chiliarchos · commander

What it means

chiliarchos (χιλίαρχος) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “commander”.

An officer over a thousand soldiers.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. A leader of about a thousand soldiers.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• commander ×17
• commanders ×4

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Mark×1
• John×1
• Acts×17
• Revelation×2

• Mark 6:21

  And an opportune day came when Herod on his birthday gave a banquet for his nobles and the commanders and the leading men of Galilee.

• John 18:12

  So the cohort and the commander and the officers of the Jews arrested Jesus and bound him.

• Acts 21:31

  And while they were seeking to kill him, a report went up to the commander of the cohort that all Jerusalem was in confusion.

• Acts 21:32

  He at once took soldiers and centurions and ran down to them; and when they saw the commander and the soldiers, they stopped beating Paul.

• Acts 21:33

  Then the commander came near, took hold of him, and ordered him to be bound with two chains, and he was inquiring who he was and what he had done.

• Acts 21:37

  And as Paul was about to be brought into the barracks, he says to the commander, “May I say something to you?” And he said, “Do you know Greek?

• Acts 22:24

  the commander ordered him to be brought into the barracks, saying that he should be examined with whips, so that he might find out for what reason they were shouting at him like this.

• Acts 22:26

  And when the centurion heard this, going to the commander he reported it, saying, “What are you about to do? For this man is a Roman.”

• Acts 22:27

  So the commander came up and said to him, “Tell me, are you a Roman?” And he said, “Yes.”

• Acts 22:28

  And the commander answered, “I acquired this citizenship for a large sum.” And Paul said, “But I was born a citizen too.”

• Acts 22:29

  So at once those who were about to examine him stepped back from him; and the commander too was afraid when he realized that he was a Roman and that he had bound him.

• Acts 23:10

  And when the dissension became great, the commander, afraid that Paul would be torn to pieces by them, ordered the troops to go down, snatch him from their midst, and bring him into the barracks.

• Acts 23:15

  Now therefore you, together with the council, notify the commander so that he may bring down him to you, as though you were going to determine more exactly the things about him; and we are ready to kill him before he comes near.”

• Acts 23:17

  And Paul, calling one of the centurions, said, “Take this young man to the commander, for he has something to report to him.”

• Acts 23:18

  So he took him and brought him to the commander and says, “The prisoner Paul called me and asked me to bring this young man to you, since he has something to say to you.”

• Acts 23:19

  And the commander, taking him by the hand and withdrawing privately, asked him, “What is it that you have to report to me?”

• Acts 23:22

  So the commander dismissed the young man, ordering him, “Tell no one that you have reported these things to me.”

• Acts 24:22

  But Felix, knowing rather accurately the things about the Way, put them off, saying, “When Lysias the commander comes down, I will decide your case.”

• Acts 25:23

  So the next day, when Agrippa and Bernice had come with great pomp and had entered into the audience hall with both commanders and the prominent men of the city, and when Festus gave the order, Paul was brought in.

• Revelation 6:15

  And the kings of the earth and the great ones and the commanders and the rich and the strong and every slave and free person hid themselves in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains;

• Revelation 19:18

  so that you may eat the flesh of kings and the flesh of commanders and the flesh of the mighty and the flesh of horses and of those who sit on them, and the flesh of all, both free and slave, and small and great.”