Strong's Number G4755

στρατηγός

strategos · strat-ay-gos'

Transliteration:

strategos{strat-ay-gos'}

Word Origin:

from the base of 4756 and 71 or 2233

TDNT:

7:701,1091

Part of Speech:

noun masculine

Strong's Definition:

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

Usage in the KJV:

captain 5, magistrate 5

Total: 10
Occurs 10 times in the Greek text.

Definition:

the commander of an army
in the NT a civic commander, a governor
1. the name the highest magistrate in the municipia or colonies; they had the power of administering justice in the less important cases
2. of civil magistrates
captain of the temple, i.e. the commander of the Levites who kept guard in and around the temple