14 occurrences in 12 translations

'Chiefs' in the Bible

The five chiefs of the Philistines, and all the Canaanites and the Zidonians and the Hivites living in Mount Lebanon, from the mountain Baal-hermon as far as Hamath:

Verse ConceptsRulersFive People

Then the chiefs went down to the doors; the Lord's people went down among the strong ones.

Verse ConceptsNoblesSurvivors Of The Nationsdominion

And the chiefs in Issachar [were] with Deborah; and Issachar likewise [was with] Barak; into the valley {he was sent to get him from behind}. Among the clans of Reuben [were] great {decisions of the heart}.

Verse ConceptsPrincesRank

And they took the two chiefs of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb; and they put Oreb to death at the rock of Oreb, and Zeeb they put to death at the place of the grape-crushing in Zeeb, and they went after Midian; but the heads of Oreb and Zeeb they took across Jordan to Gideon.

Verse ConceptsWinepressSkullsTreading GrapesNamed Gentile RulersTwo Other Men

God has given into your hands the chiefs of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb; what have I been able to do in comparison with you? And when he said this, their feeling about him became kinder.

Verse ConceptsNamed Gentile RulersThose God Gave Into Their Hands

But the chiefs of Succoth said, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna even now in your hand that we are to give bread to your army?

Verse ConceptsMan's Work Finished

And taking prisoner a young man of the people of Succoth, he got from him, in answer to his questions, a list of the chiefs of Succoth and the responsible men, seventy-seven men.

Verse Conceptselders, as community leadersInterrogatingSeventies

that they say to him, 'Say, I pray thee, Shibboleth;' and he saith, 'Sibboleth,' and is not prepared to speak right -- and they seize him, and slaughter him at the passages of the Jordan, and there fall at that time, of Ephraim, forty and two chiefs.

Verse ConceptsForty Thousand And UpFordsKilling Within Israelbridges

And the chiefs of the Philistines came up to her, and said to her, Make use of your power over him and see what is the secret of his great strength, and how we may get the better of him, and put bands on him, so that we may make him feeble; and every one of us will give you eleven hundred shekels of silver.

Verse ConceptsCoinageEnticementEnticingTying Up

So the chiefs of the Philistines gave her seven new bow-cords which had never been made dry, and she had them tightly knotted round him.

Verse ConceptsTying Up

And when Delilah saw that he had let her see into his heart, she sent word to the chiefs of the Philistines saying, Come up this time, for he has let out all his heart to me. Then the chiefs of the Philistines came to her, with the money in their hands.

Verse ConceptsBetrayalRulersBetrayal, Example Of

And the chiefs of the Philistines came together to make a great offering to Dagon their god, and to be glad; for they said, Our god has given into our hands Samson our hater.

Verse ConceptsPagan GodsFalse GodsCelebrationsGiven Into One's HandsDagon

And Samson said, Let death overtake me with the Philistines. And he put out all his strength, and the house came down on the chiefs and on all the people who were in it. So the dead whom he sent to destruction by his death were more than all those on whom he had sent destruction in his life.

Verse ConceptsBurials, Places OfTypes Of ChristResigned To DeathMercy Killings

And the chiefs of all the people, of all the tribes of Israel, station themselves in the assembly of the people of God, four hundred thousand footmen drawing sword.

Verse ConceptsAssemblyThree To Nine Hundred Thousand

Bible Theasaurus

Chiefs (235 instances)
Chieftain (1 instance)
Foreman (3 instances)

Basic English, produced by Mr C. K. Ogden of the Orthological Institute - public domain