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# chief

«chief» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **The leader or head of a group, such as a tribe…** — 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 chief, chiefs); adjective (chief)

### meaning for a pupil

1) The leader or head of a group, such as a tribe, organisation or police force (the fire chief). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/chief/#m1)

2) Most important; main (the chief reason). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/chief/#m2)

3) Highest in rank (chief executive, chief inspector). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/chief/#m3)

4) (informal) A friendly word for a man, like «mate» or «boss» (Alright, chief?). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/chief/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In the Torah it usually means a clan leader or tribal head, such as the chiefs of Edom. It also appears in titles like "chief butler." In Chronicles it also means the head of a Levite family, such as Shebuel the chief. In the primary lessons: In history and stories: the chief of a tribe or clan. In everyday life: police chief, chief of staff, head chef. In formal writing: «the chief cause of the problem». Phrases: commander-in-chief, editor-in-chief, chief among.

### examples

- the chief of Magdiel, the chief of Iram. (Torah GEN.36.43, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/chief/#x1)
- Yet did not the chief butler remember Joseph, but forgot him. (Torah GEN.40.23, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/chief/#x2)
- the chief of Korah, the chief of Gatam, the chief of Amalek. (Torah GEN.36.16, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/chief/#x3)
- These are the chiefs of Edom. (Writings 1CH.1.54, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/chief/#x4)
- The sons of Gershom: Shebuel the chief. (Writings 1CH.23.16, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/chief/#x5)
- The sons of Izhar: Shelomith the chief. (Writings 1CH.23.18, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/chief/#x6)
- The chief of the village welcomed us. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/chief/#x7)
- The fire chief told everyone to leave the building. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/chief/#x8)
- Our chief worry is the weather. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/chief/#x9)
- She is the chief executive of a big company. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/chief/#x10)
- Rain was the chief reason we stayed inside. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/chief/#x11)
- Cheers, chief! (informal) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/chief/#x12)
- “Stay with us, Chief,” Caelte begged. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/chief/#x13)

### note

Spelling: i before e (chief). Plural: chiefs (not chieves). As an adjective it comes before the noun: the chief problem. Adverb: chiefly (mainly).

### In the corpora

- [the chief of Korah, the chief of Gatam, the chief of Amalek.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1138/)
- [These are the chiefs that came of Eliphaz in the land of Edom.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1139/)
- [These are the chiefs that came of Reuel in the land of Edom.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1142/)
- [These are the chiefs that came of Oholibamah the daughter of Anah, Esau's wife.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1145/)
- [These are the sons of Esau, and these are their chiefs; the same is Edom.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1146/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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