from the base of 4756 and 71 or 2233; TDNT - 7:701,1091
AV - captain 5, magistrate 5; 10
1) the commander of an army
2) in the NT a civic commander, a governor
2a) the name the highest magistrate in the municipia or colonies; they had the power of administering justice in the less important cases
2b) of civil magistrates
3) captain of the temple, i.e. the commander of the Levites who kept guard in and around the temple