from the base of G4756 and G71 or G2233; a general, i.e. (by implication or analogy) a (military) governor (praetor), the chief (praefect) of the (Levitical) temple-wardens:--captain, magistrate.
the commander of an army
in the NT a civic commander, a governor
the name the highest magistrate in the municipia or colonies; they had the power of administering justice in the less important cases
of civil magistrates
captain of the temple, i.e. the commander of the Levites who kept guard in and around the temple
