'Chief' in the Bible

Annas and Caiaphas being chief priests -- there came a word of God unto John the son of Zacharias, in the wilderness,

and lo, there came a man, whose name is Jairus, and he was a chief of the synagogue, and having fallen at the feet of Jesus, was calling on him to come to his house;

While he is yet speaking, there doth come a certain one from the chief of the synagogue's house, saying to him -- 'Thy daughter hath died, harass not the Teacher;'

saying -- 'It behoveth the Son of Man to suffer many things, and to be rejected by the elders, and chief priests, and scribes, and to be killed, and the third day to be raised.'

And the chief of the synagogue answering -- much displeased that on the sabbath Jesus healed -- said to the multitude, 'Six days there are in which it behoveth us to be working; in these, then, coming, be healed, and not on the sabbath-day.'

and lo, a man, by name called Zaccheus, and he was a chief tax-gatherer, and he was rich,

And he was teaching daily in the temple, but the chief priests and the scribes were seeking to destroy him -- also the chiefs of the people --

And it came to pass, on one of those days, as he is teaching the people in the temple, and proclaiming good news, the chief priests and the scribes, with the elders, came upon him,

And the chief priests and the scribes sought to lay hands on him in that hour, and they feared the people, for they knew that against them he spake this simile.

and the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how they may take him up, for they were afraid of the people.

and he, having gone away, spake with the chief priests and the magistrates, how he might deliver him up to them,

And a certain one of them smote the servant of the chief priest, and took off his right ear,

And Jesus said to those having come upon him -- chief priests, and magistrates of the temple, and elders -- 'As upon a robber have ye come forth, with swords and sticks?

And having taken him, they led and brought him to the house of the chief priest. And Peter was following afar off,

And when it became day there was gathered together the eldership of the people, chief priests also, and scribes, and they led him up to their own sanhedrim,

And Pilate said unto the chief priests, and the multitude, 'I find no fault in this man;'

And the chief priests and the scribes stood vehemently accusing him,

And Pilate having called together the chief priests, and the rulers, and the people,

And they were pressing with loud voices asking him to be crucified, and their voices, and those of the chief priests, were prevailing,

how also the chief priests and our rulers did deliver him up to a judgment of death, and crucified him;