στρατηγός stratēgos

Greek word for “officer/magistrate” · Strong’s G4755 · used 10 times in 10 verses

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Meaning

στρατηγός, -οῦ, ὁ; (στραός, ἄγω);

How it is translated

Glosses given for stratēgos in context, with how often each is used:

• magistrates 4
• captains 3
• captain 3

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Acts 16 (5), Luke 22 (2), Acts 5 (2), Acts 4 (1)

Forms

• στρατηγοῖς 3
• στρατηγὸς 3
• στρατηγοὶ 3
• στρατηγοὺς 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with stratēgos more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• ῥαβδοῦχος rhabdouchos “police” 2
• ἱερόν hieros “temple” 3
• ἀρχιερεύς archiereus “high-priest” 3
• ἀπαγγέλλω apangellō “to announce” 2
• ἀπολύω apoluō “to release” 2
• φοβέω phobeō “to fear” 2
• ἀπέρχομαι aperchomai “to go away” 2
• ἀποστέλλω apostellō “to send” 2
• λαός laos “a people” 2
• ἐξέρχομαι exerchomai “to go out” 2
• λόγος logos “word” 2
• ἀκούω akouō “to hear” 2

Key verses

The verses using stratēgos that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Luke 22:4 — And he went his way, and communed with the chief priests and captains, how he might betray him unto them.
• Luke 22:52 — Then Jesus said unto the chief priests, and captains of the temple, and the elders, which were come to him, Be ye come out, as against a thief, with swords and…
• Acts 4:1 — And as they spake unto the people, the priests, and the captain of the temple, and the Sadducees, came upon them,
• Acts 5:24 — Now when the high priest and the captain of the temple and the chief priests heard these things, they doubted of them whereunto this would grow.
• Acts 5:26 — Then went the captain with the officers, and brought them without violence: for they feared the people, lest they should have been stoned.
• Acts 16:20 — And brought them to the magistrates, saying, These men, being Jews, do exceedingly trouble our city,
• Acts 16:22 — And the multitude rose up together against them: and the magistrates rent off their clothes, and commanded to beat them.
• Acts 16:35 — And when it was day, the magistrates sent the serjeants, saying, Let those men go.
• Acts 16:36 — And the keeper of the prison told this saying to Paul, The magistrates have sent to let you go: now therefore depart, and go in peace.
• Acts 16:38 — And the serjeants told these words unto the magistrates: and they feared, when they heard that they were Romans.

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.