Magistrate [N]  a public civil officer invested with authority.
The Hebrew shophetim, or judges, were magistrates having
authority in the land ( Deuteronomy 1:16 Deuteronomy 1:17 ). In
Judges 18:7 the word "magistrate" (A.V.) is rendered in the
Revised Version "possessing authority", i.e., having power to do
them harm by invasion. In the time of ( Ezra 9:2 ) and (
Nehemiah 2:16 ; 4:14 ; 13:11 ) the Jewish magistrates were
called seganim , properly meaning "nobles." In the New Testament
the Greek word archon , rendered "magistrate" ( Luke 12:58 ;
Titus 3:1 ), means one first in power, and hence a prince, as in
Matt Matthew 2:6 Matthew 2:8 . This term is used of the Messiah,
"Prince of the kings of the earth" ( Revelation 1:5 ). In Acts
16:20 Acts 16:22 Acts 16:35 Acts 16:36 Acts 16:38 , the Greek
term strategos , rendered "magistrate," properly signifies the
leader of an army, a general, one having military authority. The
strategoi were the duumviri, the two praetors appointed to
preside over the administratio