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DEEP KJV WORD STUDY

Captains

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.

119exact KJV occurrences 113Old Testament 6New Testament 20books containing the word 14mapped Strong's IDs 118occurrence-specific Strong's links
FIRST OCCURRENCE

Exodus 14:7

And he took six hundred chosen chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt, and captains over every one of them.

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LAST OCCURRENCE

Revelation 19:18

That ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, both small and great.

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KJV DISTRIBUTION

Where captains appears.

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

Exodus 22 verses Numbers 74 verses Deuteronomy 63 verses Joshua 11 verses 1 Samuel 42 verses 2 Samuel 75 verses 1 Kings 88 verses 2 Kings 1211 verses 1 Chronicles 2117 verses 2 Chronicles 2119 verses Nehemiah 11 verses Job 11 verses Jeremiah 1313 verses Ezekiel 44 verses Daniel 44 verses Nahum 11 verses Mark 11 verses Luke 22 verses Acts 11 verses Revelation 22 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.

HebrewH7991
שָׁלִישׁ

shâlîysh · shaw-leesh'

8 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: Exodus 14:7Strong's last: 2 Chronicles 8:9

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HebrewH7218
רֹאשׁ

rôʼsh · roshe

6 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: Deuteronomy 29:10Strong's last: 1 Chronicles 12:20

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GreekG5506
χιλίαρχος

chilíarchos · khil-ee'-ar-khos

4 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: Mark 6:21Strong's last: Revelation 19:18

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GreekG4755
στρατηγός

stratēgós · strat-ay-gos'

2 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: Luke 22:4Strong's last: Luke 22:52

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HebrewH3746
כָּרִי

kârîy · kaw-ree'

2 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences

a

a life-guardsman

Strong's KJV usage: captains, Cherethites (from the margin).

Strong's first: 2 Kings 11:4Strong's last: 2 Kings 11:19

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HebrewH441
אַלּוּף

ʼallûwph · al-loof'

1 times translated as this KJV form69 total Strong's occurrences

a-m

familiar; a friend, also gentle; hence, a bullock (as being tame; applied, although masculine, to a cow); and so, a chieftain (as notable, like neat cattle)

Strong's KJV usage: captain, duke, (chief) friend, governor, guide, ox.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Jeremiah 13:21Strong's last: Jeremiah 13:21

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HebrewH3733
כַּר

kar · kar

1 times translated as this KJV form16 total Strong's occurrences

n-m

a ram (as full-grown and fat), including a battering-ram (as butting); hence, a meadow (as for sheep); also a pad or camel's saddle (as puffed out)

Strong's KJV usage: captain, furniture, lamb, (large) pasture, ram. See also 1033, 3746.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Ezekiel 21:22Strong's last: Ezekiel 21:22

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HebrewH5057
נָגִיד

nâgîyd · naw-gheed'

1 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: 2 Chronicles 11:11Strong's last: 2 Chronicles 11:11

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Strong's data is a concordance/lexical reference layer. Scripture context controls interpretation. Lexical source data is shown separately from future TWBC editorial teaching.

EVERY OCCURRENCE

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13 occurrences match the current filters. Each row keeps its exact KJV token position so Original Word and TSK remain occurrence-specific.

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Jeremiah 13:21
H441

What wilt thou say when he shall punish thee? for thou hast taught them to be captains, and as chief over thee: shall not sorrows take thee, as a woman in travail?

Jeremiah 40:7
H8269

Now when all the captains of the forces which were in the fields, even they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam governor in the land, and had committed unto him men, and women, and children, and of the poor of the land, of them that were not carried away captive to Babylon;

Jeremiah 40:13
H8269

Moreover Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that were in the fields, came to Gedaliah to Mizpah,

Jeremiah 41:11
H8269

But when Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that were with him, heard of all the evil that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had done,

Jeremiah 41:13
H8269

Now it came to pass, that when all the people which were with Ishmael saw Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that were with him, then they were glad.

Jeremiah 41:16
H8269

Then took Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that were with him, all the remnant of the people whom he had recovered from Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, from Mizpah, after that he had slain Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, even mighty men of war, and the women, and the children, and the eunuchs, whom he had brought again from Gibeon:

Jeremiah 42:1
H8269

Then all the captains of the forces, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and Jezaniah the son of Hoshaiah, and all the people from the least even unto the greatest, came near,

Jeremiah 42:8
H8269

Then called he Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces which were with him, and all the people from the least even to the greatest,

Jeremiah 43:4
H8269

So Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces, and all the people, obeyed not the voice of the LORD, to dwell in the land of Judah.

Jeremiah 43:5
H8269

But Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces, took all the remnant of Judah, that were returned from all nations, whither they had been driven, to dwell in the land of Judah;

Jeremiah 51:23
H6346

I will also break in pieces with thee the shepherd and his flock; and with thee will I break in pieces the husbandman and his yoke of oxen; and with thee will I break in pieces captains and rulers.

Jeremiah 51:28
H6346

Prepare against her the nations with the kings of the Medes, the captains thereof, and all the rulers thereof, and all the land of his dominion.

Jeremiah 51:57
H6346

And I will make drunk her princes, and her wise men, her captains, and her rulers, and her mighty men: and they shall sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the King, whose name is the LORD of hosts.

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.

SOURCE & METHOD

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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.