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.): ApG 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): ApG 4,1; 5,24, 26; pl., Luk 22,4, 52.†

SYN.: ἄρχων (cf. EGT on ApG 16,20 Ramsay, St. Paul, 217).