9 occurrences in 13 translations

'Captains' in the Bible

At his right hand was the divination for Jerusalem, to appoint captains, to open the mouth in the slaughter, to lift up the voice with shouting, to appoint battering rams against the gates, to cast a mount, and to build a fort.

Verse ConceptsBattering ramsBattle CriesAttacks On Jerusalem ForetoldEvil For The Right HandSiege Mounds

Which were clothed with blue, captains and rulers, all of them desirable young men, horsemen riding upon horses.

Verse ConceptsGovernorsBeauty, In MenColors, PurplePurple Clothes

She doted upon the Assyrians her neighbours, captains and rulers clothed most gorgeously, horsemen riding upon horses, all of them desirable young men.

girded with girdles upon their loins, with flowing turbans on their heads, all of them captains in appearance, after the likeness of the children of Babylon, of Chaldea, the land of their nativity.

Verse ConceptsBeltsHead coveringWaistsOfficersDyeingHeadgear

The Babylonians, and all the Chaldeans, Pekod, and Shoa, and Koa, and all the Assyrians with them: all of them desirable young men, captains and rulers, great lords and renowned, all of them riding upon horses.

The leaders of Sidon and Arvad were your rowers; your skilled men, O Tyre, were your captains.

Verse ConceptsArts And Crafts, Types ofSkillCommerceSkilled PeopleRowing

Your wealth, products, and merchandise, your sailors and captains, your ship's carpenters, your merchants, and all your fighting men within you, along with all your crew who are in you, will fall into the heart of the seas on the day of your downfall.

Verse ConceptsMarinersSoldiersSealing ThingsThings Fallingsailing

When your ships' captains cry out, the pasturelands along the coast will cry out!

Verse ConceptsThe CountrysideThings ShakingGroups Shouting

They will descend from their ships -- all who handle the oar, the sailors and all the sea captains -- they will stand on the land.

Verse ConceptsMarinersMan Going DownRowingsailing

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Chieftain (1 instance)
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Root Form
Definition
Usage
χιλίαρχος 
Chiliarchos 
Usage: 22

ἀρχηγός 
Archegos 
Usage: 4

στρατηγός 
Strategos 
Usage: 10

στρατοπεδάρχης 
Stratopedarches 
captain of the guard
Usage: 1

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