Definition

a ruler of an army, i.e. (specially), a Prætorian præfect

Etymology

from G4760 (στρατόπεδον) and G757 (ἄρχω);

Where the KJV renders it

• captain of the guard

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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