying, Let those men go.
- 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.
- Acts 16:38And the serjeants told these words unto the magistrates: and they feared, when they heard that they were Romans.
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Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
στρᾰτηγ-ός, ὁ
(the feminine in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 491, 500 is merely comic), 4th c.AD(?): Arcadius Grammaticus)] and Doric dialect στρᾰτᾱγός [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“IG” 5(2).6.9 (Tegea, 4th c.BC), “SIG” 597 B (Thermum, 3rd c.BC), etc.)]; Aeolic dialect στρότᾱγος [Refs (“IG” 12 (2).6.7 (Mytil.), 11(2).1064b27 (from Delos))]:— leader or commander of an army, general, [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th c.BC: Archilochus Lyricus 58.1, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 816, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ἀθηναίων Πολιτεία” 22.3, etc.)]; ἀνὴρ σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1627, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Ion” 540d)]; opposed to ναύαρχος (admiral), [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1232 (see. below 11.1).)]
2 generally, commander, governor, πόλει κήρυγμα θεῖναι τὸν σ. [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Ant.” 8, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Mundo” 398a29.)]
3 with genitive, στρατηγοὶ τοῦ πεζοῦ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.83; τῶν παραθαλασσίων [prev. author] 5.25, etc.; Ἀχαιῶν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Aj.” [same place]; στρατεύματος 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.7.12.)]
4 metaphorically, παραλαβὼν.. οἶνον σ. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 18)]; στρατηγοὶ κυνηγεσίων masters of hounds, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Mundo” 398a24)]; so strategum te facio huic convivio, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd-2nd c.BC: Plautus Comicus Latinus “Stich.” 702.)]
II at Athens, the title of 10 officers elected by yearly vote to command the army and navy, and conduct the war-department at home, commanders in chief and ministers of war, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.109, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.61, 4.2, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ἀθηναίων Πολιτεία” 26.1, 44.4, 61.1, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 4.25; οἱ σ. οἱ εἰς Σικελίαν 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.11, compare “IG” 12.302.46, +others; σ. εἵλοντο δέκα 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 1.5.16, compare 5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus 117.4, _plural_ Comedy texts 185, etc.; τῷ σ. τῷ ἐπὶ τὰς συμμορίας ᾑρημένῳ “IG” 22.1629.209)]; when distinguished from ναύαρχος and ἵππαρχος, the στρατηγός is commander of the infantry, Decrees cited in [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.184, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ἀθηναίων Πολιτεία” 4.2)]; χειροτονηθεὶς σ. ἐπὶ τὸ ναυτικόν, ἐπὶ τὰ ὅπλα, [Refs (“IG” 22.682.5,31; ἐπὶ τὴν παρασκευήν [prev. work]22; ἐπὶ τὴν χώραν [prev. work]24.)]
II.2 also of chief magistrates of the cities of Asia Minor, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.38)]; of many other Greek states, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“IG” 5(2) [prev. cited] (Tegea, 4th c.BC), 12(9).191 A 44 (Eretria, 4th c.BC), “OGI” 329.42 (Aegina, 2nd c.BC), 4th-3rd c.BC: Timaeus Historicus 114, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 2.43.1, etc.)]
II.3 in Ptolemaic and Roman Egypt, military and civil governor of a nome, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (PEnteux. 1.12, +others (3rd c.BC), “PCair.Zen.” 351.4 (3rd c.BC), “BGU” 1730.11 (1st c.BC), “OGI” 184.3 (Philae, 1st c.BC), Wilcken “Chr.” 41 ii 6 (3rd c.AD), 43.1 (4th c.AD))]; also in other parts of the Ptolemaic empire, e.g. at Calynda in Caria, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PCair.Zen.” 341 (a). 20 (3rd c.BC))]; in Cyprus, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“OGI” 84 (3rd c.BC); ὁ σ. τῆς Ἰνδικῆς καὶ Ἐρυθρᾶς θαλάσσης [prev. work] 186 (Philae, 1st c.BC); in the Attalid empire, [prev. work]267.13 (Pergam., 3rd c.BC), +others)]; σ. τῆς πόλεως at Alexandria, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“BGU” 729.1 (2nd c.AD))]; at Ptolemais, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (“OGI” 743 = “Raccolta Lumbroso” 299 (1st c.BC), “Sammelb.” 7027 (2nd c.AD).)]
