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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 - But an opportunity came when Herod on his birthday gave a banquet for his nobles and military commanders and the leading men of Galilee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 18:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 18:12 - So the band of soldiers and their captain and the officers of the Jews[fn] arrested 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, word came to the tribune of the cohort that all Jerusalem was in confusion.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 21:32

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:32 - He at once took soldiers and centurions and ran down to them. And when they saw the tribune and the soldiers, they stopped beating Paul.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 21:33

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:33 - Then the tribune came up and arrested him and ordered him to be bound with two chains. He 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 Paul was about to be brought into the barracks, he said to the tribune, “May I say something to you?” And he said, “Do you know Greek?

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 22:24

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:24 - the tribune ordered him to be brought into the barracks, saying that he should be examined by flogging, to find out why they were shouting against him like this.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 22:26

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:26 - When the centurion heard this, he went to the tribune and said to him, “What are you about to do? For this man is a Roman citizen.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 22:27

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:27 - So the tribune came and said to him, “Tell me, are you a Roman citizen?” And he said, “Yes.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 22:28

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:28 - The tribune answered, “I bought this citizenship for a large sum.” Paul said, “But I am a citizen by birth.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 22:29

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:29 - So those who were about to examine him withdrew from him immediately, and the tribune also was afraid, for he realized that Paul was a Roman citizen and that he had bound him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 23:10

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:10 - And when the dissension became violent, the tribune, afraid that Paul would be torn to pieces by them, commanded the soldiers to go down and take him away from among them by force and bring him into the barracks.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 23:15

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:15 - Now therefore you, along with the council, give notice to the tribune to bring him down to you, as though you were going to determine his case more exactly. And 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 - Paul called one of the centurions and said, “Take this young man to the tribune, 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 tribune and said, “Paul the prisoner called me and asked me to bring this young man to you, as he has something to say to you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 23:19

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:19 - The tribune 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 tribune dismissed the young man, charging him, “Tell no one that you have informed me of these things.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 24:22

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 24:22 - But Felix, having a rather accurate knowledge of the Way, put them off, saying, “When Lysias the tribune 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 Agrippa and Bernice came with great pomp, and they entered the audience hall with the military tribunes and the prominent men of the city. Then, at the command of Festus, Paul was brought in.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 6:15

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 6:15 - Then the kings of the earth and the great ones and the generals and the rich and the powerful, and everyone, slave[fn] and free, hid themselves in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains,

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 19:18

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 19:18 - to eat the flesh of kings, the flesh of captains, the flesh of mighty men, the flesh of horses and their riders, and the flesh of all men, both free and slave,[fn] both small and great.”
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