ΣΤΡΑΤΗΓΌΣ: στρατηγός, -οῦ, ὁ [ (< στρατός, 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.): Ac 16:20, 22, 35, 36, 38.
3. . The commander of the Levitical guard of the Temple, ὁ σ. τ. ἱεροῦ (EV, captain of the Temple): Ac 4:1 5:24, 26; pl., Lk 22:4, 52.† SYN.: ἄρχων (cf. EGT on Ac 16:20; Ramsay, St. Paul, 217).