Quick Definition
a military tribune
Strong's Definition
the commander of a thousand soldiers ("chiliarch"; i.e. colonel
Derivation: from G5507 (χίλιοι) and G757 (ἄρχω);
KJV Usage: (chief, high) captain
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
- Original: χιλίαρχος
- Transliteration: Chiliarchos
- Phonetic: khil-ee'-ar-khos
- Definition:
1. a chiliarch, the commander of a thousand soldiers
2. the commander of a Roman cohort (a military tribunal)
3. any military commander
- Origin: from G5507 and G757
- TDNT entry: None
- Part(s) of speech: Noun Masculine
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
χιλίαρχος chiliarchos 21x
commander of a thousand men; hence, genr. a commander, military chief, Mar_6:21 ; Rev_6:15 ; Rev_19:18 ;
spc. a legionary tribune, Act_21:31-33 ; Act_21:37 ;
the prefect of the temple, Joh_18:12 commander.
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
χιλίαρχος
(in Hdt ., al. , -ης ), -ου , ὁ
( <χίλιοι , ἄρχω ),
[in LXX chiefly for H441 H8269 ;]
a chiliarch, the commander of a thousand , esp . a Roman military tribune, the commander of a cohort: Joh_18:12 , Act_21:31-33 ; Act_21:37 ; Act_22:24-29 ; Act_23:10 ; Act_23:15 ; Act_23:17-19 ; Act_23:22 ; Act_24:7 ; Act_24:22 ; Act_25:23 ; more generally, of officers of similar rank, Mar_6:21 , Rev_6:15 ; Rev_19:18 ( v. , DB , i, 352b; DCG , i, 271a, 307a).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
χιλίαρχος [page 688]
χιλίαρχος , lit. the ruler of a thousand men, the Roman tribunus militum. This form (in Herodotus and elsewhere - χης ) prevails in the NT (Joh. 18:12, al. ), and is found in the inscrr., e.g. Magn 157 (b) .15 (i/A.D.) χιλίαρχος λεγιῶνος , Preisigke 173 .2 ( c. A.D. 200), and OGIS 119 .5 (where see Dittenberger s note). See also P Oxy III. 653 (A.D. 162 3) and the corr. verb in ib. 477 .2 (A.D. 132 3).
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
χιλίαρχος χι_λί-αρχος, ὁ, "the commander of a thousand men, a chiliarch", Aesch. , Xen. used to translate the Roman "tribunus militum", Polyb. , etc.;—also of "the tribuni militares consulari potestate", Plut.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
χιλίαρχος (in Hdt., al., -ης), -ου, ὁ
(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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