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Lexicon :: Strong's G5506 - chiliarchos

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χιλίαρχος
Transliteration
chiliarchos (Key)
Pronunciation
khil-ee'-ar-khos
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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Strong’s Definitions

†χιλίαρχος chilíarchos, khil-ee'-ar-khos; from G5507 and G757; the commander of a thousand soldiers ("chiliarch"; i.e. colonel:—(chief, high) captain.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 22x

The KJV translates Strong's G5506 in the following manner: chief captain (19x), captain (2x), high captain (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 22x
The KJV translates Strong's G5506 in the following manner: chief captain (19x), captain (2x), high captain (1x).

  1. a chiliarch, the commander of a thousand soldiers

  2. the commander of a Roman cohort (a military tribunal)

  3. any military commander

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
†χιλίαρχος chilíarchos, khil-ee'-ar-khos; from G5507 and G757; the commander of a thousand soldiers ("chiliarch"; i.e. colonel:—(chief, high) captain.
STRONGS G5506:
χιλίαρχος, -ου, ὁ, (χίλιοι and ἄρχω; [on the form of the word cf. reff. s. v. εκατοντάρχης, and L. and S. s. v. χιλιάρχης]), the commander of a thousand soldiers, a chiliarch; the commander of a Roman cohort (a military tribune): John 18:12; Acts 21:7 Rec., 22; Acts 25:23 (Sept. for שַׂר אֲלָפִ׳ם and רֹאשׁ אֲלָפִ׳ם). any military commander [R. V. high or chief captain, captain]: Mark 6:21; Revelation 6:15; 19:18. [(Aeschyl., Xen., al.)]*
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Mark
6:21
John
18:12
Acts
21:7; 25:23
Revelation
6:15; 19:18

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Strong's Number G5506 matches the Greek χιλίαρχος (chiliarchos),
which occurs 21 times in 21 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 6:21

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:21 - And a strategic day came when Herod on his birthday gave a banquet for his great men and [fn]military G5506 commanders G5506 and the leading men of Galilee;

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So the Roman [fn]cohort and the [fn]commander G5506 and the officers of the Jews, arrested Jesus and bound Him,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 21:31

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:31 - While they were seeking to kill him, a report came up to the [fn]commander G5506 of the Roman [fn]cohort that all Jerusalem was in confusion.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 21:32

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:32 - At once he took along soldiers and centurions and ran down to them; and when they saw the commander G5506 and the soldiers, they stopped beating Paul.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 21:33

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:33 - Then the commander G5506 came up and took hold of him, and ordered him to be bound with two chains; and he began asking who he was and what he had done.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:37 -

As Paul was about to be brought into the barracks, he said to the commander G5506, “May I say something to you?” And he *said, “Do you know Greek?

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 22:24

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:24 - the [fn]commander G5506 ordered him to be brought into the barracks, stating that he should be examined by flogging so that he might find out the reason why they were shouting against him that way.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 22:26

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:26 - And when the centurion heard this, he went to the commander G5506 and reported to him, saying, “What are you about to do? For this man is a Roman.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 22:27

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:27 - And the commander G5506 came and said to him, “Tell me, are you a Roman?” And he said, “Yes.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 22:28

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:28 - And the commander G5506 answered, “I acquired this citizenship with a large sum of money.” And Paul said, “But I have been born a citizen.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 22:29

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:29 - Therefore those who were about to examine him immediately withdrew from him; and the commander G5506 also was afraid when he learned that he was a Roman, and because he had bound him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 23:10

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:10 - And as a great dissension was developing, because the [fn]commander G5506 was afraid Paul would be torn to pieces by them, he ordered the troops to go down and take him away from them by force, and bring him into the barracks.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 23:15

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:15 - “So now you, along with the Sanhedrin, notify the commander G5506 to bring him down to you, as though you were going to determine his case more carefully; and we for our part are ready to slay him before he comes near.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 23:17

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:17 - And Paul called one of the centurions to him and said, “Lead this young man to the commander G5506, for he has something to report to him.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 23:18

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:18 - So he took him and led him to the [fn]commander G5506 and *said, “Paul the prisoner called me to him and asked me to lead this young man to you since he has something to tell you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 23:19

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:19 - And the [fn]commander G5506 took him by the hand and stepping aside, began to inquire of him privately, “What is it that you have to report to me?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 23:22

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:22 - So the commander G5506 let the young man go, instructing him, “Tell no one that you have notified me of these things.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 24:22 -

But Felix, having a more accurate knowledge about the Way, put them off, saying, “When Lysias the [fn]commander G5506 comes down, I will decide your case.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:23 -

So, on the next day when Agrippa came [fn]together with Bernice amid great pomp, and entered the hall [fn]accompanied by the [fn]commanders G5506 and the prominent men of the city, at the order of Festus, Paul was brought in.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 6:15 - Then the kings of the earth and the great men and the [fn]commanders G5506 and the rich and the strong and every slave and free man HID THEMSELVES IN THE CAVES and among the rocks of the mountains;

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 19:18

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 19:18 - so that you may eat the flesh of kings and the flesh of [fn]commanders G5506 and the flesh of strong men and the flesh of horses and of those who sit on them and the flesh of all men, both free men and slaves, and small and great.”
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