5434 officer
Dictionary of Bible Themes

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

Examples of officers

Government officers

1 Kings 4:5 See also 1 Kings 4:7-19,27-28; Kings 20:14; 2 Kings 15:25; Kings 18:24 pp Isaiah 36:9; Ezra 4:8; Nehemiah 11:9; Isaiah 33:18

Army officers

Exodus 14:7 See also 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; Acts 25:23

Navy officers

2 Chronicles 8:18

Church officers

Philippians 1:1 See also Acts 20:17,28; 1 Timothy 3:1,8-10; Timothy 5:17; Titus 1:5,7

Other kinds of officer

The officer in charge of the king's palace

1 Kings 4:6; Kings 18:3; 2 Kings 18:18; Kings 19:2

The officer in charge of the treasuries

1 Chronicles 26:24; 2 Chronicles 24:11

The priest in charge of punishing troublemakers in the temple court

Jeremiah 20:1-2

The commander of the king's guard

Daniel 2:14-15

A court attendant

Matthew 5:25 pp Luke 12:58

A member of the temple guard

Luke 22:4,52; Acts 5:22,26

The attendant of a Roman magistrate

Acts 16:35,38

See also

5208  armies
5245  captain
5250  centurion
5261  commander
5358  judges
5489  rank
5509  rulers
7715  deacons
7719  elders as leaders
7748  overseers
7766  priests
7939  ministry



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