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Strong's G5506 χιλίαρχος (chiliarchos)

chiliarchos - meaning, definition, and linked Bible usage across the indexed canon, including Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where this Strong's number appears.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H5506 — cechorah (“merchandise”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G5506
Language Greek
Linked Usages 51
Books 16

Strong's G5506 Quick Answer

Strong's G5506 χιλίαρχος (chiliarchos) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. chiliarchos (khil-ee'-ar-khos) n. 1. the commander of a thousand soldiers ("chiliarch"), i.e. colonel [from G5507 and G757] It has 51 linked Bible usages across 16 books. Visible English usage signals include chief, soldiers, captain, and captains. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Meaning
chiliarchos (khil-ee'-ar-khos) n. 1. the commander of a thousand soldiers ("chiliarch"), i.e. colonel [from G5507 and G757]
Usage
51 linked usages
Books
16 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Usage Words
chief, soldiers, captain, and captains

Meaning and Definition

chiliarchos (khil-ee'-ar-khos) n. 1. the commander of a thousand soldiers ("chiliarch"), i.e. colonel [from G5507 and G757] KJV: (chief, high) captain Root(s): G5507, G757

Original Word
χιλίαρχος
Transliteration
chiliarchos
Derivation
Root: ἄρχω R1: 5507 R2: 757
Morphology
noun

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G5506. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

military officer

Usage: 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).† (AS)

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How Strong's G5506 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render chiliarchos, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

chief Mark 6:21 18× soldiers Acts 21:32 captain John 18:12 captains Revelation 19:18

How Strong's G5506 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, New Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 25 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G5506 (χιλίαρχος) appears 29 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G5506 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G5506 in the New Testament

22 indexed usages in New Testament.

Mark 6:21 KJV

And when a convenient day was come, that Herod on his birthday made a supper to his lords, high captains, and chief estates of Galilee;

John 18:12 KJV

Then the band and the captain and officers of the Jews took Jesus, and bound him,

Acts 21:31 KJV

And as they went about to kill him, tidings came unto the chief captain of the band, that all Jerusalem was in an uproar.

Strong's G5506 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

25 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Exodus 18:21 Septuagint / Brenton

And do thou look out for thyself out of all the people able men, fearing God, righteous men, hating pride, and thou shalt set over the people captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, and captains of fifties, and captains of tens.

Exodus 18:25 Septuagint / Brenton

And Moses chose out able men out of all Israel, and he made them captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, and captains of fifties and captains of tens over the people.

Numbers 1:16 Septuagint / Brenton

These were famous men of the congregation, heads of the tribes according to their families: these are heads of thousands in Israel.

Strong's G5506 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

4 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

1 Esdras 1:9 Septuagint / Brenton

And Jeconiah, and Shemaiah, and Nethanel his brother, and Hashabiah, and Ochiel, and Joram, captains over thousands, gave to the Levites for the Passover five thousand sheep, and seven hundred calves.

Judith 14:12 Septuagint / Brenton

But when the Assyrians saw them, they sent to their leaders, which came to their captains and tribunes, and to every one of their rulers.

1 Maccabees 3:55 Septuagint / Brenton

And after this Judas ordained captains over the people, even captains over thousands, and over hundreds, and over fifties, and over tens.

Usage Excerpts

First 51 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G5506.

