A senior military officer, usually in charge of a ruler's personal guards or bodyguards, the temple guard or a group of soldiers. The word is also used to refer to the commander of a ship's crew.
Captains in charge of a ruler's personal guards or bodyguards
Potiphar, captain of Pharaoh's guard
Genesis 37:36, Genesis 39:1, Genesis 40:3–4, Genesis 41:10, Genesis 41:12
David, captain of Saul's bodyguard
Ahimelech answered the king, “Who among all your servants is as faithful as David, the king’s son-in-law, the captain of your bodyguard and honored in your house?
The captain of the guard arrests Jeremiah
See also Jeremiah 37:13
Captains in charge of the temple guard
Acts 4:1 See also Acts 5:24, Acts 5:26
While Peter and John were speaking to the people, the priests and the captain of the temple guard and the Sadducees came up to them,
Captains in charge of soldiers
King Ahaziah sends a captain with fifty men to Elijah
Captains come to the help of Deborah
Solomon's captains were Israelites
1 Kings 9:22 parallel 2 Chronicles 8:9
God will remove captains in judgment
Captains in charge of a ship's crew
The ship's captain orders Jonah to call on his god
Sea captains will bemoan the fall of Babylon
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Dictionary of Bible Themes © 1999 Martin Manser, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0, via Bible Aquifer. Formatted for this site, with Scripture from the Berean Standard Bible.