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χιλίαρχος

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Forms of the word
Dictionary: 
χιλίαρχος, -ου, ὁ
Greek transliteration: 
chiliarchos
Simplified transliteration: 
chiliarchos
Numbers
Strong's number: 
5506
GK Number: 
5941
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament: 
21
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag: 
n-2a
Gloss: 
military officer, commander; technically an officer of 1,000 soldiers; in the ancient Roman military an officer of a cohort, one tenth of a legion, about 600 soldiers
Definition: 
commander of a thousand men;

, hence, genr. a commander, military chief, Mk. 6:21; Rev. 6:15; 19:18; spc. a legionary tribune, Acts 21:31, 32, 33, 37; the prefect of the temple, Jn. 18:12

Greek-English Concordance for χιλίαρχος

Mark 6:21 Then an opportune day came when Herod on his birthday gave a banquet for his government officials, military (chiliarchois | χιλιάρχοις | dat pl masc) commanders, and prominent men of Galilee.
John 18:12 So the detachment of soldiers, their captain (chiliarchos | χιλίαρχος | nom sg masc), and the officers of the Jews arrested Jesus and bound him.
Acts 21:31 And while they were trying to kill him, a report was sent up to the commanding (chiliarchō | χιλιάρχῳ | dat sg masc) officer of the detachment that all Jerusalem was in an uproar.
Acts 21:32 At once he took along some soldiers and centurions and ran down to them; and when they saw the commanding (chiliarchon | χιλίαρχον | acc sg masc) officer and the soldiers, they stopped beating Paul.
Acts 21:33 Then the commanding (chiliarchos | χιλίαρχος | nom sg masc) officer came up and arrested him and ordered him to be tied up with two chains. Then he asked who he might be and what he had done.
Acts 21:37 As he was about to be brought into the barracks, Paul said to the commanding (chiliarchō | χιλιάρχῳ | dat sg masc) officer, “Is it allowed for me to say something to you?” He replied, “Do you know Greek?
Acts 22:24 the commanding (chiliarchos | χιλίαρχος | nom sg masc) officer (chiliarchos | χιλίαρχος | nom sg masc) ordered Paul to be brought back into the barracks, saying that he should be examined with whips so that he might know the reason why they were shouting at him that way.
Acts 22:26 When the centurion heard this, he went and reported to the commanding (chiliarchō | χιλιάρχῳ | dat sg masc) officer, saying, “What are you about to do? For this man is a Roman citizen.”
Acts 22:27 The commanding (chiliarchos | χιλίαρχος | nom sg masc) officer (chiliarchos | χιλίαρχος | nom sg masc) came to him and said, “Tell me, are you a Roman citizen?” He replied, “Yes.”
Acts 22:28 The commanding (chiliarchos | χιλίαρχος | nom sg masc) officer (chiliarchos | χιλίαρχος | nom sg masc) answered, “I obtained this citizenship with a large sum of money.” Paul answered, “But I was even born one.”
Acts 22:29 Immediately those who were about to examine him drew back from him; and the commanding (chiliarchos | χιλίαρχος | nom sg masc) officer was afraid, realizing that Paul was a Roman citizen and that he had bound him.
Acts 23:10 And when the argument became violent, the commanding (chiliarchos | χιλίαρχος | nom sg masc) officer (chiliarchos | χιλίαρχος | nom sg masc), afraid that Paul would be torn apart by them, commanded the soldiers to go down and take him away from among them by force and bring him into the barracks.
Acts 23:15 So now you and the council give notice to the commanding (chiliarchō | χιλιάρχῳ | dat sg masc) officer to bring him down to you, as though you were going to examine his case more accurately; and we will be ready to kill him before he gets there.”
Acts 23:17 Then Paul called one of the centurions and said, “Take this young man to the commanding (chiliarchon | χιλίαρχον | acc sg masc) officer, for he has something to report to him.”
Acts 23:18 So he took him and brought him to the commanding (chiliarchon | χιλίαρχον | acc sg masc) officer and said, “The prisoner Paul called me and asked me to bring this young man to you, as he has something to say to you.”
Acts 23:19 The commanding (chiliarchos | χιλίαρχος | nom sg masc) officer (chiliarchos | χιλίαρχος | nom sg masc) took him by the hand, drew him aside and asked, “What is it that you have to report to me?”
Acts 23:22 So the commanding (chiliarchos | χιλίαρχος | nom sg masc) officer dismissed the young man, charging him to tell no one that you have reported these things to me.”
Acts 24:22 But Felix, knowing more exactly the facts concerning the Way, put them off, saying, “When Lysias the commanding (chiliarchos | χιλίαρχος | nom sg masc) officer comes down, I will decide your case.”
Acts 25:23 So on the next day when Agrippa and Bernice came with great pomp and entered the audience hall along with the commanding (chiliarchois | χιλιάρχοις | dat pl masc) officers and the prominent men of the city, and when Festus had given the order, Paul was brought in.
Revelation 6:15 Then the kings of the earth and the princes and the generals (chiliarchoi | χιλίαρχοι | nom pl masc) and the rich and the powerful and everyone — slave and free — hid themselves in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains.
Revelation 19:18 to eat the flesh of kings, the flesh of captains (chiliarchōn | χιλιάρχων | gen pl masc), the flesh of mighty warriors, the flesh of horses and those who ride on them — the flesh of all, both free and slave, and small and great.”