στρατηγός
stratēgos
“officer/magistrate”
Definition
a general, i.e. (by implication or analogy) a (military) governor (prætor), the chief (præfect) of the (Levitical) temple-wardens
from the base of G4756 (στρατιά) and G71 (ἄγω) or G2233 (ἡγέομαι);
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logos (G3056)
word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Masculine)
G:N-M
Greek Noun, Masculine
Occurrences
στρατηγός appears 10 times in the New Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
They brought them to the magistrates and said, “These men are Jews and are throwing our city into turmoil
When daylight came, the magistrates sent their officers with the order: “Release those men.”
So the officers relayed this message to the magistrates, who were alarmed to hear that Paul and Silas were Roman citizens.
When the captain of the temple guard and the chief priests heard this account, they were perplexed as to what was happening.
And Judas went to discuss with the chief priests and temple officers how he might betray Jesus to them.
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