G5506Noun, masculine21 times in the New Testament (critical text)Where it occurs
Translated as
In the text
- Mark 6:21χιλιάρχοις
On Herod’s birthday, her opportunity arose. Herod held a banquet for his nobles and military commanders and the leading men of Galilee.
- John 18:12χιλίαρχος
Then the band of soldiers, with its commander and the officers of the Jews, arrested Jesus and bound Him.
- Acts 21:31χιλιάρχῳ
While they were trying to kill him, the commander of the Roman regiment received a report that all Jerusalem was in turmoil.
- Revelation 6:15χιλίαρχοι
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.
Abbott-Smith
(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: Jhn.18:12, Act.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, Mrk.6:21, Rev.6:15 19:18 (see, DB, i, 352b; DCG, i, 271a, 307a).†
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Sources: Abbott-Smith’s Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922, public domain) and glosses from STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAGNT (Greek New Testament, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.