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Strong's Number G5506

χιλίαρχος
chiliarchos · khil-ee'-ar-khos
Transliteration:
chiliarchos{khil-ee'-ar-khos}
Word Origin:
from 5507 and 757
Part of Speech:
noun masculine
Strong's Definition:
the commander of a thousand soldiers ("chiliarch"; i.e. colonel
Usage in the KJV:
chief captain 19, captain 2, high captain 1

Total: 22
Occurs 21 times in the Greek text.
Definition:
  1. a chiliarch, the commander of a thousand soldiers
  2. the commander of a Roman cohort (a military tribunal)
  3. any military commander
TDNT - Theological Dictionary of the New Testament
TWOT - Theological Word Book of the Old Testament