ἀρχιστράτηγος
commander-in-chief
Where this word appears
Every passage where ἀρχιστράτηγος appears in the Greek Septuagint — 17 occurrences in all. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text is shown in the LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) for context; the Greek form is the matched word — the English is not keyword-highlighted.
- Genesis 21:22 ἀρχιστράτηγος And it came to pass at that time that Abimelech spoke, and Ochozath his friend, and Phichol the chief captain of his host, to Abraam, saying, God is with you in all things, whatever you may do.
- Genesis 21:32 ἀρχιστράτηγος And they made a covenant at the well of the oath. And there rose up Abimelech, Ochozath his friend, and Phichol the commander-in-chief of his army, and they returned to the land of the Phylistines.
- Genesis 26:26 ἀρχιστράτηγος And Abimelech came to him from Gerara, and so did Ochozath his friend, and Phichol the commander-in-chief of his army.
- Joshua 5:14 ἀρχιστράτηγος And he said to him, I am now come, the chief captain of the host of the Lord.
- Joshua 5:15 ἀρχιστράτηγος And Joshua fell on his face upon the earth, and said to him, Lord, what command you your servant?
- 1 Samuel 12:9 ἀρχιστράτηγος And they forgot the Lord their God, and he sold them into the hands of Sisara captain of the host of Jabis king of Asor, and into the hands of the Philistines, and into the hands of the king of Moab; and he fought with them.
- 1 Samuel 14:50 ἀρχιστράτηγος And the name of his wife was Achinoom, the daughter of Achimaa: and the name of his captain of the host was Abenner, the son of Ner, son of a kinsman of Saul.
- 1 Samuel 26:5 ἀρχιστράτηγος And David arose secretly, and goes into the place where Saul was sleeping, and there was Abenner the son of Ner, the captain of his host: and Saul was sleeping in a chariot, and the people had encamped along round about him.
- 2 Samuel 2:8 ἀρχιστράτηγος But Abenner, the son of Ner, the commander-in-chief of Saul's army, took Jebosthe son of Saul, and brought him up from the camp to Manaem
- 1 Kings 2:22 ἀρχιστράτηγος And king Solomon answered and said to his mother, And why have you asked Abisag for Adonias? ask for him the kingdom also; for he is my elder brother, and he has for his companion Abiathar the priest, and Joab the son of Saruia the commander-in-chief.
- 1 Kings 2:32 ἀρχιστράτηγος And the Lord has returned upon his own head the blood of his unrighteousness, inasmuch as he attacked two men more righteous and better than himself, and killed them with the sword, and my father David knew not of their blood, even Abenner the son of Ner the commander-in-chief of Israel, and Amessa the son of Jether the commander-in-chief of Juda.
- 1 Kings 2:32 ἀρχιστράτηγος And the Lord has returned upon his own head the blood of his unrighteousness, inasmuch as he attacked two men more righteous and better than himself, and killed them with the sword, and my father David knew not of their blood, even Abenner the son of Ner the commander-in-chief of Israel, and Amessa the son of Jether the commander-in-chief of Juda.
- 1 Kings 2:46 ἀρχιστράτηγος
- 1 Chronicles 19:16 ἀρχιστράτηγος And the Syrian saw that Israel had defeated him, and he sent messengers, and they brought out the Syrians from beyond the river; and Sophath the commander-in-chief of the forces of Adraazar was before them.
- 1 Chronicles 19:18 ἀρχιστράτηγος And the Syrians fled from before Israel; and David killed of the Syrians seven thousand riders in chariots, and forty thousand infantry, and he killed Sophath the commander-in-chief of the forces.
- 1 Chronicles 27:34 ἀρχιστράτηγος And after this Achitophel Jodae the son of Banaeas came next, and Abiathar: and Joab was the king's commander-in-chief.
- Daniel 8:11 ἀρχιστράτηγος And this shall be until the chief captain shall have delivered the captivity: and by reason of him the sacrifice was disturbed, and he prospered; and the holy place shall be made desolate.
About this word
About this word
ἀρχιστράτηγος (archistrátēgos), “commander-in-chief,” is a word from the Greek Septuagint — the ancient Greek translation of the Hebrew Old Testament. It does not occur in the Greek New Testament, so it carries no Strong’s number from Thayer’s (New-Testament) lexicon; the gloss shown here is a curated modern-English sense rather than a Strong’s definition. It appears 17 times across the Septuagint — open the Appearances tab to read it in context.
The gloss above is Lemma’s own curated sense — this word carries no Strong’s number, so no lexicon we ship has an entry for it. The transliteration and this passage list are computed here from the tagged Septuagint text. What Lemma adds →