στρατηγός

Strong's Definition

a general, i.e. (by implicationor analogy) a (military) governor (prætor), the chief (præfect) ofthe (Levitical) temple-wardens &#8212 captain, magistrate.

Detailed Meaning

the commander of an army, in the NT a civic commander, a governor, the name the highest magistrate in the municipia or colonies they had the power of administering justice in the less important cases, of civil magistrates, captain of the temple, i.e. the commander of the Levites who kept guard in and around the temple

Part of Speech

masculine noun

KJV Translation Counts

captain(5x) magistrate(5x)

Related Words

G4756 | στρατιά | host