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χιλίαρχος

chiliarchosmilitary officerHow to read Greek
greekNew TestamentNoun · masculine21 occurrences4 books21 verses

Definition

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: John 18:12, Acts 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, Mark 6:21, Revelation 6:15; 19:18 (see, DB, i, 352b; DCG, i, 271a, 307a).

Hebrew words it translates

The Hebrew words that the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders as χιλίαρχος:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

21 total
  1. Mark 6:21χιλιάρχοις · military commanders
    On Herod’s birthday, her opportunity arose. Herod held a banquet for his nobles and military commanders and the leading men of Galilee.
  2. John 18:12χιλίαρχος · commander
    Then the band of soldiers, with its commander and the officers of the Jews, arrested Jesus and bound Him.
  3. Acts 21:31χιλιάρχῳ · commander
    While they were trying to kill him, the commander of the Roman regiment received a report that all Jerusalem was in turmoil.
  4. Acts 21:32χιλίαρχον · commander
    Immediately he took some soldiers and centurions and ran down to the crowd. When the people saw the commander and the soldiers, they stopped beating Paul.
  5. Acts 21:33χιλίαρχος · commander
    The commander came up and arrested Paul, ordering that he be bound with two chains. Then he asked who he was and what he had done.
  6. Acts 21:37χιλιάρχῳ · commander
    As they were about to take Paul into the barracks, he asked the commander, “May I say something to you?” “Do you speak Greek?” he replied.
  7. Acts 22:24χιλίαρχος · commander
    …the commander ordered that Paul be brought into the barracks. He directed that Paul be flogged and interrogated to determine the reason for this outcry against him.
  8. Acts 22:26χιλιάρχῳ · commander
    On hearing this, the centurion went and reported it to the commander. “What are you going to do?” he said. “This man is a Roman citizen.”
  9. Acts 22:27χιλίαρχος · commander
    The commander went to Paul and asked, “Tell me, are you a Roman citizen?” “Yes,” he answered.
  10. Acts 22:28χιλίαρχος · commander
    “I paid a high price for my citizenship,” said the commander. “But I was born a citizen,” Paul replied.
  11. Acts 22:29χιλίαρχος · commander
    At once those who were about to interrogate Paul stepped back, and the commander himself was alarmed when he realized that he had put a Roman citizen in chains.
  12. Acts 23:10χιλίαρχος · commander
    The dispute grew so violent that the commander was afraid they would tear Paul to pieces. He ordered the soldiers to go down and remove him by force and bring him into the barracks.
  13. Acts 23:15χιλιάρχῳ · commander
    Now then, you and the Sanhedrin petition the commander to bring him down to you on the pretext of examining his case more carefully. We are ready to kill him on the way.”
  14. Acts 23:17χιλίαρχον · commander
    Then Paul called one of the centurions and said, “Take this young man to the commander; he has something to tell him.”
  15. Acts 23:18χιλίαρχον · commander
    So the centurion took him to the commander and said, “Paul the prisoner sent and asked me to bring this young man to you. He has something to tell you.”
  16. Acts 23:19χιλίαρχος · commander
    The commander took the young man by the hand, drew him aside, and asked, “What do you need to tell me?”
  17. Acts 23:22χιλίαρχος · commander
    So the commander dismissed the young man and instructed him, “Do not tell anyone that you have reported this to me.”
  18. Acts 24:22χιλίαρχος · commander
    Then Felix, who was well informed about the Way, adjourned the hearing and said, “When Lysias the commander comes, I will decide your case.”
  19. Acts 25:23χιλιάρχοις · [the] commanders
    The next day Agrippa and Bernice came with great pomp and entered the auditorium, along with the commanders and leading men of the city. And Festus ordered that Paul be brought in.
  20. Revelation 6:15χιλίαρχοι · commanders
    Then the kings of the earth, the nobles, the commanders, the rich, the mighty, and every slave and free man hid in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains.
  21. Revelation 19:18χιλιάρχων · commanders
    …so that you may eat the flesh of kings and commanders and mighty men, of horses and riders, of everyone slave and free, small and great.”