II.4 σ. ὕπατος consul, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (Inscriptiones Graecae 5(1).1165 (Gythium, 2nd c.BC), 9(2).338 (Cyretiae, 2nd c.BC), 42(1).306 D (Epid., 2nd c.BC), 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.52.5)]; also ς. alone, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ ([prev. author] 1.7.12, +others, “SIG” 685.20 (Crete, 2nd c.BC), and ὕπατος)] alone, see at {ὕπατο; σ. ἀνθύπατος} proconsul, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ ([prev. work]826 I 1 (Delph., 2nd c.BC), 745.2 (Rhodes, 1st c.BC))]; ἑξαπέλεκυς σ. praetor, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.106.6)]; used of the praetor urbanus, [Refs 1st c.BC+ ([prev. author] 33.1.5; called σ. κατὰ πόλιν “IG” 14.951 (1st c.BC), etc.)]; ς. alone, = praetor, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 2.6, 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 2.1.26)]: also of the duumviri or chief magistrates of Roman colonies, as of Philippi, [NT (NT.Act.16.20)]: later of the Comes Orientis, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Libanius Sophista “Orationes” 56.21.)]
II.5 an officer who had the custody of the Temple at Jerusalem, ὁ σ. τοῦ ἱεροῦ [NT+1st c.AD+ (NT.Luke.22.52, NT.Act.4.1, 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Bellum Judaicum” 6.5.3.)]
II.6 νυκτερινὸς σ. superintendent of police at Alexandria, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 17.1.12.)]
II.7 ={φαλαγγάρχης} (which see), [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Tactica” 10.7, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “Tactica - Griechische Kriegsschriftsteller” 9.8.)]
(the feminine in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 491, 500 is merely comic), 4th c.AD(?): Arcadius Grammaticus)] and Doric dialect στρᾰτᾱγός [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“IG” 5(2).6.9 (Tegea, 4th c.BC), “SIG” 597 B (Thermum, 3rd c.BC), etc.)]; Aeolic dialect στρότᾱγος [Refs (“IG” 12 (2).6.7 (Mytil.), 11(2).1064b27 (from Delos))]:— leader or commander of an army, general, [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th c.BC: Archilochus Lyricus 58.1, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 816, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ἀθηναίων Πολιτεία” 22.3, etc.)]; ἀνὴρ σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1627, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Ion” 540d)]; opposed to ναύαρχος (admiral), [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1232 (see. below 11.1).)]
2 generally, commander, governor, πόλει κήρυγμα θεῖναι τὸν σ. [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Ant.” 8, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Mundo” 398a29.)]
3 with genitive, στρατηγοὶ τοῦ πεζοῦ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.83; τῶν παραθαλασσίων [prev. author] 5.25, etc.; Ἀχαιῶν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Aj.” [same place]; στρατεύματος 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.7.12.)]
4 metaphorically, παραλαβὼν.. οἶνον σ. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 18)]; στρατηγοὶ κυνηγεσίων masters of hounds, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Mundo” 398a24)]; so strategum te facio huic convivio, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd-2nd c.BC: Plautus Comicus Latinus “Stich.” 702.)]
