χιλιάρχῳ

chilíarchos

commander

Commanding officer over a military unit of approximately one thousand soldiers; in Greco-Roman administrative and military contexts, often used for a chief captain or a tribune, particularly in Roman usage where it refers to the commander of a cohort (consisting typically of six centuries, totaling about 600 men); the term reflects both the function of military command and the relative size or rank within a military hierarchy. Used more broadly for a senior military officer or chief over a large body of troops.

G5506

Acts 21:31 · Word #8

Lexicon G5506

Lemmaχιλίαρχος
Transliterationchilíarchos
Strong'sG5506
DefinitionCommanding officer over a military unit of approximately one thousand soldiers; in Greco-Roman administrative and military contexts, often used for a chief captain or a tribune, particularly in Roman usage where it refers to the commander of a cohort (consisting typically of six centuries, totaling about 600 men); the term reflects both the function of military command and the relative size or rank within a military hierarchy. Used more broadly for a senior military officer or chief over a large body of troops.

Morphology N DAT M SG All morphology codes

Part of Speech N — Noun — A person, place, thing, or idea
Case DAT — Dative — Indirect object, means, or location
Gender M — Masculine — Grammatical masculine
Number SG — Singular — One

Common Translation

Phrasecommander
Literalto-commander

Lexical Info

Lemmaχιλίαρχος
Strong'sG5506

SIBI-P1 Translation G5506-01

to a thousand-commander

Morphological NotesNoun; dative masculine singular (Gr,N,,,,,DMS); denotes an indirect object or object of a preposition in singular masculine form.
Rendering RationaleThe compound denotes a ruler or commander over a thousand (χιλίοι + ἄρχω). The dative masculine singular form is reflected by rendering it as "to a thousand-commander," preserving both rank and grammatical case.

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