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Greek - English Dictionary

G5506 - Captains

Strong's No.:G5506

Greek:χιλίαρχος

Transliteration:chiliarchos

Phonetic:khil-ee'-ar-khos

Word Origin:From G5507 and G757

Bible Usage:(chief high) captain.

Part of Speech:Noun Masculine

Strongs
Definition:

the commander of a thousand soldiers (chiliarch) that is colonel


Thayers
Definition:

1. a chiliarch, the commander of a thousand soldiers

2. the commander of a Roman cohort (a military tribunal)

3. any military commander


Bible References:
Captains

Translation
Occurrences:
captain ( 18 )
captains ( 4 )

 

Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.