ΧΙΛΙΑΡΧΟΥΣ, χιλιαρχους
CHILIARCHOUS, chiliarchous
Sounds Like: khee-lee-AR-khoos
Translations: chiliarchs, a chiliarch, of chiliarchs, to chiliarchs
From the root: ΧΙΛΙΑΡΧΟΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a commander of a thousand soldiers, often translated as a 'tribune' or 'military commander'. It is a compound word derived from 'χίλιοι' (chilioi), meaning 'a thousand', and 'ἄρχων' (archon), meaning 'ruler' or 'commander'. It is used to describe a high-ranking military officer.
Inflection: Plural, Accusative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G5506 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Exodus — 18:21, 18:25
- Deuteronomy — 1:15
- 1 Samuel — 8:12, 22:7
- 2 Samuel — 18:1
- 2 Chronicles — 25:5
- Judith — 14:12
- 1 Maccabees — 3:55
- Zechariah — 12:6
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
- ΧΙΛΙΑΡΧΟΙ — chiliarchs, commanders of a thousand, tribunes
- ΧΙΛΙΑΡΧΟΙΣ — (to) chiliarchs, (to) commanders of a thousand, (to) tribunes
- ΧΙΛΙΑΡΧΟΝ — chiliarch, commander of a thousand, a commander, a tribune
- 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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