Word study · Greek
chiliarchos
commander of a thousand, tribune
Say it: khil-ee-AR-khos (approximate)
χιλίαρχος
What it means
The Greek translation of the Roman tribune, a military officer who commanded a cohort (nominally a thousand soldiers). The tribune in Jerusalem arrests Paul (21:31-33) and is called Claudius Lysias in 23:26. The word appears many times in Acts 21 to 25.
Range of meaning
- TribuneA Roman military officer.
- CommanderA leader of soldiers.
In Acts
- Chapter 21
"The commanding officer of the regiment" (21:31-33).
Every verse (18)
- Acts 21:31
- Acts 21:32
- Acts 21:33
- Acts 21:37
- Acts 22:24
- Acts 22:26
- Acts 22:27
- Acts 22:28
- Acts 22:29
- Acts 23:10
- Acts 23:15
- Acts 23:17
- Acts 23:18
- Acts 23:19
- Acts 23:22
- Acts 24:7
- Acts 24:22
- Acts 25:23
Verses where G5506 is tagged in the Hebrew text: STEPBible Data (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. About our sources