5506 - chiliarchos

Strong's Concordance

Original word: χιλίαρχος
Transliteration: chiliarchos
Definition (short): commander
Definition (full): a chiliarch, a commander of a thousand

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin: from chilioi and archos (leader)
Definition: a chiliarch, a commander of a thousand
NASB Translation: commander (18), commanders (3), military commanders (1).
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

From chilioi and archo; the commander of a thousand soldiers ("chiliarch"; i.e. Colonel -- (chief, high) captain.

see GREEK chilioi

see GREEK archo

KJV: And when a convenient day was come, that Herod on his birthday made a supper to his lords, high captains, and chief estates of Galilee;
NASB: A strategic day came when Herod on his birthday gave a banquet for his lords and military commanders and the leading men of Galilee;
KJV: Then the band and the captain and officers of the Jews took Jesus, and bound him,
NASB: So the Roman cohort and the commander and the officers of the Jews, arrested Jesus and bound Him,
KJV: And as they went about to kill him, tidings came unto the chief captain of the band, that all Jerusalem was in an uproar.
NASB: While they were seeking to kill him, a report came up to the commander of the Roman cohort that all Jerusalem was in confusion.
KJV: Who immediately took soldiers and centurions, and ran down unto them: and when they saw the chief captain and the soldiers, they left beating of Paul.
NASB: At once he took along some soldiers and centurions and ran down to them; and when they saw the commander and the soldiers, they stopped beating Paul.
KJV: Then the chief captain came near, and took him, and commanded him to be bound with two chains; and demanded who he was, and what he had done.
NASB: Then the commander came up and took hold of him, and ordered him to be bound with two chains; and he began asking who he was and what he had done.