ΤΑΞΙΑΡΧΟΝ, ταξιαρχον
TAXIARCHON, taxiarchon
Sounds Like: tah-ksee-AR-khon
Translations: commander, a commander, captain, a captain, chief, a chief
From the root: ΤΑΞΙΑΡΧΟΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a military commander or captain, specifically one who commands a taxis, which was a military unit or division. It is a compound word derived from 'τάξις' (taxis), meaning 'order' or 'arrangement' (especially a military formation), and 'ἄρχων' (archon), meaning 'ruler' or 'leader'. Thus, it literally means 'leader of an order' or 'commander of a division'. It is used to describe someone in charge of a group of soldiers.
Inflection: Singular, Masculine, Accusative
Strong’s number: G5011 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
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.
- ΤΑΞΙΑΡΧΟΙ — commanders, generals, officers
- ΤΑΞΙΑΡΧΟΙΣ — (to) commanders, (to) officers, (to) chiliarchs, (to) tribunes
- 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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