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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 - Then a convenient day came, that Herod on his birthday made a supper for his nobles, the high officers, and the chief men of the Galil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 18:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 18:12 - So the detachment, the commanding officer, and the officers of the Yehudim, seized Yeshua and bound him,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 21:31

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:31 - As they were trying to kill him, news came up to the commanding officer of the regiment that all Yerushalayim was in an uproar.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 21:32

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:32 - Immediately he took soldiers and centurions, and ran down to them. They, when they saw the chief captain and the soldiers, stopped beating Sha'ul.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 21:33

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:33 - Then the commanding officer came near, arrested him, commanded him to be bound with two chains, and inquired who he was and what he had done.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 21:37

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:37 - As Sha'ul was about to be brought into the barracks, he asked the commanding officer, "May I speak to you?" He said, "Do you know Yevanit?

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 22:24

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:24 - the commanding officer commanded him to be brought into the barracks, ordering him to be examined by scourging, that he might know for what crime they shouted against him like that.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 22:26

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:26 - When the centurion heard it, he went to the commanding officer and told him, "Watch what you are about to do, for this man is a Roman!"

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 22:27

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:27 - The commanding officer came and asked him, "Tell me, are you a Roman?" He said, "Yes."

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 22:28

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:28 - The commanding officer answered, "I bought my citizenship for a great price." Sha'ul said, "But I was born a Roman."

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 22:29

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:29 - Immediately those who were about to examine him departed from him, and the commanding officer also was afraid when he realized that he was a Roman, because he had bound him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 23:10

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:10 - When a great argument arose, the commanding officer, fearing that Sha'ul would be torn in pieces by them, commanded the soldiers to go down and take him by force from among them, and bring him into the barracks.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 23:15

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:15 - Now therefore, you with the council inform the commanding officer that he should bring him down to you tomorrow, as though you were going to judge his case more exactly. We are ready to kill him before he comes near."

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 23:17

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:17 - Sha'ul summoned one of the centurions, and said, "Bring this young man to the commanding officer, for he has something to tell him."

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 23:18

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:18 - So he took him, and brought him to the commanding officer, and said, "Sha'ul, the prisoner, summoned me and asked me to bring this young man to you, who has something to tell you."

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 23:19

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:19 - The commanding officer took him by the hand, and going aside, asked him privately, "What is it that you have to tell me?"

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 23:22

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:22 - So the commanding officer let the young man go, charging him, "Tell no one that you have revealed these things to me."

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 24:22

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 24:22 - But Felix, having more exact knowledge concerning the Way, deferred them, saying, "When Lysias, the commanding officer, comes down, I will decide your case."

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 25:23

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:23 - So on the next day, when Agrippa and Bernice had come with great pomp, and they had entered into the place of hearing with the commanding officers and principal men of the city, at the command of Festus, Sha'ul was brought in.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 6:15 - The kings of the eretz, the princes, the commanding officers, the rich, the strong, and every slave and free person, hid themselves in the caves and in the rocks of the mountains.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 19:18 - that you may eat the flesh of kings, the flesh of captains, the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses and of those who sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and slave, and small and great."
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