II at Athens, the title of 10 officers elected by yearly vote to command the army and navy, and conduct the war-department at home, commanders in chief and ministers of war, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.109, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.61, 4.2, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ἀθηναίων Πολιτεία” 26.1, 44.4, 61.1, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 4.25; οἱ σ. οἱ εἰς Σικελίαν 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.11, compare “IG” 12.302.46, +others; σ. εἵλοντο δέκα 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 1.5.16, compare 5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus 117.4, _plural_ Comedy texts 185, etc.; τῷ σ. τῷ ἐπὶ τὰς συμμορίας ᾑρημένῳ “IG” 22.1629.209)]; when distinguished from ναύαρχος and ἵππαρχος, the στρατηγός is commander of the infantry, Decrees cited in [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.184, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ἀθηναίων Πολιτεία” 4.2)]; χειροτονηθεὶς σ. ἐπὶ τὸ ναυτικόν, ἐπὶ τὰ ὅπλα, [Refs (“IG” 22.682.5,31; ἐπὶ τὴν παρασκευήν [prev. work]22; ἐπὶ τὴν χώραν [prev. work]24.)]
II.2 also of chief magistrates of the cities of Asia Minor, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.38)]; of many other Greek states, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“IG” 5(2) [prev. cited] (Tegea, 4th c.BC), 12(9).191 A 44 (Eretria, 4th c.BC), “OGI” 329.42 (Aegina, 2nd c.BC), 4th-3rd c.BC: Timaeus Historicus 114, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 2.43.1, etc.)]
II.3 in Ptolemaic and Roman Egypt, military and civil governor of a nome, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (PEnteux. 1.12, +others (3rd c.BC), “PCair.Zen.” 351.4 (3rd c.BC), “BGU” 1730.11 (1st c.BC), “OGI” 184.3 (Philae, 1st c.BC), Wilcken “Chr.” 41 ii 6 (3rd c.AD), 43.1 (4th c.AD))]; also in other parts of the Ptolemaic empire, e.g. at Calynda in Caria, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PCair.Zen.” 341 (a). 20 (3rd c.BC))]; in Cyprus, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“OGI” 84 (3rd c.BC); ὁ σ. τῆς Ἰνδικῆς καὶ Ἐρυθρᾶς θαλάσσης [prev. work] 186 (Philae, 1st c.BC); in the Attalid empire, [prev. work]267.13 (Pergam., 3rd c.BC), +others)]; σ. τῆς πόλεως at Alexandria, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“BGU” 729.1 (2nd c.AD))]; at Ptolemais, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (“OGI” 743 = “Raccolta Lumbroso” 299 (1st c.BC), “Sammelb.” 7027 (2nd c.AD).)]
II.4 σ. ὕπατος consul, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (Inscriptiones Graecae 5(1).1165 (Gythium, 2nd c.BC), 9(2).338 (Cyretiae, 2nd c.BC), 42(1).306 D (Epid., 2nd c.BC), 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.52.5)]; also ς. alone, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ ([prev. author] 1.7.12, +others, “SIG” 685.20 (Crete, 2nd c.BC), and ὕπατος)] alone, see at {ὕπατο; σ. ἀνθύπατος} proconsul, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ ([prev. work]826 I 1 (Delph., 2nd c.BC), 745.2 (Rhodes, 1st c.BC))]; ἑξαπέλεκυς σ. praetor, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.106.6)]; used of the praetor urbanus, [Refs 1st c.BC+ ([prev. author] 33.1.5; called σ. κατὰ πόλιν “IG” 14.951 (1st c.BC), etc.)]; ς. alone, = praetor, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 2.6, 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 2.1.26)]: also of the duumviri or chief magistrates of Roman colonies, as of Philippi, [NT (NT.Act.16.20)]: later of the Comes Orientis, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Libanius Sophista “Orationes” 56.21.)]
II.5 an officer who had the custody of the Temple at Jerusalem, ὁ σ. τοῦ ἱεροῦ [NT+1st c.AD+ (NT.Luke.22.52, NT.Act.4.1, 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Bellum Judaicum” 6.5.3.)]
II.6 νυκτερινὸς σ. superintendent of police at Alexandria, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 17.1.12.)]
II.7 ={φαλαγγάρχης} (which see), [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Tactica” 10.7, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “Tactica - Griechische Kriegsschriftsteller” 9.8.)]