Exodus 18:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And do thou look out for thyself out of all the people able men, fearing God, righteous men, hating pride, and thou shalt set over the people captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, and captains of fifties, and captains of tens.
Exodus 18:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Moses chose out able men out of all Israel, and he made them captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, and captains of fifties and captains of tens over the people.
Numbers 1:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
These were famous men of the congregation, heads of the tribes according to their families: these are heads of thousands in Israel.
Numbers 31:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Moses was angry with the captains of the host, the heads of thousands and the heads of hundreds who came from the battle array.
Numbers 31:48 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And all those who were appointed to be officers of thousands of the host, captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, approached Moses, and said to Moses,
Numbers 31:52 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And all the wrought gold, even the offering that they offered to the Lord, was sixteen thousand and seven hundred and fifty shekels from the captains of thousands and the captains of hundreds.
Numbers 31:54 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold from the captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, and brought the vessels into the tabernacle of witness, a memorial of the children of Israel before the Lord.
Deuteronomy 1:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
So I took of you wise and understanding and prudent men, and I set them to rule over you as rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, and rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens, and officers to your judges.
Joshua 22:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and ten of the chiefs with him; there was one chief of every household out of all the tribes of Israel (the heads of families are the captains of thousands in Israel).
Joshua 22:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the sons of Reuben, and the sons of Gad, and the half tribe of Manasseh answered, and spoke to the captains of the thousands of Israel, saying,
1 Kingdoms 8:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and his manner shall be to make them to himself captains of hundreds and captains of thousands; and to reap his harvest, and gather his vintage, and prepare his instruments of war, and the implements of his chariots.
1 Kingdoms 18:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he removed him from him, and made him a captain of a thousand for himself; and he went out and came in before the people.
1 Kingdoms 22:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Saul said to his servants that stood by him, Hear now, ye sons of Benjamin, will the son of Jesse indeed give all of you fields and vineyards, and will he make you all captains of hundreds and captains of thousands?
2 Kingdoms 18:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And David numbered the people with him, and set over them captains of thousands and captains of hundreds.
1 Chronicles 13:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And David took counsel with the captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, even with every commander.
1 Chronicles 15:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
So David, and the elders of Israel, and the captains of thousands, went to bring up the ark of the covenant from the house of Obed-edom with gladness.
1 Chronicles 26:26 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
This Shelomoth and his brethren were over all the sacred treasures, which David the king and the heads of families consecrated, and the captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, and princes of the host,
1 Chronicles 27:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Now the sons of Israel according to their number, heads of families, captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, and scribes ministering to the king, and for every affair of the king according to their divisions, for every ordinance of coming in and going out monthly, for all the months of the year, one division of them was twenty-four thousand.
1 Chronicles 29:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Then the heads of families, and the princes of the children of Israel, and the captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, and the overseers of the works, and the king’s builders, offered willingly.
2 Chronicles 1:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Solomon spoke to all Israel, to the captains of thousands, and to the captains of hundreds, and to the judges, and to all the rulers over Israel, even the heads of the families;
2 Chronicles 17:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And this is their number according to the houses of their fathers; even the captains of thousands in Judah were, Adnah the chief, and with him mighty men of strength three hundred thousand.
2 Chronicles 25:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Amaziah assembled the house of Judah, and appointed them according to the houses of their families for captains of thousands and captains of hundreds in all Judah and Jerusalem: and he numbered them from twenty years old and upward, and found them three hundred thousand able to go out to war, holding spear and shield.
Zechariah 9:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I will take their blood out of their mouth, and their abominations from between their teeth; and these also shall be left to our God, and they shall be as a captain of a thousand in Judah, and Ekron as a Jebusite.
Zechariah 12:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the captains of thousands of Judah shall say in their hearts, We shall find for ourselves the inhabitants of Jerusalem in the Lord Almighty their God.
Zechariah 12:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
In that day I will make the captains of thousands of Judah as a firebrand among wood, and as a torch of fire in stubble; and they shall devour on the right hand and on the left all the nations round about: and Jerusalem shall dwell again by herself, even in Jerusalem.
Mark 6:21 New Testament, KJV
