Strong's G5506
χιλίαρχος(chilíarchos)
- Language:
- Greek (New Testament)
Definition
the commander of a thousand soldiers ("chiliarch"; i.e. colonel
Derivation
from G5507 (χίλιοι) and G757 (ἄρχω);
KJV Translation
In the King James Version, χιλίαρχος is translated as: (chief, high) captain.
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance, compiled by James Strong in 1890, assigns a unique number to every Greek root word in the New Testament. The Greek dictionary covers all 5,624 root words. This entry is in the public domain.