Word
στρατοπεδάρχης
stratopedárchēs · G4759 · Greek · 0 occurrences
Meanings
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Captain of the guard
This lexeme does not occur in the Greek New Testament text as tagged in standard critical editions.
Word family 11 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
στρατιά stratiá · G4756 · throng of angels, ranks of angels, the stars of heaven · 2×στρατιώτης stratiṓtēs · G4757 · soldier · 26×στρατηγός stratēgós · G4755 · magistrate, ruler of a city, commander of the Temple guard · 10×στράτευμα stráteuma · G4753 · army, some soldiers, a few soldiers · 8×στρατεύομαι strateúomai · G4754 · to battle, to fight, to engage in war · 7×στρατεία strateía · G4752 · war, warfare · 2×συστρατιώτης systratiṓtēs · G4961 · one who struggles along with, one who works arduously along with, fellow struggler · 2×ἀντιστρατεύομαι antistrateúomai · G497 · to be clearly against, to actively oppose · 1×στρατολογέω stratologéō · G4758 · to enlist soldiers, to be an army commander, to be an army officer · 1×στρατόπεδον stratópedon · G4760 · army · 1×στρατοπεδάρχηςstratopedárchēs · G4759
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon στρατοπεδαρχου, ὁ (στρατόπεδον and ἄρχω) (cf. Buttmann, 73 (64)); a. the commander of a…
στρατοπεδαρχου, ὁ (στρατόπεδον and ἄρχω) (cf. Buttmann, 73 (64));
a. the commander of a camp and army, a military tribune: Dionysius Halicarnassus 10, 36; Lucian, hist. conscr. 22; (Josephus, b. j. 2, 19, 4).
b. Praetorian prefect, commander of the praetorian cohorts, i. e. captain of the Roman emperor's bodyguard: Acts 28:16 (L T Tr WH omit the clause, see Abbot in B. D., American edition, under the word, Captain of the Guard). There were two praetorian prefects, to whose custody prisoners sent bound to the emperor were consigned: Josephus, Antiquities 18, 6, 6; Pliny, epistles 10, 65 (57). (See B. D. American edition as above; Lightfoot on Philippi, p. 7f.)
a. the commander of a camp and army, a military tribune: Dionysius Halicarnassus 10, 36; Lucian, hist. conscr. 22; (Josephus, b. j. 2, 19, 4).
b. Praetorian prefect, commander of the praetorian cohorts, i. e. captain of the Roman emperor's bodyguard: Acts 28:16 (L T Tr WH omit the clause, see Abbot in B. D., American edition, under the word, Captain of the Guard). There were two praetorian prefects, to whose custody prisoners sent bound to the emperor were consigned: Josephus, Antiquities 18, 6, 6; Pliny, epistles 10, 65 (57). (See B. D. American edition as above; Lightfoot on Philippi, p. 7f.)
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0