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DEEP KJV WORD STUDY

Chief

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.

338exact KJV occurrences 227Old Testament 111New Testament 34books containing the word 17mapped Strong's IDs 172occurrence-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

Revelation 6:15

And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains;

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KJV DISTRIBUTION

Where chief appears.

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

Genesis 1412 verses Leviticus 11 verses Numbers 1311 verses Deuteronomy 22 verses Joshua 11 verses Judges 11 verses 1 Samuel 22 verses 2 Samuel 66 verses 1 Kings 44 verses 2 Kings 11 verses 1 Chronicles 5450 verses 2 Chronicles 1616 verses Ezra 1716 verses Nehemiah 1313 verses Job 33 verses Psalms 5858 verses Proverbs 22 verses Song of Solomon 11 verses Isaiah 22 verses Jeremiah 55 verses Lamentations 11 verses Ezekiel 44 verses Daniel 33 verses Amos 22 verses Habakkuk 11 verses Matthew 2020 verses Mark 1616 verses Luke 2019 verses John 1111 verses Acts 3939 verses Ephesians 11 verses 1 Timothy 11 verses 1 Peter 22 verses Revelation 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.

HebrewH7218
רֹאשׁ

rôʼsh · roshe

91 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 31:26Strong's last: Ezekiel 39:1

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

Genesis 21:22
no direct Strong's tag

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:

Genesis 21:32
no direct Strong's tag

Thus they made a covenant at Beersheba: then Abimelech rose up, and Phichol the chief captain of his host, and they returned into the land of the Philistines.

Genesis 26:26
no direct Strong's tag

Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath one of his friends, and Phichol the chief captain of his army.

Genesis 40:2
H8269

And Pharaoh was wroth against two of his officers, against the chief of the butlers, and against the chief of the bakers.

Genesis 40:2
H8269

And Pharaoh was wroth against two of his officers, against the chief of the butlers, and against the chief of the bakers.

Genesis 40:9
H8269

And the chief butler told his dream to Joseph, and said to him, In my dream, behold, a vine was before me;

Genesis 40:16
H8269

When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was good, he said unto Joseph, I also was in my dream, and, behold, I had three white baskets on my head:

Genesis 40:20
H8269

And it came to pass the third day, which was Pharaoh's birthday, that he made a feast unto all his servants: and he lifted up the head of the chief butler and of the chief baker among his servants.

Genesis 40:20
H8269

And it came to pass the third day, which was Pharaoh's birthday, that he made a feast unto all his servants: and he lifted up the head of the chief butler and of the chief baker among his servants.

Genesis 40:21
H8269

And he restored the chief butler unto his butlership again; and he gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand:

Genesis 40:22
H8269

But he hanged the chief baker: as Joseph had interpreted to them.

Genesis 40:23
H8269

Yet did not the chief butler remember Joseph, but forgat him.

Genesis 41:9
H8269

Then spake the chief butler unto Pharaoh, saying, I do remember my faults this day:

Genesis 41:10
H8269

Pharaoh was wroth with his servants, and put me in ward in the captain of the guard's house, both me and the chief baker:

Leviticus 21:4
no direct Strong's tag

But he shall not defile himself, being a chief man among his people, to profane himself.

Numbers 3:24
H5387

And the chief of the house of the father of the Gershonites shall be Eliasaph the son of Lael.

Numbers 3:30
H5387

And the chief of the house of the father of the families of the Kohathites shall be Elizaphan the son of Uzziel.

Numbers 3:32
H5387

And Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest shall be chief over the chief of the Levites, and have the oversight of them that keep the charge of the sanctuary.

Numbers 3:32
H5387

And Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest shall be chief over the chief of the Levites, and have the oversight of them that keep the charge of the sanctuary.

Numbers 3:35
H5387

And the chief of the house of the father of the families of Merari was Zuriel the son of Abihail: these shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle northward.

Numbers 4:34
H5387

And Moses and Aaron and the chief of the congregation numbered the sons of the Kohathites after their families, and after the house of their fathers,

Numbers 4:46
H5387

All those that were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron and the chief of Israel numbered, after their families, and after the house of their fathers,

Numbers 25:14
H1

Now the name of the Israelite that was slain, even that was slain with the Midianitish woman, was Zimri, the son of Salu, a prince of a chief house among the Simeonites.

Numbers 25:15
H1

And the name of the Midianitish woman that was slain was Cozbi, the daughter of Zur; he was head over a people, and of a chief house in Midian.

Numbers 31:26
H7218

Take the sum of the prey that was taken, both of man and of beast, thou, and Eleazar the priest, and the chief fathers of the congregation:

WEBSTER’S 1828

English meaning and historical usage.

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

chief

CHIEF, adjective

1. Highest in office or rank; principal; as a chief priest; the chief butler. Genesis 40:9.

Among the chief rulers, many believed on him. John 12:10.

2. Principal or most eminent, in any quality or action; most distinguished; having most influence; commanding most respect; taking the lead; most valuable; most important; a word of extensive use; as a country chief in arms.

The hand of the princes and rulers hath been chief in this trespass. Ezra 9:2.

Agriculture is the chief employment of men.

3. First in affection; most dear and familiar.

A whisperer separateth chief friends. Proverbs 16:28.

CHIEF, noun

1. A commander; particularly a military commander; the person who heads an army; equivalent to the modern terms, commander or general in chief captain general, or generalissimo. 1 Chronicles 11:6.

2. The principal person of a tribe, family, or congregation, etc.

Numbers 3:24. Job 29:25. Math. 20.

3. In chief in English law, in capite. To hold land in chief is to hold it directly from the king by honorable personal services.

4. In heraldry, chief signifies the head or upper part of the escutcheon, from side to side, representing a mans head. In chief imports something borne in this part.

5. In Spenser, it seems to signify something like achievement, a mark of distinction; as, chaplets wrought with a chief

6. This word is often used, in the singular number, to express a plurality.

I took the chief of your tribes, wise men and known, and made them heads over you. Deuteronomy 1:15.

These were the chief of the officers, that were over Solomons work. 1 Kings 9:23.

In these phrases, chief may have been primarily an adjective, that is, chief men, chief persons.

7. The principal part; the most or largest part, of one thing or of many.

The people took of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the chief of the things which should have been utterly destroyed. 1 Samuel 15:21.

He smote the chief of their strength. Psalms 68:1.

The chief of the debt remains unpaid.

CHIEF, adverb Chiefly.

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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