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Lexicon :: Strong's G5506 - chiliarchos

Aa
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 25 times in 25 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:21

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:21 - Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating unjust gain; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens:

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:25

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:16 - These are they that were called of the congregation, the princes of the tribes of their fathers; they were the heads of the thousands of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:14 - And Moses was wroth with the officers of the host, the captains of thousands and the captains of hundreds, who came from the service of the war.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:48

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:48 - And the officers that were over the thousands of the host, the captains of thousands, and the captains of hundreds, came near unto Moses;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:52

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:54

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:54 - And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and brought it into the tent of meeting, for a memorial for the children of Israel before Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:15 - So I took the heads of your tribes, wise men, and known, and made them heads over you, captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds, and captains of fifties, and captains of tens, and officers, according to your tribes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:14 - and with him ten princes, one prince of a fathers’ house for each of the tribes of Israel; and they were every one of them head of their fathers’ houses among the thousands of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:21 - Then the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh answered, and spake unto the heads of the thousands of Israel,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:12 - and he will appoint them unto him for captains of thousands, and captains of fifties; and he will set some to plow his ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make his instruments of war, and the instruments of his chariots.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:13 - Therefore Saul removed him from him, and made him his captain over a thousand; 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 unto his servants that stood about him, Hear now, ye Benjamites; will the son of Jesse give every one of you fields and vineyards, will he make you all captains of thousands and captains of hundreds,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:1

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

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:1

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

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:25 - So David, and the elders of Israel, and the captains over thousands, went to bring up the ark of the covenant of Jehovah out of the house of Obed-edom with joy.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:26 - This Shelomoth and his brethren were over all the treasures of the dedicated things, which David the king, and the heads of the fathers’ houses, the captains over thousands and hundreds, and the captains of the host, had dedicated.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:1 - Now the children of Israel after their number, to wit, the heads of fathers’ houses and the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and their officers that served the king, in any matter of the courses which came in and went out month by month throughout all the months of the year-of every course were twenty and four thousand.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:6 - Then the princes of the fathers’ houses, and the princes of the tribes of Israel, and the captains of thousands and of hundreds, with the rulers over the king’s work, offered willingly;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 1:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 1:2 - And Solomon spake unto all Israel, to the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and to the judges, and to every prince in all Israel, the heads of the fathers’ houses.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 17:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 17:14 - And this was the numbering of them according to their fathers’ houses: Of Judah, the captains of thousands: Adnah the captain, and with him mighty men of valor three hundred thousand;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:5 - Moreover Amaziah gathered Judah together, and ordered them according to their fathers’ houses, under captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, even all Judah and Benjamin: and he numbered them from twenty years old and upward, and found them three hundred thousand chosen men, able to go forth to war, that could handle spear and shield.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 9:7

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 9:7 - And I will take away his blood out of his mouth, and his abominations from between his teeth; and he also shall be a remnant for our God; and he shall be as a chieftain in Judah, and Ekron as a Jebusite.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 12:5

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 12:5 - And the chieftains of Judah shall say in their heart, The inhabitants of Jerusalem are my strength in Jehovah of hosts their God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 12:6

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 12:6 - In that day will I make the chieftains of Judah like a pan of fire among wood, and like a flaming torch among sheaves; and they shall devour all the peoples round about, on the right hand and on the left; and they of Jerusalem shall yet again dwell in their own place, even in Jerusalem.
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