And when a convenient day was come, that Herod on his birthday made a supper to his lords, high captains, and chief estates of Galilee;
John 18:12 New Testament, KJV
Then the band and the captain and officers of the Jews took Jesus, and bound him,
Acts 21:31 New Testament, KJV
And as they went about to kill him, tidings came unto the chief captain of the band, that all Jerusalem was in an uproar.
Acts 21:32 New Testament, KJV
Who immediately took soldiers and centurions, and ran down unto them: and when they saw the chief captain and the soldiers, they left beating of Paul.
Acts 21:33 New Testament, KJV
Then the chief captain came near, and took him, and commanded him to be bound with two chains; and demanded who he was, and what he had done.
Acts 21:37 New Testament, KJV
And as Paul was to be led into the castle, he said unto the chief captain, May I speak unto thee? Who said, Canst thou speak Greek?
Acts 22:24 New Testament, KJV
The chief captain commanded him to be brought into the castle, and bade that he should be examined by scourging; that he might know wherefore they cried so against him.
Acts 22:26 New Testament, KJV
When the centurion heard that, he went and told the chief captain, saying, Take heed what thou doest: for this man is a Roman.
Acts 22:27 New Testament, KJV
Then the chief captain came, and said unto him, Tell me, art thou a Roman? He said, Yea.
Acts 22:28 New Testament, KJV
And the chief captain answered, With a great sum obtained I this freedom. And Paul said, But I was free born.
Acts 22:29 New Testament, KJV
Then straightway they departed from him which should have examined him: and the chief captain also was afraid, after he knew that he was a Roman, and because he had bound him.
Acts 23:10 New Testament, KJV
And when there arose a great dissension, the chief captain, fearing lest Paul should have been pulled in pieces of them, commanded the soldiers to go down, and to take him by force from among them, and to bring him into the castle.
Acts 23:15 New Testament, KJV
Now therefore ye with the council signify to the chief captain that he bring him down unto you to morrow, as though ye would enquire something more perfectly concerning him: and we, or ever he come near, are ready to kill him.
Acts 23:17 New Testament, KJV
Then Paul called one of the centurions unto him, and said, Bring this young man unto the chief captain: for he hath a certain thing to tell him.
Acts 23:18 New Testament, KJV
So he took him, and brought him to the chief captain, and said, Paul the prisoner called me unto him, and prayed me to bring this young man unto thee, who hath something to say unto thee.
Acts 23:19 New Testament, KJV
Then the chief captain took him by the hand, and went with him aside privately, and asked him, What is that thou hast to tell me?
Acts 23:22 New Testament, KJV
So the chief captain then let the young man depart, and charged him, See thou tell no man that thou hast shewed these things to me.
Acts 24:7 New Testament, KJV
But the chief captain Lysias came upon us, and with great violence took him away out of our hands,
Acts 24:22 New Testament, KJV
And when Felix heard these things, having more perfect knowledge of that way, he deferred them, and said, When Lysias the chief captain shall come down, I will know the uttermost of your matter.
Acts 25:23 New Testament, KJV
And on the morrow, when Agrippa was come, and Bernice, with great pomp, and was entered into the place of hearing, with the chief captains, and principal men of the city, at Festus' commandment Paul was brought forth.
Revelation 6:15 New Testament, KJV
And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains;
Revelation 19:18 New Testament, KJV
That ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, both small and great.
1 Esdras 1:9 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And Jeconiah, and Shemaiah, and Nethanel his brother, and Hashabiah, and Ochiel, and Joram, captains over thousands, gave to the Levites for the Passover five thousand sheep, and seven hundred calves.
Judith 14:12 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
But when the Assyrians saw them, they sent to their leaders, which came to their captains and tribunes, and to every one of their rulers.
1 Maccabees 3:55 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And after this Judas ordained captains over the people, even captains over thousands, and over hundreds, and over fifties, and over tens.
1 Maccabees 16:19 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
He sent others also to Gazara to kill John: and unto the tribunes he sent letters to come unto him, that he might give them silver, and gold, and rewards.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G5506, grouped by book.

Exodus 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Numbers 5 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Deuteronomy 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Joshua 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Kingdoms 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Kingdoms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Chronicles 5 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Chronicles 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Zechariah 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Mark 1 usage, New Testament
John 1 usage, New Testament
Acts 18 usages, New Testament
Revelation 2 usages, New Testament
1 Esdras 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Judith 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
1 Maccabees 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha

Strong's G5506 FAQ

What does chiliarchos (χιλίαρχος) mean?

Strong's G5506 is a Greek entry for G5506 χιλίαρχος (chiliarchos). chiliarchos (khil-ee'-ar-khos) n. 1. the commander of a thousand soldiers ("chiliarch"), i.e. colonel [from G5507 and G757]

How many times is chiliarchos (χιλίαρχος) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 51 linked usages for Strong's G5506 across 16 books.

Where can I study chiliarchos (χιλίαρχος) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G5506 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

What English words translate chiliarchos (χιλίαρχος)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as chief, soldiers, captain, and captains. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G5506 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 25 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 4 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G5506, with linked reader references where each row is available.