Quick Definition
χιλίαρχος, ου, ὁ n.m. a military tribune
Strong's Definition
from 5507 and 757; the commander of a thousand soldiers ("chiliarch"; i.e. colonel
KJV Usage: (chief, high) captain
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, m. | -ου | χίλιοι + ἄρχω
55.15 · Military Activities · Soldiers, Officers
commanding officer, general, chiliarch a military officer, normally in command of a thousand soldiers
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
χιλίαρχος, -ov, 6, (χίλιοι and dpyw; [on the form of “the word οἵ. reff. s. v. ἑκατοντάρχης, and L. and S. s. v. xudpxns]), the commander of a thousand soldiers, a chiliarch; the commander of a Roman cohort (a military tribune): Jn. xviii. 12; Acts xxi. 31-33, 57; xxii. 24, 26-29; xxiii. 10, 15, 17-19, 22; xxiv. 7 Rec., 22; xxv. 23, (Sept. for DDN Sv and Daox WN). any military commander [R.V. high or chief captain, captain]: Mk. vi. 21; Rev. vi. 15; xix. 18. [(Aeschyl., Xen., al.)]
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
χιλίαρχος chiliarchos 21x
commander of a thousand men; hence, genr. a commander, military chief, Mk. 6:21; Rev. 6:15; 19:18; spc. a legionary tribune, Acts 21:31, 32, 33, 37; the prefect of the temple, Jn. 18:12
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
χιλίαρχος (in Hdt., al., -ης), -ου, ὁ
(< χίλιοι, ἄρχω) [in LXX chiefly for אֶלֶף שַׂר ;]
a chiliarch, the commander of a thousand, esp. a Roman military tribune, the commander of a cohort: Jo 18:12, Ac 21:31-33, 37 22:24-29 23:10, 15, 17-19, 22 24:7, 22 25:23; more generally, of officers of similar rank, Mk 6:21, Re 6:15 19:18 (v., DB, i, 352b; DCG, i, 271a, 307a).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
χιλίαρχος, lit. ‘‘ the ruler of a, thousand men,” the Roman ¢rzdunus miliitum. This form (in Herodotus and elsewhere -xqs) prevails in the NT (Jn 1815, α4}, and is found in the inserr., e.g. AZagn 157 (b)!® (i/A.D.) χιλίαρχος λεγιῶνος, Pretsigke 1735 (c. A.D. 200), and OG/S 119° (where see Dittenberger’s note). See also P Oxy III. 653 (a.v. 162-3) and the corr. verb in 2d. 4777 (A.D. 132-3).
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
χιλίαρχος (chiliarchos) — military officer. χῑλίαρχ-ος, ὁ, captain over a thousand, [Refs 4th c.BC+]: especially commandant of a garrison, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II. ={χιλιάρχης}[Refs 2nd c.BC+]
II.2. title of Persian court official, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; also in Macedonia, [Refs 1st c.BC+]