Definition

a general, i.e. (by implication or analogy) a (military) governor (prætor), the chief (præfect) of the (Levitical) temple-wardens

Etymology

from the base of G4756 (στρατιά) and G71 (ἄγω) or G2233 (ἡγέομαι);

Where the KJV renders it

• captain
• magistrate

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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