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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 21 times in 21 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 6:21

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:21 - Then an opportune day came when Herod on his birthday gave a feast for his nobles, the high officers, and the chief men of Galilee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 18:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 18:12 - Then the detachment of troops and the captain 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 - Now as they were seeking to kill him, news came to the commander of the garrison that all Jerusalem was in an uproar.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 21:32

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:32 - He immediately took soldiers and centurions, and ran down to them. And when they saw the commander 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 came near and took him, and commanded him to be bound with two chains; and he asked who he was and what he had done.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 21:37

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:37 - Then as Paul was about to be led into the barracks, he said to the commander, “May I speak to you?” He replied, “Can you speak Greek?

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 22:24

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:24 - the commander ordered him to be brought into the barracks, and said that he should be examined under scourging, so that he might know why they shouted so against him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 22:26

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:26 - When the centurion heard that, he went and told the commander, saying, “Take care what you do, for this man is a Roman.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 22:27

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:27 - Then the commander came and said to 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 commander answered, “With a large sum I obtained this citizenship.” And Paul said, “But I was born a citizen.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 22:29

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:29 - Then immediately those who were about to examine him withdrew from him; and the commander was also afraid after he found out 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 - Now when there arose a great dissension, the commander, fearing lest Paul might be pulled to 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 you, therefore, together with the council, suggest to the commander that he be brought down to you tomorrow,[fn] as though you were going to make further inquiries concerning him; but 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 - Then Paul called one of the centurions to him and said, “Take this young man to the commander, 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 commander and said, “Paul the prisoner called me to him and asked me to bring this young man to you. He has something to say to you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 23:19

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:19 - Then the commander took him by the hand, went aside, and asked 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 commander let the young man depart, and commanded 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 when Felix heard these things, having more accurate knowledge of the Way, he adjourned the proceedings and said, “When Lysias the commander comes down, I will make a decision on your case.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 25:23

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:23 - So the next day, when Agrippa and Bernice had come with great pomp, and had entered the auditorium with the commanders and the prominent men of the city, at Festus’ command Paul was brought in.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 6:15

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 6:15 - And the kings of the earth, the great men, the rich men, the commanders,[fn] the mighty men, every slave and every free man, 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 you may eat the flesh of kings, the flesh of captains, the flesh of mighty men, the flesh of horses and of those who sit on them, and the flesh of all people, free[fn] and slave, both small and great.”
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