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Strong's #5506 - χιλίαρχος
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- a chiliarch, the commander of a thousand soldiers
- the commander of a Roman cohort (a military tribunal)
- any military commander
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χῑλίαρχ-ος, ὁ,
captain over a thousand, A. Pers. 304: esp. commandant of a garrison, X. Cyr. 8.1.14, Oec. 4.7.
II = χιλιάρχης 11, Plb. 6.19.1, al., D.H. 2.14, Inscr.Magn. 157b (i A. D.), etc. (the usual form in this sense).
2. title of Persian court official, Plu. Art. 5, Ael. VH 1.21; also in Macedonia, D.S. 18.48.
χιλίαρχος
(in Hdt., al., -ης ), -ου , ὁ
(<χίλιοι , ἄρχω ),
[in LXX chiefly for H441 H8269;]
a chiliarch, the commander of a thousand, esp. a Roman military tribune, the commander of a cohort: John 18:12, Acts 21:31-33; Acts 21:37; Acts 22:24-29; Acts 23:10; Acts 23:15; Acts 23:17-19; Acts 23:22; Acts 24:7; Acts 24:22; Acts 25:23; more generally, of officers of similar rank, Mark 6:21, Revelation 6:15; Revelation 19:18 (v., DB, i, 352b; DCG, i, 271a, 307a).†
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";shoulder"; (Mat. 23:4, Luk. 15:5) : P Hamb I. 105.15 (iii/B.C.) τὸν ἀριστερὸν ὦμον, and PSI V. 455.16 (A.D. 178) a public physician reports—ἐφῖδον τοῦτον. . ἔχοντα. . . ἐπὶ τῆς ἀριστερᾶς ὠμοπλάτης καὶ τ ̣ο ̣ῦ ὤμου τύμματα πληγῶν. Cf. P Cairo Zen III. 59381.3 (iii/B.C.), where amongst other articles of meat we read of—ὦμος α ̄ σκέλος α ̄, and Syll 633 (=.31042).18 (ii/iii A.D.) for the same combination in connexion with a sacrifice.
The word is apparently used = ";beam"; in P Ryl II. 236.23 (A.D. 256) ποίησον δὲ ἐξαυτῆς ὤμους δύο ἐλαιουργικοὺς κοπῆναι, ";have two beams (?) cut at once for oil-presses"; (Edd.) : cf. P Flor II. 233.8 (A.D. 263) τέσσαρας ὤμους, with the editor’s note.
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