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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - χιλίαρχος

χιλίαρχος

G5506

Transliteration: chilíarchos

Pronunciation: khil-ee'-ar-khos

Definition: captain


- Original: χιλίαρχος

- Transliteration: Chiliarchos

- Phonetic: khil-ee'-ar-khos

- Definition:

1. a chiliarch, the commander of a thousand soldiers

2. the commander of a Roman cohort (a military tribunal)

3. any military commander

- Origin: from G5507" class="dictionary-topic-link">G5507 and G757" class="dictionary-topic-link">G757

- TDNT entry: None

- Part(s) of speech: Noun Masculine

- Strong's: From G5507" class="dictionary-topic-link">G5507 and G757" class="dictionary-topic-link">G757; the commander of a thousand soldiers (chiliarch) that is colonel: - (chief high) captain.


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