noun · masculine

stratēgos

Greekστρατηγός (stratēgos)

Strong’sG4755

a general, magistrate, captain of the temple

stem stratēg-10 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books4 of 10 forms occur

Translated as

magistrates5×captain3×officers2×

What it means

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).

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G4755 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidstrat-ay-gos'

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

Fromfrom the base of G4756 and G71 or G2233;

King Jamescaptain, magistrate.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence case	one singular	more than one plural
subject nominative	stratēgos3×στρατηγὸς	stratēgois3×στρατηγοὶ
object accusative	stratēgon	stratēgoin1×στρατηγοὺς
direct address vocative	stratēgor	stratēgoir
of, belonging to genitive	stratēgou	stratēgoiu
to, for dative	stratēgo	stratēgoi3×στρατηγοῖς

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

stratēgstem+ogender+snru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

stratēgo is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

10 occurrences, every one of them listed

stratēgos“captain”subjectnominative singular3×

Acts 4:1“captain”Lalarōtoiu de autoiu pros ton laon efistanala autoi tois hierevois kai tos stratēgos teu hiereu kai tois Saddoukaiois,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,

Acts 5:24“captain”hōs de akouala toin logoin houtoin tos tē stratēgos teu hiereu kai tois archierevois, diaporale peri autoiu tinem an ginetoia houtem.When the captain of the temple guard and the chief priests heard this account, they were perplexed as to what was happening.

Acts 5:26“captain”tote apercharatos tos stratēgos sun toi hupēretoi agata autoin, ouk meta biau, fobele gar ton laon, mē lithazileia.At that point, the captain went with the officers and brought the apostles — but not by force, for fear the people would stone them.

stratēgois“magistrates”subjectnominative plural3×

Acts 16:22“magistrates”kai sunefistanata tos ochlos kata autoiu, kai tois stratēgois perirēgnuaratois autoiu teim himatieim keleuale rabdizarō,The crowd joined in the attack against Paul and Silas, and the magistrates ordered that they be stripped and beaten with rods.

Acts 16:35“magistrates”Hēmerau de gineratau apostelala tois stratēgois toin rabdouchoin legarōtois; Apoluasar toin anthrōpoin ekeinoin.When daylight came, the magistrates sent their officers with the order: “Release those men.”

Acts 16:36“magistrates”apangellata de tos desmofulaxos toin logoin houtoin pros ton Paulon, hoti Apostelalē tois stratēgois hina apoluiveia; nun oun exercharatois poreuevōr en eirēna.The jailer informed Paul: “The magistrates have sent orders to release you. Now you may go on your way in peace.”

stratēgoin“officers”objectaccusative plural1×

Luke 22:52“officers”legata de Iēsus pros toin paragineratoin epi auton archierevoin kai stratēgoin teu hiereu kai presbuteroin; Hōs epi lēston exerchava meta machairaiu kai xuleiu?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?

stratēgoi“magistrates”to, fordative plural3×

Luke 22:4“officers”kai apercharatos sullalata toi archierevoi kai stratēgoi tem pōs autoi paradōateia auton.And Judas went to discuss with the chief priests and temple officers how he might betray Jesus to them.

Acts 16:20“magistrates”kai prosagaratois autoin toi stratēgoi legala; Houtois tois anthrōpois ektarassalō nu tan politan Ioudaiois huparcharōtois,They brought them to the magistrates and said, “These men are Jews and are throwing our city into turmoil

Acts 16:38“magistrates”apangellala de toi stratēgoi tois rabdouchois teim rēmeim houteim; fobila de akouaratois hoti Rōmaiois alō,So the officers relayed this message to the magistrates, who were alarmed to hear that Paul and Silas were Roman citizens.