- Transliteration: Strategos

- Phonetic: strat-ay-gos'

- Definition:

1. the commander of an army

2. in the NT a civic commander, a governor

a. the name the highest magistrate in the municipia or colonies; they had the power of administering justice in the less important cases

b. of civil magistrates

3. captain of the temple, i.e. the commander of the Levites who kept guard in and around the temple

- Origin: from the base of G4756" class="dictionary-topic-link">G4756 and G71" class="dictionary-topic-link">G71 or G2233" class="dictionary-topic-link">G2233

- TDNT entry: 18:41,1

- Part(s) of speech: Noun Masculine

- Strong's: From the base of G4756" class="dictionary-topic-link">G4756 and G71" class="dictionary-topic-link">G71 or G2233" class="dictionary-topic-link">G2233; a general that is (by implication or analogy) a (military) governor (praetor) the chief (praefect) of the (Levitical) temple wardens: - captain magistrate.