What does στρατηγός (stratēgós) mean in the Bible?
στρατηγός (stratēgós): Military or civic commander with authority; in Acts often the Temple police captain leading arrests of apostles.
Greek · G4755
στρατηγός
Officer/magistrate
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στρατηγός G4755
Pronunciation stratēgós
What does στρατηγός (stratēgós) mean in the Bible?
στρατηγός (stratēgós): Military or civic commander with authority; in Acts often the Temple police captain leading arrests of apostles.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G4755?
The BSB source-word alignment has 10 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include magistrates (5), captain (3), [temple] officers (1), temple officers (1).
Where does στρατηγός (stratēgós) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Luke 22:4. Its strongest book concentrations include Acts (8), Luke (2).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It magistrates 5× Acts 16:20, Acts 16:22, Acts 16:35, Acts 16:36
captain 3× Acts 4:1, Acts 5:24, Acts 5:26
[temple] officers 1× Luke 22:4
temple officers 1× Luke 22:52
Show sample aligned rows
Luke 22:4 στρατηγοῖς to [temple] officers Noun - Dative Masculine Plural Luke 22:52 στρατηγοὺς to temple officers Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural Acts 4:1 στρατηγὸς to captain Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular Acts 5:24 στρατηγὸς to captain Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular Acts 5:26 στρατηγὸς to captain Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular Acts 16:20 στρατηγοῖς to magistrates Noun - Dative Masculine Plural Acts 16:22 στρατηγοὶ to magistrates Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural Acts 16:35 στρατηγοὶ to magistrates Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural Acts 16:36 στρατηγοὶ to magistrates Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural Acts 16:38 στρατηγοῖς to magistrates Noun - Dative Masculine Plural
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Luke 22:4
Aligned rows 10
Books represented 2
Luke 2 Acts 8
Source forms
στρατηγοὶ 3x stratēgoi Acts 16:22, Acts 16:35, Acts 16:36
στρατηγοῖς 3x stratēgois Luke 22:4, Acts 16:20, Acts 16:38
στρατηγὸς 3x stratēgos Acts 4:1, Acts 5:24, Acts 5:26
στρατηγοὺς 1x stratēgous Luke 22:52
Parsing patterns
Noun - Dative Masculine Plural 3x Luke 22:4, Acts 16:20, Acts 16:38
Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural 3x Acts 16:22, Acts 16:35, Acts 16:36
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular 3x Acts 4:1, Acts 5:24, Acts 5:26
Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural 1x Luke 22:52
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Military or civic commander with authority; in Acts often the Temple police captain leading arrests of apostles.
Strong's G4755
Lexical occurrences 10 verses Greek text appearances 10 times Word forms 4 forms 10 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Acts 23:23-35 Source Gloss
officer/magistrate
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
10 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Luke 22:4 Noun Dative Plural Masculine
στρατηγοῖς strathgoiv
a general, magistrate, captain of the temple
Read verse Luke 22:52 Noun Accusative Plural Masculine
στρατηγοὺς strathgouv
a general, magistrate, captain of the temple
Read verse Acts 4:1 Noun Nominative Singular Masculine
στρατηγὸς strathgov
a general, magistrate, captain of the temple
Read verse Acts 5:24 Noun Nominative Singular Masculine
στρατηγὸς strathgov
a general, magistrate, captain of the temple
Read verse Acts 5:26 Noun Nominative Singular Masculine
στρατηγὸς strathgov
a general, magistrate, captain of the temple
Read verse Acts 16:20 Noun Dative Plural Masculine
στρατηγοῖς strathgoiv
a general, magistrate, captain of the temple
Read verse Acts 16:22 Noun Nominative Plural Masculine
στρατηγοὶ strathgoi
a general, magistrate, captain of the temple
Read verse Acts 16:35 Noun Nominative Plural Masculine
στρατηγοὶ strathgoi
a general, magistrate, captain of the temple
Read verse Acts 16:36 Noun Nominative Plural Masculine
στρατηγοί, strathgoi
a general, magistrate, captain of the temple
Read verse Acts 16:38 Noun Dative Plural Masculine
στρατηγοῖς strathgoiv
a general, magistrate, captain of the temple
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 4 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 4 Aligned forms 10 Case pattern Nominative (6) Number pattern Plural (7)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Masculine Acts 4:1 · Acts 5:24 · Acts 5:26 3×
Nominative · Plural · Masculine Acts 16:22 · Acts 16:35 · Acts 16:36 3×
Dative · Plural · Masculine Luke 22:4 · Acts 16:20 · Acts 16:38 3×
Accusative · Plural · Masculine Luke 22:52 1×
Selected Scripture Witness
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
New Testament Witnesses
Soldiers.
Showing 1 selected witness from 10 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
στρατηγός is built from these roots:
Why This Word Matters
Demonstrates the seriousness of protection provided. Acts 23:23-35
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain