Definition

the commander of a thousand soldiers ("chiliarch"; i.e. colonel

Etymology

from G5507 (χίλιοι) and G757 (ἄρχω);

Word family

• χίλιοι chílioi
• ἄρχω árchō

How the KJV renders it

• (chief
• high) captain

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.