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 4:15:24, 26; pl., Lk 22:4, 52.†