Strong's G4755 στρατηγός (strategos)

And the lords of the Philistines said, Who are these that pass by? And Achish said to the captains of the Philistines, Is not this David the servant of Saul king of Israel? he has been with us some time, even this second year, and I have not found any fault in him from the day that he attached himself to me even until this day.

And the captains of the Philistines were displeased at him, and they say to him, Send the man away, and let him return to his place, where thou didst set him; and let him not come with us to the war, and let him not be a traitor in the camp: and wherewith will he be reconciled to his master? will it not be with the heads of those men?

And David said, Whoever first smites the Jebusite, even he shall be chief and captain. And Joab the son of Zeruiah went up first, and became chief.

And some came to David from Manasseh, when the Philistines came against Saul to war: and he helped them not, because the captains of the Philistines took counsel, saying, With the heads of those men will he return to his master Saul.

And the Lord sent an angel, and he destroyed every mighty man and warrior, and leader and captain in the camp of the king of Assyria: and he returned with shame of face to his own land and came into the house of his god: and some of them that came out of his bowels slew him with the sword.

And the rulers knew not whither I went, or what I did; neither had I as yet told it to the Jews, nor to the priests, nor to the nobles, nor to the rulers, nor to the rest that did the work.

And conspired all of them together to come and to fight against Jerusalem, and to hinder it.

So stood the two companies of them that gave thanks in the house of God, and I, and the half of the rulers with me:

Then contended I with the rulers, and said, Why is the house of God forsaken? And I gathered them together, and set them in their place.

So the king’s recorders were called in the first month, on the thirteenth day, and they wrote as Haman commanded to the captains and governors in every province, from India even to Ethiopia, to a hundred and twenty-seven provinces; and to the rulers of the nations according to their several languages, in the name of King Artaxerxes.

Distress also and anguish shall come upon him: He shall fall as a captain in the first rank.

And by thee I will scatter the shepherd and his flock; and by thee I will scatter the husbandman and his husbandry; and by thee I will scatter leaders and the captains.

Bring up nations against her, even the king of the Medes and of the whole earth, his rulers, and all his captains.

The Lord recompenses, and will make her leaders and her wise men and her captains completely drunk, saith the King, the Lord Almighty is his name.

clothed with purple, princes and captains; they were young men and choice, all horsemen riding on horses.

She doted upon the sons of the Assyrians, princes and captains, her neighbors, clothed with fine linen, horsemen riding on horses; they were all choice young men.

the children of Babylon, and all the Chaldeans, Pekod, and Shua, and Koa, and all the sons of the Assyrians with them; choice young men, governors and captains, all princes and renowned, riding on horses.

There are the princes of the north, even all the captains of Assyria, who go down slain to Hades: they lie uncircumcised among the slain with the sword together with their terror and their strength, and they have received their punishment with them that go down to the pit.

And he sent forth to gather the governors, and the captains, and the heads of provinces, chiefs, and princes, and those who were in authority, and all the rulers of districts, to come to the dedication of the image.

So the heads of provinces, the governors, the captains, the chiefs, the great princes, those who were in authority, and all the rulers of districts, were gathered to the dedication of the image which King Nebuchadnezzar had set up; and they stood before the image.

and perceived that the fire had not had power against their bodies, and the hair of their head was not burned, and their coats were not scorched, nor was the smell of fire upon them.

All who preside over thy kingdom, captains and satraps, chiefs and local governors, have taken counsel together, to establish by a royal statute and to confirm a decree, that whosoever shall ask a petition of any god or man for thirty days, save of thee, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions.

And he went his way, and communed with the chief priests and captains, how he might betray him unto them.

Then Jesus said unto the chief priests, and captains of the temple, and the elders, which were come to him, Be ye come out, as against a thief, with swords and staves?

And as they spake unto the people, the priests, and the captain of the temple, and the Sadducees, came upon them,

Now when the high priest and the captain of the temple and the chief priests heard these things, they doubted of them whereunto this would grow.

Then went the captain with the officers, and brought them without violence: for they feared the people, lest they should have been stoned.

And brought them to the magistrates, saying, These men, being Jews, do exceedingly trouble our city,

And the multitude rose up together against them: and the magistrates rent off their clothes, and commanded to beat them.

And when it was day, the magistrates sent the serjeants, saying, Let those men go.

And the keeper of the prison told this saying to Paul, The magistrates have sent to let you go: now therefore depart, and go in peace.

