Captains in the Bible: 119 times in the King James Version | Thy Word is True

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captains KJV

“Captains” is in the King James Bible 119 times, in 102 verses. Jump to the verses ↓

שׂר śar 80 times
שׁלישׁשׁלושׁ שׁלשׁo shâlı̂ysh shâlôsh shâlôsh 9 times
פּחה pechâh 7 times
ראשׁ rô'sh 6 times
χιλίαρχος chiliarchos 4 times
פּחה pechâh 4 times
στρατηγός stratēgos 2 times
כּרי kârı̂y 2 times
שׁלושׁים שׁלשׁים shelôshı̂ym shelôshı̂ym 2 times
אלּוּף אלּף 'alûph 'allûph 1 time
טפסר ṭiphsar 1 time
כּר kar 1 time

2 more, less often

נגיד נגד nâgı̂yd nâgid 1 time
קצין qâtsı̂yn 1 time

translating H8269

2 verses translating H8269 in Deuteronomy Show all

Deuteronomy

1:15 So I took the chief of your tribes, wise men, and known, and made them heads over you, captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, and captains over fifties, and captains over tens, and officers among your tribes.
20:9 And it shall be, when the officers have made an end of speaking unto the people, that they shall make captains of the armies to lead the people.

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