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DEEP KJV WORD STUDY

Captain

Begin with the exact English word as it appears in the King James Bible. Follow its whole-Bible usage, book distribution, related indexed forms, Webster 1828, every occurrence, and the occurrence-specific Hebrew/Aramaic/Greek mappings behind it.

139exact KJV occurrences 116Old Testament 23New Testament 17books containing the word 15mapped Strong's IDs 128occurrence-specific Strong's links
FIRST OCCURRENCE

Genesis 21:22

And it came to pass at that time, that Abimelech and Phichol the chief captain of his host spake unto Abraham, saying, God is with thee in all that thou doest:

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LAST OCCURRENCE

Hebrews 2:10

For it became him, for whom are all things, and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings.

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KJV DISTRIBUTION

Where captain appears.

This is exact English-word usage from the canonical KJV token index, not a Strong's estimate.

Genesis 99 verses Numbers 1313 verses Joshua 22 verses Judges 44 verses 1 Samuel 1010 verses 2 Samuel 99 verses 1 Kings 87 verses 2 Kings 2018 verses 1 Chronicles 1515 verses 2 Chronicles 22 verses Nehemiah 11 verses Isaiah 22 verses Jeremiah 1919 verses Daniel 22 verses John 11 verses Acts 2121 verses Hebrews 11 verses
ORIGINAL-LANGUAGE MAP

Which Hebrew, Aramaic, or Greek words stand behind this KJV word?

These relationships come from exact verse + token-position mappings. We do not assume that one English spelling always equals one Strong's number. A single English token can also carry more than one source tag, so the Strong's-link total can exceed the number of English occurrences.

HebrewH7227
רַב

rab · rab

24 times translated as this KJV form456 total Strong's occurrences

a n-m

abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)

Strong's KJV usage: (in) abound(-undance, -ant, -antly), captain, elder, enough, exceedingly, full, great(-ly, man, one), increase, long (enough, (time)), (do, have) many(-ifold, things, a time), (ship-)master, mighty, more, (too, very) much, multiply(-tude), officer, often(-times), plenteous, populous, prince, process (of time), suffice(-lent).

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: 2 Kings 25:8Strong's last: Jeremiah 52:30

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GreekG5506
χιλίαρχος

chilíarchos · khil-ee'-ar-khos

18 times translated as this KJV form22 total Strong's occurrences

the commander of a thousand soldiers ("chiliarch"; i.e. colonel

Strong's KJV usage: :--(chief, high) captain.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: John 18:12Strong's last: Acts 24:22

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HebrewH5057
נָגִיד

nâgîyd · naw-gheed'

5 times translated as this KJV form44 total Strong's occurrences

n-m

a commander (as occupying the front), civil, military or religious; generally (abstractly, plural), honorable themes

Strong's KJV usage: captain, chief, excellent thing, (chief) governor, leader, noble, prince, (chief) ruler.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: 1 Samuel 9:16Strong's last: 2 Kings 20:5

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HebrewH7218
רֹאשׁ

rôʼsh · roshe

4 times translated as this KJV form598 total Strong's occurrences

n-m

the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)

Strong's KJV usage: band, beginning, captain, chapiter, chief(-est place, man, things), company, end, × every (man), excellent, first, forefront, (be-)head, height, (on) high(-est part, (priest)), × lead, × poor, principal, ruler, sum, top.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Numbers 14:4Strong's last: Nehemiah 9:17

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GreekG4755
στρατηγός

stratēgós · strat-ay-gos'

3 times translated as this KJV form10 total Strong's occurrences

a general, i.e. (by implication or analogy) a (military) governor (prætor), the chief (præfect) of the (Levitical) temple-wardens

Strong's KJV usage: :--captain, magistrate.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Acts 4:1Strong's last: Acts 5:26

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HebrewH7991
שָׁלִישׁ

shâlîysh · shaw-leesh'

2 times translated as this KJV form19 total Strong's occurrences

n-m

a triple, i.e. (as a musical instrument) a triangle (or perhaps rather three-stringed lute); also (as an indefinite, great quantity) a three-fold measure (perhaps a treble ephah); also (as an officer) a general of the third rank (upward, i.e. the highest)

Strong's KJV usage: captain, instrument of musick, (great) lord, (great) measure, prince, three (from the margin).

