στρατηγός, στρατηγοῦ, ὁ (στρατός and ἄγω), from Herodotus down, the Sept. chiefly for ρΖβΖο (only plural ρΐβΘπΔιν); 1. the commander of an army. 2. in the N. T. a civic commander, a governor (the name of the duumviri or highest magistrates in the municipia and colonies; they had the power of administering justice in the less important cases; οἱ τῆς πόλεως στρατηγοί, Artemidorus Daldianus, oneir. 4, 49; of civil magistrates as early as Herodotus 5, 38; (see references in Meyer on Act_16:20; Liddell and Scott, under the word, II. 2f; cf. Farrar, St. Paul, i., excurs. xvi.)): plural (R. V. magistrates (after A. V.), with marginal reading Gr. praetors), Act_16:20; Act_16:22; Act_16:35 f (38). 3. στρατηγός τοῦ ἱεροῦ, 'captain of the temple' (A. V.), i. e. the commander of the Levites who kept guard in and around the temple (Josephus, Antiquities 20, 6, 2; (B. D., under the word , 3; Edersheim, The Temple etc., chapter vii., 2 edition, p. 119f)): Act_4:1; Act_5:24; plural Luk_22:52; simply (A. V. captain), Act_5:26; Luk_22:4.

στρατηγός stratēgos 10x a leader or commander of an army, general; a Roman praetor, provincial magistrate, Act_16:20 ; Act_16:22 ; Act_16:35-36 ; Act_16:38 ; στρατηγός τοῦ ἱεροῦ , the captain or prefect of the temple, the chief of the Levites who kept guard in and around the temple, Luk_22:4 ; Luk_22:52 ; Act_4:1 ; Act_5:24 ; Act_5:26 * magistrate.

στρατηγός , -οῦ , ὁ ( < στραός , ἄγω ), [in LXX chiefly for H5461 (always in pl .), H8269 ;] 1. a military commander, a general ( Hdt ., al. ). 2. A civic commander, a governor, magistrate ( Hdt ., Xen ., al. ): Act_16:20 ; Act_16:22 ; Act_16:35-36 ; Act_16:38 . 3. The commander of the Levitical guard of the Temple, ὁ σ . τ . ἱεροῦ ( EV , captain of the Temple ): Act_4:1 ; Act_5:24 ; Act_5:26 ; pl ., Luk_22:4 ; Luk_22:52 .† SYN.: ἄρχων G758 ( cf. EGT on Act_16:20 ; Ramsay, St. Paul, 217).

στρατηγός [page 592] It would take us too far from our immediate object to discuss the various uses of στρατηγός as a civic and military title. Convenient reff. to the relevant literature will be found in Preisigke Fachwφrter , p. 158 f. See also J. G. Tait in J.Eg. Arch. viii. (1922), p. 166 ff. In NT usage the word is applied (1) to the commander of the Levitical guard of the temple ( Act_4:1 al. ), a position next in honour to the High Priest, and to the Captains of the temple under him ( Luk_22:4 ; Luk_22:52 : cf. Schόrer Geschichte ii. p. 266 (= HJP Div. II. vol. i. p. 259)), and (2) to the governors or magistrates of the Roman colony at Philippi ( Act_16:20 al. ). It is doubtful whether the ἄρχοντες of v. 19 and the στρατηγοί of v. 20 are the same officials according to their Greek or Latin forms of designation, or whether the ἄρχοντες are the chief magisterial authorities and the στρατηγοί , the local magistrates of the town. Ramsay ( St. Paul , p. 217 f.) is inclined to distinguish between them on the ground that a concise writer like Luke would not likely have employed two clauses where one was sufficient. He adds that in the case of the Philippian magistrates the title Praetors was not technically accurate, but was employed as a courtesy title. The designation στρατηγός = praetor is of constant occurrence in the papyri, and hardly needs illustration, but see P Oxy II. 294 .19 (A.D. 22) (= Selections , p. 35), BGU IV. 1095 .25 (A.D. 57), and P Fay 118 .15 (A.D. 110) .

στρατηγός στρα^τηγός, doric στρατα_γός, οῦ, ὁ, "the leader or commander of an army, a general", Hdt. , attic: generally, "a commander, governor", Soph. at Athens, the title of 10 "officers elected yearly to command the army and navy, and conduct the war-department", with the Polemarch at their head, Hdt. , Thuc. , etc.; when distinguished from ναύαρχος and ἵππαρχος the στρατηγός is "commander of the infantry", Dem. "one of the chief magistrates" of several Greek cities, Hdt. , Polyb. στρ. ὕπατος, or στρατηγός alone, the Roman "Consul", Polyb. ; στρ. ἑξαπέλεκυς "the Praetor", id=Polyb. :—also "one of the duumviri or chief magistrates of Roman colonies", NTest. "an officer who had the custody of the Temple at Jerusalem", id=NTest.

στρατηγός, -οῦ, ὁ (στραός, 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.): Act.16:20, 22 16:35-36, 38. __3. The commander of the Levitical guard of the Temple, ὁ σ. τ. ἱεροῦ (EV, captain of the Temple): Act.4:1 5:24, 26; pl., Luk.22:4, 52.† SYN.: ἄρχων (cf. EGT on Act.16:20; Ramsay, St. Paul, 217). (AS)