Words the Bible translates as captain
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 12 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- ravרַבchief, captain: a high officer ranking over others
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- many, numerous: large in number or amount
- great, abundant: large in degree, strength, or extent
- sarשַׂרa person placed in command over others: an official, commander, chief, or ruler acting under a higher authority
- stratēgosστρατηγόςcaptain of the temple: the chief officer of the temple guard in Jerusalem, and the subordinate officers under him
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- magistrate: one of the ruling chief magistrates of a Roman colonial city
- nagidנָגִידa leader: the one placed out front and at the head of others, with the authority to direct them
- archēgosἀρχηγόςthe founding leader: the one who begins something and then leads others into it as its head, having gone the way first himself
- peḥahפֶּחָהa governor: an official a king or empire appoints to administer a province or command a region on the ruler's behalf
- shalishשָׁלִישׁa top-ranking officer: a soldier of the highest grade, serving with a king's chariot force or at the king's own side.
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- a third: a measuring vessel holding a third of some larger unit, used for scooping out dry goods or drink.
- a musical instrument played in a victory celebration; which instrument it was is not known.
- ravרַבgreat: large in size or scale, or high in rank and majesty
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- chief: the officer who heads a whole body of royal servants, from bodyguards to court advisers
- qatsinקָצִיןcommander: the person put in charge of a group, whose decision settles what it does
- peḥahפֶּחָהa governor: the official an empire appoints to run a province or region on the king's behalf
- kubernētēsκυβερνήτηςcaptainnot studied yet
- nauklērosναύκληροςcaptainnot studied yet
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