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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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G5506 matches the Greek χιλίαρχος (chiliarchos),
which occurs 22 times in 22 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 6:21

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:21 - And a holiday being come, when Herod, on his birthday, made a supper to his grandees, and to the chiliarchs, and the chief men of Galilee;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 18:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 18:12 - The band therefore, and the chiliarch, and the officers of the Jews, took Jesus and bound him:

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 21:31

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:31 - And as they were seeking to kill him, a representation came to the chiliarch of the band that the whole of Jerusalem was in a tumult;

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 21:32

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:32 - who, taking with him immediately soldiers and centurions, ran down upon them. But they, seeing the chiliarch and the soldiers, ceased beating Paul.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 21:33

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:33 - Then the chiliarch came up and laid hold upon him, and commanded him to be bound with two chains, and inquired who he might be, and what he had done.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 21:37

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:37 - But as he was about to be led into the fortress, Paul says to the chiliarch, Is it allowed me to say something to thee? And he said, Dost thou know Greek?

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 22:24

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:24 - the chiliarch commanded him to be brought into the fortress, saying that he should be examined by scourging, that he might ascertain for what cause they cried thus against him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 22:26

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:26 - And the centurion, having heard it, went and reported it to the chiliarch, saying, What art thou going 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 chiliarch coming up said to him, Tell me, Art *thou* a Roman? And he said, Yes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 22:28

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:28 - And the chiliarch answered, *I*, for a great sum, bought this citizenship. And Paul said, But *I* was also free born.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 22:29

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:29 - Immediately therefore those who were going to examine him left him, and the chiliarch also was afraid when he ascertained 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 a great tumult having arisen, the chiliarch, fearing lest Paul should have been torn in pieces by them, commanded the troop to come down and take him by force from the midst of them, and to bring him into the fortress.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 23:15

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:15 - Now therefore do ye with the council make a representation to the chiliarch so that he may bring him down to you, as about to determine more precisely what concerns him, and we, before he draws near, are ready to kill him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 23:17

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:17 - And Paul, having called one of the centurions, said, Take this youth to the chiliarch, for he has something to report to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 23:18

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:18 - He therefore, having taken him with him, led him to the chiliarch, and says, The prisoner Paul called me to him and asked me to lead this youth to thee, who has something to say to thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 23:19

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:19 - And the chiliarch having taken him by the hand, and having gone apart in private, inquired, What is it that thou hast to report to me?

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 23:22

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:22 - The chiliarch then dismissed the youth, commanding him, Utter to no one that thou hast represented these things to me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 24:7

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 24:7 - but Lysias, the chiliarch, coming up, took him away with great force out of our hands,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 24:22

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 24:22 - And Felix, knowing accurately the things concerning the way, adjourned them, saying, When Lysias the chiliarch is come down I will determine your affair;

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 25:23

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:23 - On the morrow therefore, Agrippa being come, and Bernice, with great pomp, and having entered into the hall of audience, with the chiliarchs and the men of distinction of the city, and Festus having given command, Paul was brought.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 6:15

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 6:15 - And the kings of the earth, and the great, and the chiliarchs, and the rich, and the strong, and every bondman and freeman, hid themselves in the caves and in the rocks of the mountains;

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 19:18

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 19:18 - that ye may eat flesh of kings, and flesh of chiliarchs, and flesh of strong men, and flesh of horses and of those that sit upon them, and flesh of all, both free and bond, and small and great.
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