ΧΙΛΙΑΡΧΟΙ, χιλιαρχοι
CHILIARCHOI, chiliarchoi
Sounds Like: khee-lee-AR-khoi
Translations: chiliarchs, commanders of a thousand, tribunes
From the root: ΧΙΛΙΑΡΧΟΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to military commanders, specifically those in charge of a thousand soldiers. It can also refer to a tribune, a Roman military officer. It is a compound word formed from 'χίλιοι' (chilioi), meaning 'a thousand', and 'ἄρχων' (archon), meaning 'ruler' or 'commander'.
Inflection: Plural, Nominative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G5506 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Rome
- Clement’s First Letter — 37:3
Codex Sinaiticus
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Numbers — 1:16, 31:48
- Joshua — 22:14
- 1 Chronicles — 15:25, 26:26, 27:1, 29:6
- 2 Chronicles — 17:14
- Ezra (Alpha) — 1:9
- Zechariah — 12:5
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- Revelation — 6:15
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΧΙΛΙΑΡΧΟΣ.
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.
- ΣΥΓΧΙΛΙΑΡΧΟΙ — fellow chiliarchs, fellow commanders of a thousand
- ΧΙΛΙΑΡΧΗ — a chiliarch, a commander of a thousand, a tribune, a chief captain
- ΧΙΛΙΑΡΧΟ — of a chiliarch, of a commander, of a military tribune, to a chiliarch, to a commander, to a military tribune, chiliarchs, commanders, military tribunes
- ΧΙΛΙΑΡΧΟΙΣ — (to) chiliarchs, (to) commanders of a thousand, (to) tribunes
- ΧΙΛΙΑΡΧΟΝ — chiliarch, commander of a thousand, a commander, a tribune
- ΧΙΛΙΑΡΧΟΥΣ — chiliarchs, a chiliarch, of chiliarchs, to chiliarchs
- ΧΙΛΙΑΡΧΩ — commander of a thousand, a commander of a thousand, tribune, a tribune
- ΧΙΛΙΑΡΧΩΝ — of chiliarchs, of commanders of a thousand, of tribunes
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