noun · masculine
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
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
στρατηγός, -οῦ, ὁ
(< στρατός, ἄγω), [in LXX chiefly for סָגָן (always in pl.), שַׂר;]
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.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
(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+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| 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
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
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
10 occurrences, every one of them listed
stratēgos“captain”subjectnominative singular3×
Acts 4:1… epistēala autoi tois hierevois kai tos stratēgos teu hiereu kai tois Saddoukaiois,… the people, the priests and the captain of the temple guard and the …
Acts 5:24… akouala toin logoin houtoin tos tē stratēgos teu hiereu kai tois archierevois, diaporale …When the captain of the temple guard and the …
Acts 5:26tote apercharantos tos stratēgos sun toi hupēretoi agata autoin, ouk …At that point, the captain went with the officers and brought …
stratēgois“magistrates”subjectnominative plural3×
Acts 16:22… tos ochlos kata autoiu, kai tois stratēgois perirēgarantois autoiu teim himatieim keleuale rabdizarō,… against Paul and Silas, and the magistrates ordered that they be stripped and …
Acts 16:35Hēmerau de generantau apostelala tois stratēgois toin rabdouchoin legarōntois; Apoluasar toin anthrōpoin …When daylight came, the magistrates sent their officers with the order …
Acts 16:36… pros ton Paulon, hoti Apostelalē tois stratēgois hina apoluiveia; nun oun exercharantois poreuovōr …The jailer informed Paul: “The magistrates have sent orders to release you …
stratēgoin“officers”objectaccusative plural1×
Luke 22:52… toin paragenerantoin epi auton archierevoin kai stratēgoin teu hiereu kai presbuteroin; Hōs epi …… said to the chief priests, temple officers, and elders who had come for …
stratēgoi“magistrates”to, fordative plural3×
Luke 22:4kai apercharantos sullalata toi archierevoi kai stratēgoi tem pōs autoi paradōateia auton.… with the chief priests and temple officers how he might betray Jesus to …
Acts 16:20kai prosagarantois autoin toi stratēgoi legala; Houtois tois anthrōpois ektarassalō nu …They brought them to the magistrates and said, “These men are Jews …
Acts 16:38apangelala de toi stratēgoi tois rabdouchois teim rēmeim houteim; fobila …… officers relayed this message to the magistrates, who were alarmed to hear that …