Lexical Definition
στρατηγός stratēgós (strat-ay-gos') officer/magistrate G:N-M
from the base of στρατιά and ἄγω or ἡγέομαι
captain, magistrate.
- a general, i.e. (by implication or analogy) a (military) governor (prætor), the chief (præfect) of the (Levitical) temple-wardens
| Form | Translated As | In Verse(s) |
|---|---|---|
| στρατηγὸσ | captain | Acts.4.1 • Acts.5.24 • Acts.5.26 |
| στρατηγών | commandants | LXX.1Chr.12.19 • LXX.Ezra.9.2 • LXX.Neh.12.40 |
| στρατηγόσ | a commandant | LXX.Job.15.24 |
| στρατηγόν | commandant | LXX.1Chr.11.6 • LXX.2Chr.32.21 |
| στρατηγοῖσ | captains | Luke.22.4 |
| magistrates | Acts.16.20 • Acts.16.38 | |
| στρατηγοὺσ | captains | Luke.22.52 |
| στρατηγοὶ | captains | Acts.16.36 |
| magistrates | Acts.16.22 • Acts.16.35 | |
| στρατηγούσ | commandants | LXX.Neh.4.14 • LXX.Ezek.23.6 • LXX.Ezek.23.12 • LXX.Ezek.23.23 • LXX.Dan.3.2 |
| her commandants | LXX.Jer.51.57 | |
| of his commandants | LXX.Jer.51.28 | |
| your commandants | LXX.Jer.51.23 | |
| στρατηγοίσ | commandants | LXX.Neh.2.16 • LXX.Neh.13.11 • LXX.Esth.3.12 |
| στρατηγοί | commandants | LXX.Ezek.32.30 • LXX.Dan.3.3 • LXX.Dan.3.27 • LXX.Dan.6.7 |
| στρατηγέ | commandant | LXX.Ezra.6.6 |
Abbott-Smith
στρατηγός, -οῦ, ὁ (< στρατός, 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.): Ac 16:20, 22, 35, 36, 38.
3. The commander of the Levitical guard of the Temple, ὁ σ. τ. ἱεροῦ (EV, captain of the Temple): Ac 4:1 5:24, 26; pl., Lk 22:4, 52.†
SYN.: ἄρχων (cf. EGT on Ac 16:20; Ramsay, St. Paul, 217).
Abbott-Smith References
| Book | Refs |
|---|---|
| Luke | 22:4 · 22:52 |
| Acts | 4:1 · 5:24 · 5:26 · 16:20 · 16:22 · 16:35 · 16:38 |
Liddell-Scott-Jones
στρατηγός-ός, ὁ
(the feminine in [Refs 5th c.BC+] and Doric dialect στρᾰτᾱγός [Refs 4th c.BC+]; Aeolic dialect στρότᾱγος [Refs]:— leader or commander of an army, general, [Refs 7th c.BC+]; ἀνὴρ σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to ναύαρχος (admiral), [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 generally, commander, governor, πόλει κήρυγμα θεῖναι τὸν σ. [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__3 with genitive, στρατηγοὶ τοῦ πεζοῦ [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__4 metaphorically, παραλαβὼν.. οἶνον σ. [Refs 4th c.BC+]; στρατηγοὶ κυνηγεσίων masters of hounds, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; so strategum te facio huic convivio, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__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+]; when distinguished from ναύαρχος and ἵππαρχος, the στρατηγός is commander of the infantry, Decrees cited in [Refs 4th c.BC+]; χειροτονηθεὶς σ. ἐπὶ τὸ ναυτικόν, ἐπὶ τὰ ὅπλα, [Refs]
__II.2 also of chief magistrates of the cities of Asia Minor, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of many other Greek states, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II.3 in Ptolemaic and Roman Egypt, military and civil governor of a nome, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; also in other parts of the Ptolemaic empire, e.g. at Calynda in Caria, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; in Cyprus, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; σ. τῆς πόλεως at Alexandria, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; at Ptolemais, [Refs 1st c.BC+]
__II.4 σ. ὕπατος consul, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; also ς. alone, [Refs 2nd c.BC+] alone, see at {ὕπατο; σ. ἀνθύπατος} proconsul, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; ἑξαπέλεκυς σ. praetor, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; used of the praetor urbanus, [Refs 1st c.BC+]; ς. alone, = praetor, [Refs 1st c.BC+]: also of the duumviri or chief magistrates of Roman colonies, as of Philippi, [NT]: later of the Comes Orientis, [Refs 4th c.AD+]
__II.5 an officer who had the custody of the Temple at Jerusalem, ὁ σ. τοῦ ἱεροῦ [NT+1st c.AD+]
__II.6 νυκτερινὸς σ. superintendent of police at Alexandria, [Refs 1st c.BC+]
__II.7 ={φαλαγγάρχης} (which see), [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
LSJ Scripture Refs: Acts.16.20 ☩ Luke.22.52 ☩ Acts.4.1