χιλίαρχος chiliarchos

Greek word for “military officer” · Strong’s G5506 · used 21 times in 21 verses

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Meaning

χιλίαρχος (in Hdt., al., -ης), -ου, ὁ;

How it is translated

Glosses given for chiliarchos in context, with how often each is used:

• commander 17
• commanders 3
• chief captains 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Acts 23 (6), Acts 22 (5), Acts 21 (4), Mark 6 (1), John 18 (1), Acts 24 (1), Acts 25 (1), Revelation 6 (1), Revelation 19 (1)

Forms

• χιλίαρχος 10
• χιλιάρχῳ 4
• χιλίαρχον 3
• χιλιάρχοις 2
• χιλίαρχοι 1
• χιλιάρχων 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with chiliarchos more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• Παῦλος Paulos “Paul” 7
• φημί phēmi “to assert” 5
• κελεύω keleuō “to order” 4
• παρεμβολή parembolē “barracks” 3
• Ῥωμαῖος Rhōmaios “Roman” 3
• τε te “and/both” 5
• ἑκατόνταρχος hekatontarchos “centurion” 3
• μέλλω mellō “to ensue” 4
• ἀνετάζω anetazō “to question” 2
• διαγινώσκω diaginōskō “to decide” 2
• δέω deō “to bind” 3
• μεγιστάν megistan “great man” 2

Key verses

The verses using chiliarchos that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Mark 6:21 — And when a convenient day was come, that Herod on his birthday made a supper to his lords, high captains, and chief estates of Galilee;
• John 18:12 — Then the band and the captain and officers of the Jews took Jesus, and bound him,
• Acts 21:31 — And as they went about to kill him, tidings came unto the chief captain of the band, that all Jerusalem was in an uproar.
• Acts 21:33 — Then the chief captain came near, and took him, and commanded him to be bound with two chains; and demanded who he was, and what he had done.
• Acts 22:24 — The chief captain commanded him to be brought into the castle, and bade that he should be examined by scourging; that he might know wherefore they cried so…
• Acts 23:10 — And when there arose a great dissension, the chief captain, fearing lest Paul should have been pulled in pieces of them, commanded the soldiers to go down, and…
• Acts 23:15 — Now therefore ye with the council signify to the chief captain that he bring him down unto you to morrow, as though ye would enquire something more perfectly…
• Acts 23:17 — Then Paul called one of the centurions unto him, and said, Bring this young man unto the chief captain: for he hath a certain thing to tell him.
• Acts 24:22 — And when Felix heard these things, having more perfect knowledge of that way, he deferred them, and said, When Lysias the chief captain shall come down, I will…
• Acts 25:23 — And on the morrow, when Agrippa was come, and Bernice, with great pomp, and was entered into the place of hearing, with the chief captains, and principal men…
• Revelation 6:15 — And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid…
• Revelation 19:18 — That ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.