στρατηγός
stratēgos
- officer/magistrate
- a general
- a governor, magistrate
- captain of the Temple
STEPBible TBESG
Glosses: officer/magistrate
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)
Abbott-Smith
Glosses: a general; a governor, magistrate; captain of the Temple
a general; a governor, magistrate; captain of the Temple