Captain in the Bible: 139 times in the King James Version | Thy Word is True

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captain KJV

“Captain” is in the King James Bible 139 times, in 136 verses. Jump to the verses ↓

שׂר śar 51 times
רב rab 24 times
χιλίαρχος chiliarchos 18 times
נשׂיא נשׂא nâśı̂y' nâśi' 12 times
נגיד נגד nâgı̂yd nâgid 5 times
ראשׁ rô'sh 4 times
στρατηγός stratēgos 3 times
פּחה pechâh 2 times
קצין qâtsı̂yn 2 times
שׁלישׁשׁלושׁ שׁלשׁo shâlı̂ysh shâlôsh shâlôsh 2 times
ἀρχηγός archēgos 1 time
στρατοπεδάρχης stratopedarchēs 1 time
No Strong's number mostly supplied words 9 times

5 more, less often

בּעל ba‛al 1 time
טפסר ṭiphsar 1 time
צבא צבאה tsâbâ' tsebâ'âh 1 time
רב rab 1 time
שׁלּיט shallı̂yṭ 1 time

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1 verse with no Strong's number in 2 Samuel Show all

2 Samuel

5:8 And David said on that day, Whosoever getteth up to the gutter, and smiteth the Jebusites, and the lame and the blind, that are hated of David's soul, he shall be chief and captain. Wherefore they said, The blind and the lame shall not come into the house.

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