Strong G4759στρατοπεδάρχης

commander

Transliteration
stratopedarchēs
Pronunciation
strat-op-ed-ar'-khace
Morphology
Greek Noun (Masculine)

Definition

From G4760 and G757; a ruler of an army that is (specifically) a Praetorian praefect: - captain of the guard.

Detailed definition

στρατοπέδ-αρχος (Rec. -ης), -ου, ὁ
(στρατόπεδον, ἄρχω), a military commander, esp. the Pretorian prefect: Act.28:16 (WH, om.).†
στρατοπεδάρχης, see: στρατοπέδαρχος
(AS)

In the Bible

Strong G4759 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • guard1

First verses

  1. Acts 28:16
    And when we came to Rome, the centurion delivered the prisoners to the captain of the guard: but Paul was suffered to dwell by himself with a soldier that kept him.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
στρᾰτοπεδ-άρχης, ου, ὁ,
military commander, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (“BGU” 1822.13 (1st c.BC, probably), 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 10.36, 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Bellum Judaicum” 6.4.3, Mitteis “Chr.” 87.5 (2nd c.AD), 5th c.AD: Proclus Philosophus “Par. Ptol.” 245)]; = praefectus castrorum, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“CIL” 3.13648, 141875 (from Pontus), 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Hist.Conscr.” 22, “Corpus Glossariorum Latinorum”)]