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Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words
1 Strong's Number: g5506 Greek: chiliarchos

Captain:

denoting "a commander of 1000 soldiers" (from chilios, "a thousand," and archo, "to rule"), was the Greek word for the Persian vizier, and for the Roman military tribune, the commander of a Roman cohort, e.g., Jhn 18:12; Act 21:31-33, 37. One such commander was constantly in charge of the Roman garrison in Jerusalem. The word became used also for any military commander, e.g., a "captain" or "chief captain," Mar 6:21; Rev 6:15; 19:18.

2 Strong's Number: g4755 Greek: strategos

Captain:

originally the commander of an army (from stratos, "an army," and ago, "to lead"), came to denote "a civil commander, a governor" (Latin, duumvir), the highest magistrate, or any civil officer in chief command, Act 16:20, 22, 35, 36, 38; also the "chief captain" of the Temple, himself a Levite, having command of the Levites who kept guard in and around the Temple, Luk 22:4, 52; Act 4:1; 5:24, 26. Cp. Jer 20:1.

3 Strong's Number: g747 Greek: archegos

Captain:

See AUTHOR (No. 2).

Note: In Act 28:16 some mss. have the word stratopedarches (lit., "camp-commander"), which some take to denote a praetorian prefect, or commander of the praetorian cohorts, the Emperor's bodyguard, "the captain of the praetorian guard." There were two praetorian prefects, to whose custody prisoners sent bound to the Emperor were consigned. But the word probably means the commander of a detached corps connected with the commissariat and the general custody of prisoners.

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