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: 2 Kings 9:25Strong's last: 2 Kings 15:25

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HebrewH1167
בַּעַל

baʻal · bah'-al

1 times translated as this KJV form82 total Strong's occurrences

n-m

a master; hence, a husband, or (figuratively) owner (often used with another noun in modifications of this latter sense)

Strong's KJV usage: archer, babbler, bird, captain, chief man, confederate, have to do, dreamer, those to whom it is due, furious, those that are given to it, great, hairy, he that hath it, have, horseman, husband, lord, man, married, master, person, sworn, they of.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Jeremiah 37:13Strong's last: Jeremiah 37:13

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EVERY OCCURRENCE

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1 Samuel 9:16
H5057

To morrow about this time I will send thee a man out of the land of Benjamin, and thou shalt anoint him to be captain over my people Israel, that he may save my people out of the hand of the Philistines: for I have looked upon my people, because their cry is come unto me.

1 Samuel 10:1
H5057

Then Samuel took a vial of oil, and poured it upon his head, and kissed him, and said, Is it not because the LORD hath anointed thee to be captain over his inheritance?

1 Samuel 12:9
H8269

And when they forgat the LORD their God, he sold them into the hand of Sisera, captain of the host of Hazor, and into the hand of the Philistines, and into the hand of the king of Moab, and they fought against them.

1 Samuel 13:14
H5057

But now thy kingdom shall not continue: the LORD hath sought him a man after his own heart, and the LORD hath commanded him to be captain over his people, because thou hast not kept that which the LORD commanded thee.

1 Samuel 14:50
H8269

And the name of Saul's wife was Ahinoam, the daughter of Ahimaaz: and the name of the captain of his host was Abner, the son of Ner, Saul's uncle.

1 Samuel 17:18
H8269

And carry these ten cheeses unto the captain of their thousand, and look how thy brethren fare, and take their pledge.

1 Samuel 17:55
H8269

And when Saul saw David go forth against the Philistine, he said unto Abner, the captain of the host, Abner, whose son is this youth? And Abner said, As thy soul liveth, O king, I cannot tell.

1 Samuel 18:13
H8269

Therefore Saul removed him from him, and made him his captain over a thousand; and he went out and came in before the people.

1 Samuel 22:2
H8269

And every one that was in distress, and every one that was in debt, and every one that was discontented, gathered themselves unto him; and he became a captain over them: and there were with him about four hundred men.

1 Samuel 26:5
H8269

And David arose, and came to the place where Saul had pitched: and David beheld the place where Saul lay, and Abner the son of Ner, the captain of his host: and Saul lay in the trench, and the people pitched round about him.

WEBSTER’S 1828

English meaning and historical usage.

Dictionary data is kept visibly separate from Scripture and from lexical Strong's data.

captain

CAPTAIN, noun

1. Literally, a head or chief officer; appropriately, the military officer who commands a company, whether of infantry, cavalry, artillery or matrosses.

2. The commander of a ship of war, or of a merchantman. But the latter is often called a master.

3. The commander of a military band, a sense that occurs in the sciptures; as a captain of fifty.

4. A man skilled in war or military affairs; as, Lord Wellington is a great captain

5. A chief commander. Shak. But in this sense rarely used, but in composition.

CAPTAIN-GENERAL, is the commander in chief of an army, or of the militia. The governor of a state is Captain-General of the militia.

CAPTAIN-LIEUTENANT, is an officer, who with the rank of captain and pay of lieutenant, commands a company or troop. Thus the colonel of a regiment being the captain of the first company, that company is commanded by a Captain-Lieutenant.

CAPTAIN-BANSHAW, or Capudan Bashaw, in Turkey, is the High Admiral.

CAPTAIN, adjective Chief; valiant.

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.

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KJV English usageExact token counts, verse counts, first/last occurrence, and book distribution come from the canonical TWBC PCE KJV index.
Webster 1828Historical English dictionary material is reproduced as dictionary data, not as inspired Scripture or TWBC commentary.
Original Word / Strong'sHebrew, Aramaic, and Greek links attach by exact verse + KJV token position. No global “English word always equals Strong's ID” rule is used.

Curated TWBC teaching will remain a separate editorial layer. Raw source data is never silently rewritten to force a doctrinal conclusion.