Greek noun (masculine) · G4755
στρατηγός
strategosstrat-ay-gos'
a military commander, a general (Hdt., al.).; A civic commander, a governor, magistrate; The commander of the Levitical guard of the Temple, ὁ σ. τ. ἱεροῦ (EV, captain o
10 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: stratēgós
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G4755is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 2 of 27New Testament books
- 4spellings
- 3meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G4755
a general, i.e. (by implication or analogy) a (military) governor (prætor), the chief (præfect) of the (Levitical) temple-wardens
The King James renders it: captain, magistrate.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
strategos is rendered "a military commander, a general (Hdt., al.).; A civic commander, a governor, magistrate; The commander of the Levitical guard of the Temple, ὁ σ. τ. ἱεροῦ (EV, captain o". It stands 10 times in the Greek text, across two books.
- Eight of the uses stand in Acts, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists three meanings for it, beginning with "a military commander, a general (Hdt., al.).".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Luke 22:4And Judas went to discuss with the chief priests and temple officers how he might betray Jesus to them.
- The Greek text spells it four different ways.
The first use
And Judas went to discuss with the chief priests and temple officers how he might betray Jesus to them.
Luke 22:4στρατηγοῖς
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
The word carries three meanings: a military commander, a general (Hdt., al.)., and A civic commander, a governor, magistrate, and The commander of the Levitical guard of the Temple, ὁ σ. τ. ἱεροῦ (EV, captain o.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| a military commander, a general (Hdt., al.). | Tagged aslisted under the table | WhereLuke 22:4And Judas went to discuss with the chief priests and temple officers how he might betray Jesus… |
| A civic commander, a governor, magistrate | Tagged as
| WhereActs 16:20They brought them to the magistrates and said… |
| The commander of the Levitical guard of the Temple, ὁ σ. τ. ἱεροῦ (EV, captain of the Temple): Act.4:1 5:24 | Tagged as
| WhereLuke 22:4And Judas went to discuss with the chief priests and temple officers how he might betray Jesus… |
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| στρατιώτης | stratiotes | soldier | Uses26 |
| στράτευμα | strateuma | troops | Uses8 |
| στρατεύομαι | strateuomai | to battle | Uses7 |
| στρατιά | stratia | army | Uses2 |
| στρατεία | strateia | warfare | Uses2 |
| στρατολογέω | stratologeo | to enlist | Uses1 |
| στρατόπεδον | stratopedon | army camp | Uses1 |
| στρατοπεδάρχης | stratopedarches | commander | Usesnot recorded |
All 10, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
4 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- στρατηγοὶ3
- στρατηγοῖς3
- στρατηγὸς3
- στρατηγοὺς1
The grammar of each form
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine plural3N-DPM
- noun · nominative (subject) · masculine plural3N-NPM
- noun · nominative (subject) · masculine singular3N-NSM
- noun · accusative (object) · masculine plural1N-APM
Luke
two uses
And Judas went to discuss with the chief priests and temple officers how he might betray Jesus to them.
- στρατηγοῖςstrategoisnoun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine pluraltagged: captains
Then Jesus said to the chief priests, temple officers, and elders who had come for Him, “Have you come out with swords and clubs as you would against an outlaw?
- στρατηγοὺςstrategousnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: captains
Acts
eight uses
While Peter and John were speaking to the people, the priests and the captain of the temple guard and the Sadducees came up to them,
- στρατηγὸςstrategosnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: captain
When the captain of the temple guard and the chief priests heard this account, they were perplexed as to what was happening.
- στρατηγὸςstrategosnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: captain
At that point, the captain went with the officers and brought the apostles—but not by force, for fear the people would stone them.
- στρατηγὸςstrategosnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: captain
They brought them to the magistrates and said, “These men are Jews and are throwing our city into turmoil
- στρατηγοῖςstrategoisnoun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine pluraltagged: magistrates
The crowd joined in the attack against Paul and Silas, and the magistrates ordered that they be stripped and beaten with rods.
- στρατηγοὶstrategoinoun · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: magistrates
When daylight came, the magistrates sent their officers with the order: “Release those men.”
- στρατηγοὶstrategoinoun · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: magistrates
The jailer informed Paul: “The magistrates have sent orders to release you. Now you may go on your way in peace.”
- στρατηγοὶstrategoinoun · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: captains
So the officers relayed this message to the magistrates, who were alarmed to hear that Paul and Silas were Roman citizens.
- στρατηγοῖςstrategoisnoun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine pluraltagged: magistrates
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.