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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.