And the serjeants told these words unto the magistrates: and they feared, when they heard that they were Romans.

and to all the governors and captains and lieutenants that were under him, from India unto Ethiopia, in the hundred twenty and seven provinces.

and sending forth he called all the princes of Persia and Media, and the governors, and the captains, and the lieutenants, and the chief officers;

Then Darius the king stood up, and kissed him, and wrote letters for him unto all the treasurers and lieutenants and captains and governors, that they should safely convey on their way both him, and all those that go up with him to build Jerusalem.

Then Holofernes went forth from the presence of his lord, and called all the governors and captains, and the officers of the army of Assyria;

wherewith he was very angry, and called all the princes of Moab, and the captains of Ammon, and all the governors of the sea coast,

Then came unto him all the chief of the children of Esau, and all the governors of the people of Moab, and the captains of the sea coast, and said,

Then they shall take their armor, and shall go into their camp, and raise up the captains of the army of Assyria, and they shall run to the tent of Holofernes, but shall not find him: then fear shall fall upon them, and they shall flee before your face.

But when the Assyrians saw them, they sent to their leaders, which came to their captains and tribunes, and to every one of their rulers.

and that they, having knowledge thereof, sent against them a certain captain, and fighting with them slew many of them, and carried away captives their wives and their children, and spoiled them, and took possession of their lands, and pulled down their strongholds, and brought them to be their servants unto this day.

So the king honored him, and wrote him among his chief friends, and made him a duke, and partaker of his dominion.

His brother Simon also he made captain from the place called The ladder of Tyre unto the borders of Egypt.

Then the people of Israel began to write in their instruments and contracts, In the first year of Simon the high priest, the governor and leader of the Jews.

moreover that he should be their captain, and should take charge of the sanctuary, to set them over their works, and over the country, and over the armor, and over the fortresses, that, I say, he should take charge of the sanctuary;

Then Simon accepted hereof, and was well pleased to be high priest, and captain and governor of the Jews and priests, and to defend them all.

Moreover in the plain of Jericho was Ptolemy the son of Abubus made captain, and he had abundance of silver and gold:

And when he could not overcome Onias, he got him to Apollonius the son of Tharseas, who then was governor of Coelesyria and Phoenicia,

Onias seeing the danger of this contention, and that Apollonius, as being the governor of Coelesyria and Phoenicia, did rage, and increase Simon’s malice,

So when Philip saw that this man increased by little and little, and that things prospered with him still more and more, he wrote unto Ptolemy, the governor of Coelesyria and Phoenicia, to yield more aid to the king’s affairs.

Then forthwith choosing Nicanor the son of Patroclus, one of his special friends, he sent him with no fewer than twenty thousand of all nations under him, to root out the whole generation of the Jews; and with him he joined also Gorgias a captain, who in matters of war had great experience.

Antiochus, king and governor, to the good Jews his citizens wisheth much joy, health, and prosperity:

So when he was come to the crown, he set one Lysias over the affairs of his realm, and appointed him chief governor of Coelesyria and Phoenicia.

But when Gorgias was governor of the holds, he hired soldiers, and nourished war continually with the Jews;

But of the governors of several places, Timothy, and Apollonius the son of Gennaeus, also Hieronymus, and Demophon, and beside them Nicanor the governor of Cyprus, would not suffer them to be quiet, and live in peace.

And after the feast, called Pentecost, they went forth against Gorgias the governor of Idumea,

and accepted well of Maccabeus, made him principal governor from Ptolemais unto the Gerrenians;

And forthwith calling Nicanor, who had been master of the elephants, and making him governor over Judea, he sent him forth,

King Ptolemy Philopator, to the commanders and soldiers in Egypt, and in all places, health and happiness!

They were sent out unanimously by the generals in the several cities, with such stern and pitiless feeling, that the exceptional nature of the infliction moved even some of their enemies. These, influenced by sentiments of common humanity, and reflecting upon the uncertain issue of life, shed tears at this their miserable expulsion.

inasmuch as there were many still left in the land, of whom some were in inhabited houses, and others were scattered about in various places; so that all the commanders in Egypt were insufficient for the work.

The king commended them, and wrote the subjoined letter, of magnanimous import for them, to the commanders of every city.

King Ptolemy Philopator to the commanders throughout Egypt, and to all who are set over affairs, joy and strength.

Whence coming to Apollonius, the military governor of Syria, and Phoenicia, and Cilicia, he said,