Commander
στρατοπεδάρχηςStrong’s G4759stratopedarchēs
Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament
In short
Stratopedarchēs is the Greek word usually translated “commanders”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.
“And when we came to Rome, the centurion delivered the prisoners to the captain of the guard: but Paul was suffered to dwell by himself with a soldier that kept him.”
Meaning
Usually translated “commanders”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- commanders 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Acts 1
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
Greek dictionary
στρατοπεδάρχης stratopedarchēs · commander
στρατοπέδ-αρχος (Rec. -ης), -ου, ὁ (στρατόπεδον, ἄρχω), a military commander, esp. the Pretorian prefect: Act.28:16 (WH, om.).† στρατοπεδάρχης, see: στρατοπέδαρχος (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “commander” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
COMMANDER, noun
- A chief; one who has supreme authority; a leader; the chief officer of an army, or of any division of it.
- One on whom is bestowed a benefice or commandry.
- A heavy beetle or wooden mallet, used in paving, etc.
- An instrument of surgery.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.