ארכי סטרטיגוס
Grammatical information: noun m.
Translation: commander in chief
Translation equivalent: ἀρχιστρατηγός(Classical Greek)
ועפרון ישב בתוך בני חת וגו' ר' יצחק אמר ישב כת' אותו היום מינוהו ארכי סטרטיגוס
58,7 [II 625: 4-5]
Now Ephron was sitting in the midst of the children of Heth (Gen 23,10). R. Isaac said: ‘Was sitting’ is written defectively, intimating that it was on that very day that they had apppointed him chief commander … (Freedman / Simon II 512-513)
= SekhṬ 23,10 [72] (שוטר); LeqṬ 23,10 [52b] (ארכי איסטרטיגוס)
See Jastrow I 122a; Levy I 168a.
Bibliography:
How to cite: Art. ארכי סטרטיגוס in: Dictionary of Loanwords in Rabbinic Literature. Eds. . https://lrl.acdh.oeaw.ac.at/arkistrategos.html. 2024.