| Strong#: | 4755 // strathgov strategos |
| Orig: | n m // from the base of \\4756\\ and \\71\\ or \\2233\\ |
| NASB: | ==>captain(3), chief magistrates(5), officers(2). |
| AV=10 | ==>captain 5, magistrate 5 |
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| Definition: | 1) the commander of an army
2) in the NT a civic commander, a governor
2a) the name the highest magistrate in the municipia or colonies;
they had the power of administering justice in the less
important cases
2b) of civil magistrates
3) captain of the temple, i.e. the commander of the Levites who kept
guard in and around the temple
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| NASB: | a general, governor: |
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