A person holding a position of authority (serving others), in a government, an army or navy, the church or other organisation.

1 Kings 4:5

Examples of officers

See also

Government officers

1 Kings 4:7-19,27-28; 20:14
2 Kings 15:25; 18:24
Ezra 4:8
Nehemiah 11:9

pp Isa 36:9

Isaiah 33:18
Exodus 14:7

See also

Army officers

Exodus 15:4
Deuteronomy 20:8-9
2 Samuel 8:7
2 Kings 6:8
1 Chronicles 27:16-22
Isaiah 21:5
Jeremiah 38:17-18
Ezekiel 23:15
Acts 21:32; 25:23
2 Chronicles 8:18

Navy officers

Philippians 1:1

See also

Church officers

Acts 20:17,28
1 Timothy 3:1,8-10; 5:17
Titus 1:5,7
1 Kings 4:6; 18:3

Other kinds of officer

2 Kings 18:18; 19:2

The officer in charge of the king's palace

1 Chronicles 26:24
2 Chronicles 24:11

The officer in charge of the treasuries

Jeremiah 20:1-2

The priest in charge of punishing troublemakers in the temple court

Daniel 2:14-15

The commander of the king's guard

Matthew 5:25

A court attendant

Luke 22:4,52

pp Lk 12:58

Acts 5:22,26

A member of the temple guard

Acts 16:35,38

See also

The attendant of a Roman magistrate

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