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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 25 times in 25 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:21

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:21 - And do thou look out for thyself out of all the people able men, fearing God, righteous men, hating pride, and thou shalt set over [fn]the people captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, and captains of fifties, and captains of tens.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:25

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:25 - And Moses chose out able men out of all Israel, and he made them captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, and captains of fifties and captains of tens over [fn]the people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:16 - These were famous men of the congregation, heads of the tribes according to their families: these are heads of thousands in Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:14 - And Moses was angry with the captains of the host, the heads of thousands and the heads of hundreds who came from the battle-array.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:48

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:48 - And all those who were appointed to be officers of thousands of the host, captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, approached Moses, and said to Moses,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:52

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:52 - And all the wrought gold, even the offering that they offered to the Lord, was sixteen thousand and seven hundred and fifty shekels from the captains of thousands and the captains of hundreds.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:54

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:54 - And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold from the captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, and brought the [fn]vessels into the tabernacle of witness, a memorial of the children of Israel before the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:15 - So I took of you wise and understanding and prudent men, and I set them to rule over you as rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, and rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens, and [fn]officers to your judges.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:14 - and ten of the chiefs with him; there was one chief of every household out of all the tribes of Israel; (the heads of families are the captains of thousands in Israel.)

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:21 - And the sons of Ruben, and the sons of Gad, and the half tribe of Manasse answered, and spoke to the captains of the thousands of Israel, saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:12 - and his manner shall be to make them to himself captains of hundreds and captains of thousands; and to reap his harvest, and gather his vintage, and prepare his instruments of war, and the implements of his chariots.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:13 - And he removed him from him, and made him a captain of a thousand for himself; and he went out and came in before the people.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:7 - And Saul said to his servants that stood by him, Hear now, ye sons of Benjamin, will the son of Jessæ indeed give all of you fields and vineyards, and will he make you all captains of hundreds and captains of thousands?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:1 - And David numbered the people with him, and set over them captains of thousands and captains of hundreds.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:1 - And David took counsel with the captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, even with every commander.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:25 - So David, and the elders of Israel, and the captains of thousands, went to bring up the ark of the covenant from the house of Abdedom with gladness.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:26 - This Salomoth and his brethren were over all the sacred treasures, which David the king and the heads of families consecrated, and the captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, and princes of the host,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:1 - Now the sons of Israel according to their number, heads of families, captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, and scribes ministering to the king, and for every affair of the king according to their divisions, for every ordinance of coming in and going out monthly, for all the months of the year, one division of them was twenty-four thousand.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:6 - Then the heads of families, and the princes of the children of Israel, and the captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, and the overseers of the works, and the king's builders, offered willingly.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 1:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 1:2 - And Solomon spoke to all Israel, to the captains of thousands, and to the captains of hundreds, and to the judges, and to all the rulers over Israel, even the heads of the families;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 17:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 17:14 - And this is their number according to the houses of their fathers; even the captains of thousands in Juda were, Ednas the chief, and with him mighty men of strength three hundred thousand.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:5 - And Amasias assembled the house of Juda, and appointed them according to the houses of their families for captains of thousands and captains of hundreds in all Juda and Jerusalem: and he numbered them from twenty years old and upwards, and found them three hundred thousand able to go out to war, holding spear and shield.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 9:7

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 9:7 - And I will take their blood out of their mouth, and their abominations from between their teeth; and these also shall be left to our God, and they shall be as a captain of a thousand in Juda, and Accaron as a Jebusite.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 12:5

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 12:5 - And the captains of thousands of Juda shall say in their hearts, We shall find for ourselves the inhabitants of Jerusalem in the Lord Almighty their God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 12:6

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 12:6 - In that day I will make the captains of thousands of Juda as a firebrand among wood, and as a torch of fire in stubble; and they shall devour on the right hand and on the left all the nations round about: and Jerusalem shall dwell again by herself, even in Jerusalem.
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