1. military tribune, commander — A chiliarchos is a Roman military officer commanding approximately one thousand soldiers, equivalent to a tribunus militum (military tribune). In the NT, this term appears primarily in Acts 21-23 referring to Claudius Lysias, the tribune of the Jerusalem garrison who arrested Paul, and also in John 18:12 (the commander who arrested Jesus), Mark 6:21 (Herod's banquet guests), Acts 25:23 (at Agrippa's audience), and Revelation 6:15 and 19:18 (in apocalyptic contexts listing social ranks). All occurrences across languages converge on the same referent: Arabic 'al-amir,' Hebrew 'sar ha-elef / sar ha-meah,' Korean 'cheonbujang,' Hindi 'sahasrapati,' German 'Tribun,' Spanish 'tribuno/comandante.' The singular/plural and case variations (nominative, genitive, dative, accusative) are purely grammatical and do not indicate distinct senses. 22×
AR["-قُوّادِ الأَلْفِ","الأَمِيرَ","الأَمِيرُ","الأَمِيرِ","الْأَمِيرَ","الْأَمِيرُ","الْأَمِيرِ","ـلأَمِيرِ","قوّادٍ","قَائِدُ-الْأَلْفِ"]·ben["সহস্রপতি","সহস্রপতি,","সহস্রপতিকে","সহস্রপতির","সেনাপতি","সেনাপতিকে","সেনাপতিদের","সেনাপতির"]·DE["Oberste","Tribun"]·EN["commander","military-commanders","of-commanders","tribune"]·FR["Oberste","tribun"]·heb["מְפַקֵּד-אֶלֶף","שַׂר-הַמֵּאָה","שַׂר־הָאֶלֶף","שָׂרֵי-אֲלָפִים"]·HI["प्रमुखों","सहस्रपति","सहस्रपति-को","सहस्रपति-ने","सहस्रपति-से","सहस्रपतिके","सहस्रपतिके;","सहस्रपतिको","सहस्रपतिने","सेनापतियों-के"]·ID["komandan","komandan,","komandan;","panglima-panglima","perwira"]·IT["chiliarca","chiliarchois","chiliarchos","chiliarchōn"]·jav["komandan,","komandhan","komandhan,","komandhan;","para-senapati","para-sènapati,"]·KO["천부장-과","천부장과","천부장도","천부장들,","천부장들의","천부장에게","천부장이"]·PT["de-comandantes","tribuno","tribuno,"]·RU["тысяченачальник","тысяченачальник,","тысяченачальника","тысяченачальникам","тысяченачальников","тысяченачальнику","тысяченачальнику,"]·ES["comandante","comandantes","de-tribunos,","tribuno"]·SW["jemadari","majemadari","za-maakida,"]·TR["komutan","komutana","komutanların","komutanlarına","komutanı"]·urd["سرداروں-کا","فوجی-افسر","فوجی-سرداروں","ہزار-باشی","ہزار-باشی-نے","ہزار-باشی-کو","ہزاری"]
Mark 6:21, John 18:12, 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 (+10 more)
Senses
BDB / Lexicon Reference
χῑλίαρχ-ος, ὁ, captain over a thousand, Refs 4th c.BC+: especially commandant of a garrison, Refs 5th c.BC+ __II ={χιλιάρχης}Refs 2nd c.BC+ __II.2 title of Persian court official, Refs 1st c.AD+; also in Macedonia, Refs 1st c.BC+