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CHICKEN
see
BROOD
CHIEF, CHIEFEST, CHIEFLY
A. Adjective.
(
$
, 4413) denotes “the first,” whether in time or place. It is translated
“chief” in Mark 6:21,
RV
, of men of Galilee, in Acts 13:50, of men in a city; in 28:7, of
the “chief” man in the island of Melita; in 17:4, of “chief” women in a city; in 28:17, of
Jews; in 1 Tim. 1:15-16, of a sinner. In the following, where the
KJV
has “chief,” or
“chiefest,” the
RV
renderings are different: Matt. 20:27 and Mark 10:44, “first”; Luke
19:47 and Acts 25:2, “principal men”; Acts 16:12, said of Philippi, “the first (city) of the
district,”
RV
, for incorrect
KJV
, “the chief city of that part of Macedonia.” Amphipolis
was the “chief” city of that part.
8
here must mean the first in the direction in which
the apostle came. See
BEGINNING
,
BEFORE
,
BEST
,
FIRST
,
FORMER
.
B. Nouns.
1.
(
1
, 2774), akin to the adjective
, “belonging to the
head,” and
, “the head,” denotes the chief point or principal thing in a subject,
Heb. 8:1, “the chief point is this” (
KJV
, “the sum”); elsewhere in Acts 22:28 (of principal,
as to money), “(a great) sum.” See
SUM
.¶
Certain compound nouns involving the significance of chief, are as follows:
2.
$
(
$ $ "
, 749), “a chief priest, high priest” (
, “first,”
$
, “a
priest”), is frequent in the gospels, Acts and Hebrews, but there only in the NT. It is used
of Christ, e.g., in Heb. 2:17; 3:1; of “chief” priests, including ex-high-priests and
members of their families, e.g., Matt. 2:4; Mark 8:31.
3.
(
$ &
, 750), “a chief shepherd” (
, “chief,”
, “a
shepherd”), is said of Christ only, 1 Pet. 5:4. Modern Greeks use it of tribal chiefs.¶
4.
(
$ 0
, 754) denotes “a chief tax-collector, or publican,” Luke
19:2.¶
5.
(
$
, 204) denotes “a chief corner-stone” (from
,
“highest, extreme,”
, “a corner, angle”), Eph. 2:20 and 1 Pet. 2:6.¶ In the Sept., Isa.
28:16.¶
6.
(
$
$&
, 4410), “a sitting in the first or chief seat” (
,
“first,”
, “a seat”), is found in Matt. 23:6; Mark 12:39; Luke 11:43; 20:46.¶
7.
(
$
&
, 4411), “the first reclining place, the chief place at table”
(from
, and
, “a company reclining at a meal”; cf.
, “to incline”), is found
in Matt. 23:6; Mark 12:39 (as with No. 6); Luke 14:7-8; 20:46.¶
8.
(
& $
, 5506) denotes “a chief captain”: see
CAPTAIN
, No. 1.
9.
(
1$
, 775), “an Asiarch,” was one of certain officers elected by
various cities in the province of Asia, whose function consisted in celebrating, partly at
their own expense, the public games and festivals; in Acts 19:31,
RV
, the word is
translated “chief officers of Asia” (
KJV
, “chief of Asia”).