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# captain

«captain» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **The person in charge of a ship or an aeroplane** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a captain, captains); verb (captain, captains, captained, captaining)

### meaning for a pupil

1) The person in charge of a ship or an aeroplane. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/captain/#m1)

2) The leader of a sports team. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/captain/#m2)

3) An officer in the army, navy or police. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/captain/#m3)

4) (verb) To lead a team or a ship. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/captain/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: It means a chief, leader or commander, such as the captain of an army, of a guard, of fifty men, or of a tribe. It is not a ship's captain. In the primary lessons: In school sport, the team captain leads the players and talks to the referee. In stories, a ship's captain gives orders and is responsible for everyone on board. On planes, the captain is the chief pilot. Phrases: «team captain», «ship's captain», «Captain Hook».

### examples

- And they said one to another: 'Let us make a captain, and let us return into Egypt.' (Torah NUM.14.4, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/captain/#x1)
- Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath his friend, and Phicol the captain of his host. (Torah GEN.26.26, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/captain/#x2)
- And the Midianites sold him into Egypt unto Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh's, the captain of the guard. (Torah GEN.37.36, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/captain/#x3)
- These were the captains of the tribes of Israel. (Writings 1CH.27.22, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/captain/#x4)
- Then David received them, and made them captains of the band. (Writings 1CH.12.19, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/captain/#x5)
- Then the king sent unto him a captain of fifty with his fifty. (Prophets 2KI.1.9, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/captain/#x6)
- Mia is the captain of our netball team. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/captain/#x7)
- The captain steered the ship through the storm. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/captain/#x8)
- «This is your captain speaking,» said the pilot. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/captain/#x9)
- Captain Hook is the pirate in «Peter Pan». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/captain/#x10)
- Who will captain the team this year? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/captain/#x11)
- The captain was the last to leave the sinking ship. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/captain/#x12)
- Our class captain helps the teacher. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/captain/#x13)
- The captain was in great fright. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/captain/#x14)

### note

As a title it takes a capital letter: Captain Smith. Countable: captains. The leader of a school house or class may also be called a captain, especially in the UK and Australia.

### In the corpora

- [Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath his friend, and Phicol the captain of his host.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.762/)
- [And the Midianites sold him into Egypt unto Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh's, the captain of the guard.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1216/)
- [And he took six hundred chosen chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt, and captains over all of them.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.391/)
- [Pharaoh's chariots and his host hath He cast into the sea, and his chosen captains are sunk in the Red Sea.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.420/)
- [And they said one to another: 'Let us make a captain, and let us return into Egypt.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.526/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «captain» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/captain/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.