King James Bible Dictionary - Strongs Number

G5506 - Captain

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: Captain	John 18:12 Act 21:31 Act 21:32 Act 21:33 Act 21:37 Act 22:24 Act 22:26 Act 22:27 Act 22:28 Act 22:29 Act 23:10 Act 23:15 Act 23:17 Act 23:18 Act 23:19 Act 23:22 Act 24:7 Act 24:22

Translation Occurrences:	captain ( 18 ) captains ( 4 )

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