ΤΑΞΙΑΡΧΟΙ, ταξιαρχοι
TAXIARCHOI, taxiarchoi
Sounds Like: tah-xee-AR-khoi
Translations: commanders, generals, officers
From the root: ΤΑΞΙΑΡΧΟΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to military commanders or officers, specifically those in charge of a taxis, which was a military unit or division. It is a compound word formed from 'τάξις' (taxis), meaning 'order' or 'arrangement' (often a military division), and 'ἀρχός' (archos), meaning 'leader' or 'ruler'. Thus, it literally means 'leader of a taxis'. These individuals would be responsible for leading and organizing troops.
Inflection: Plural, Nominative or Vocative or Accusative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G5011 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 9 — 10:220
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Three — 5:18
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΤΑΞΙΑΡΧΟΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΤΑΞΙΑΡΧΟΙΣ — (to) commanders, (to) officers, (to) chiliarchs, (to) tribunes
- ΤΑΞΙΑΡΧΟΝ — commander, a commander, captain, a captain, chief, a chief
- ΤΑΞΙΑΡΧΟΣ — commander, captain, a commander, a captain
- ΤΑΞΙΑΡΧΟΥ — of a commander, of a chiliarch, of a captain, of a military tribune
- ΤΑΞΙΑΡΧΟΥΣ — commanders, generals, colonels, chiliarchs
- ΤΑΞΙΑΡΧΩΝ — of commanders, of captains, of chiliarchs
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