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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Captain
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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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Genesis
99 verses
Numbers
1313 verses
Joshua
22 verses
Judges
44 verses
1 Samuel
1010 verses
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99 verses
1 Kings
87 verses
2 Kings
2018 verses
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1515 verses
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22 verses
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11 verses
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22 verses
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1919 verses
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22 verses
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11 verses
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11 verses
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שַׂר
sar · sar
51 times translated as this KJV form420 total Strong's occurrences
a head person (of any rank or class)
Strong's KJV usage: captain (that had rule), chief (captain), general, governor, keeper, lord,(-task-)master, prince(-ipal), ruler, steward.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Genesis 21:22Strong's last: Isaiah 3:3
Open full H8269 profile →רַב
rab · rab
24 times translated as this KJV form456 total Strong's occurrences
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).
Strong's first: 2 Kings 25:8Strong's last: Jeremiah 52:30
Open full H7227 profile →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
Open full G5506 profile →נָשִׂיא
nâsîyʼ · naw-see'
12 times translated as this KJV form130 total Strong's occurrences
properly, an exalted one, i.e. a king or sheik; also a rising mist
Strong's KJV usage: captain, chief, cloud, governor, prince, ruler, vapour.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Numbers 2:3Strong's last: Numbers 2:29
Open full H5387 profile →נָגִיד
nâgîyd · naw-gheed'
5 times translated as this KJV form44 total Strong's occurrences
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
Open full H5057 profile →רֹאשׁ
rôʼsh · roshe
4 times translated as this KJV form598 total Strong's occurrences
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
Open full H7218 profile →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
Open full G4755 profile →פֶּחָה
pechâh · peh-khaw'
2 times translated as this KJV form28 total Strong's occurrences
a prefect (of a city or small district)
Strong's KJV usage: captain, deputy, governor.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: 2 Kings 18:24Strong's last: Isaiah 36:9
Open full H6346 profile →קָצִין
qâtsîyn · kaw-tseen'
2 times translated as this KJV form12 total Strong's occurrences
a magistrate (as deciding) or other leader
Strong's KJV usage: captain, guide, prince, ruler. Compare 6278.
Strong's first: Judges 11:6Strong's last: Judges 11:11
Open full H7101 profile →שָׁלִישׁ
shâlîysh · shaw-leesh'
2 times translated as this KJV form19 total Strong's occurrences
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).
Strong's first: 2 Kings 9:25Strong's last: 2 Kings 15:25
Open full H7991 profile →ἀρχηγός
archēgós · ar-khay-gos'
1 times translated as this KJV form4 total Strong's occurrences
a chief leader
Strong's KJV usage: :--author, captain, prince.
Strong's first: Hebrews 2:10Strong's last: Hebrews 2:10
Open full G747 profile →בַּעַל
baʻal · bah'-al
1 times translated as this KJV form82 total Strong's occurrences
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.
Strong's first: Jeremiah 37:13Strong's last: Jeremiah 37:13
Open full H1167 profile →טִפְסַר
ṭiphçar · tif-sar'
1 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences
a military governor
Strong's KJV usage: captain.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Jeremiah 51:27Strong's last: Jeremiah 51:27
Open full H2951 profile →רַב
rab · rab
1 times translated as this KJV form15 total Strong's occurrences
Strong's KJV usage: captain, chief, great, lord, master, stout.
Strong's first: Daniel 2:14Strong's last: Daniel 2:14
Open full H7229 profile →שַׁלִּיט
shallîyṭ · shal-leet'
1 times translated as this KJV form10 total Strong's occurrences
mighty; abstractly, permission; concretely, a premier
Strong's KJV usage: captain, be lawful, rule(-r).
Strong's first: Daniel 2:15Strong's last: Daniel 2:15
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H8269
And the LORD sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, that reigned in Hazor; the captain of whose host was Sisera, which dwelt in Harosheth of the Gentiles.
H8269
And I will draw unto thee to the river Kishon Sisera, the captain of Jabin's army, with his chariots and his multitude; and I will deliver him into thine hand.
H7101
And they said unto Jephthah, Come, and be our captain, that we may fight with the children of Ammon.
H7101
Then Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him head and captain over them: and Jephthah uttered all his words before the LORD in Mizpeh.
English meaning and historical usage.
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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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