στρατηγός

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)