Chilíarchos — G5506

Definition

masculine noun

the commander of a thousand soldiers ("chiliarch"; i.e. colonel

1. a chiliarch, the commander of a thousand soldiers
2. the commander of a Roman cohort (a military tribunal)
3. any military commander

Usually translated as

captain

Origin

from G5507 and G757

• chílioi (G5507)
• árchō (G757)

Occurrences

Chilíarchos occurs 22 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Mark (1), John (1), Acts (18), Revelation (2)

• Mark 6:21 — And when a convenient day was come, that Herod on his birthday made a supper to his lords, high captains (χιλιάρχοις), and chief estates of Galilee;
• John 18:12 — Then the band and the captain (χιλίαρχος) 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 (χιλιάρχῳ) of the band, that all Jerusalem was in an uproar.
• Acts 21:32 — Who immediately took soldiers and centurions, and ran down unto them: and when they saw the chief captain (χιλίαρχον) and the soldiers, they left beating of Paul.
• Acts 21:33 — Then the chief captain (χιλίαρχος) 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 21:37 — And as Paul was to be led into the castle, he said unto the chief captain (χιλιάρχῳ), May I speak unto thee? Who said, Canst thou speak Greek?
• Acts 22:24 — The chief captain (χιλίαρχος) 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 against him.
• Acts 22:26 — When the centurion heard that, he went and told the chief captain (χιλιάρχῳ), saying, Take heed what thou doest: for this man is a Roman.
• Acts 22:27 — Then the chief captain (χιλίαρχος) came, and said unto him, Tell me, art thou a Roman? He said, Yea.
• Acts 22:28 — And the chief captain (χιλίαρχος) answered, With a great sum obtained I this freedom. And Paul said, But I was free born.
• Acts 22:29 — Then straightway they departed from him which should have examined him: and the chief captain (χιλίαρχος) also was afraid, after he knew that he was a Roman, and because he had bound him.
• Acts 23:10 — And when there arose a great dissension, the chief captain (χιλίαρχος), fearing lest Paul should have been pulled in pieces of them, commanded the soldiers to go down, and to take him by force from among them, and to bring him into the castle.
• Acts 23:15 — Now therefore ye with the council signify to the chief captain (χιλιάρχῳ) that he bring him down unto you to morrow, as though ye would enquire something more perfectly concerning him: and we, or ever he come near, are ready to kill him.
• Acts 23:17 — Then Paul called one of the centurions unto him, and said, Bring this young man unto the chief captain (χιλίαρχον): for he hath a certain thing to tell him.
• Acts 23:18 — So he took him, and brought him to the chief captain (χιλίαρχον), and said, Paul the prisoner called me unto him, and prayed me to bring this young man unto thee, who hath something to say unto thee.
• Acts 23:19 — Then the chief captain (χιλίαρχος) took him by the hand, and went with him aside privately, and asked him, What is that thou hast to tell me?
• Acts 23:22 — So the chief captain (χιλίαρχος) then let the young man depart, and charged him, See thou tell no man that thou hast shewed these things to me.
• Acts 24:7 — But the chief captain (χιλίαρχος) Lysias came upon us, and with great violence took him away out of our hands,
• 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 (χιλίαρχος) shall come down, I will know the uttermost of your matter.
• 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 (χιλιάρχοις), and principal men of the city, at Festus’ commandment Paul was brought forth.
• Revelation 6:15 — And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains (χιλίαρχοι), and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains;
• Revelation 19:18 — That ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains (χιλιάρχων), and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, both small and great.