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G5506

χιλίαρχος

chiliarchosG:N-M

military officer

χιλίαρχος (in Hdt., al., -ης), -ου, ὁ (χίλιοι, ἄρχω) [in LXX chiefly for אַלּוּף שַׂר ;] a chiliarch, the commander of a thousand, esp. a Roman military tribune, the commander of a cohort: Jhn.18:12, Act.21:31-33, 37 22:24-29 23:10, 15 23:17-19, 22 24:7, 22 25:23; more generally, of officers of similar rank, Mrk.6:21, Rev.6:15 19:18 (see, DB, i, 352b; DCG, i, 271a, 307a).† (AS)

The KJV translates G5506 in the following manner:

captain (36x), captains (8x)

Full Thayer's lexicon entry

χιλίαρχος — chilíarchos

  • Original: χιλίαρχος
  • Transliteration: Chiliarchos
  • Phonetic: khil-ee'-ar-khos
  • Definition:

1. a chiliarch, the commander of a thousand soldiers

2. the commander of a Roman cohort (a military tribunal)

3. any military commander

  • Origin: from G5507 and G757
  • TDNT entry: None
  • Part(s) of speech: Noun Masculine

22 occurrences

Mark (1), John (1), Acts (18), Revelation of John (2)