Words the Bible translates as officer
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 10 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- kohenכֹּהֵןpriest: a person who officiates at a sanctuary for a god, standing between worshipers and that god by handling sacrifice, ruling on what is holy and clean, and teaching the god's instruction
- 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
- chiliarchosχιλίαρχοςa senior military officer set over a large body of troops; in Roman service, the commander of a cohort (a tribune)
- sarisסָרִיסa court official: a trusted royal attendant or high officer in a king's service.
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- a eunuch: a man who has been castrated.
- hupēretēsὑπηρέτηςan authorized subordinate who carries out a higher authority's orders: an officer, attendant, or commissioned agent within a chain of command
- shoterשֹׁטֵרan officer: a subordinate official who keeps records, keeps order, and carries out the commands of a higher authority
- 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.
- paqidפָּקִידan appointed overseer: the man someone in authority puts in charge of a group, a place, or a piece of business, and who answers back to whoever appointed him
- netsivנְצִיבa garrison: armed men planted in a place to hold it for the ruler who put them there
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- a royal deputy: a man the king has set over a district to answer for it
- a pillar: something left standing fixed in one place
- shallitשַׁלִּיטin authority: holding the power to decide, whether over a kingdom, in an office, or in a single action that is allowed.
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