Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'captain' occurs 150 times in the standard works.

48 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'captain' in the standard works and contain 32% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 23 minutes to read the entire list.

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1 Chr. 27:7-15 (9 in 9 verses)

2 Kgs. 1:9-13 (5 in 5 verses)

Acts 22:26-29 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 43:16-17 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 25:10-12 (3 in 3 verses)

Jer. 39:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

Jer. 52:14-16 (3 in 3 verses)

Acts 21:31-33 (3 in 3 verses)

Acts 23:17-19 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Kgs. 2:32 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 9:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 40:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 5:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 40:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 2:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 116 113 229
NT 23 6 29
BM 11 27 38
2 Ne. 1 0 1
Mosiah 1 0 1
Alma 9 23 32
Hel. 0 1 1
3 Ne. 0 3 3
DC 0 5 5
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 150 151 301

2 Ne. 13:3
The captain of fifty, and the honorable man, and the counselor, and the cunning artificer, and the eloquent orator.

Mosiah 20:17
Now when Gideon had heard these things, he being the king's captain, he went forth and said unto the king: I pray thee forbear, and do not search this people, and lay not this thing to their charge.

Alma 16:5
Therefore, he that had been appointed chief captain over the armies of the Nephites, (and his name was Zoram, and he had two sons, Lehi and Aha)-- now Zoram and his two sons, knowing that Alma was high priest over the church, and having heard that he had the spirit of prophecy, therefore they went unto him and desired of him to know whither the Lord would that they should go into the wilderness in search of their brethren, who had been taken captive by the Lamanites.

Alma 43:16
Now, the leader of the Nephites, or the man who had been appointed to be the chief captain over the Nephites-- now the chief captain took the command of all the armies of the Nephites-- and his name was Moroni;

Alma 43:17
And Moroni took all the command, and the government of their wars. And he was only twenty and five years old when he was appointed chief captain over the armies of the Nephites.

Alma 43:44
And they were inspired by the Zoramites and the Amalekites, who were their chief captains and leaders, and by Zerahemnah, who was their chief captain, or their chief leader and commander; yea, they did fight like dragons, and many of the Nephites were slain by their hands, yea, for they did smite in two many of their head-plates, and they did pierce many of their breastplates, and they did smite off many of their arms; and thus the Lamanites did smite in their fierce anger.

Alma 49:16
And behold, Moroni had appointed Lehi to be chief captain over the men of that city; and it was that same Lehi who fought with the Lamanites in the valley on the east of the river Sidon.

Alma 57:29
Now Gid was the chief captain over the band who was appointed to guard them down to the land.

Alma 60:36
Behold, I am Moroni, your chief captain. I seek not for power, but to pull it down. I seek not for honor of the world, but for the glory of my God, and the freedom and welfare of my country. And thus I close mine epistle.

Alma 61:2
I, Pahoran, who am the chief governor of this land, do send these words unto Moroni, the chief captain over the army. Behold, I say unto you, Moroni, that I do not joy in your great afflictions, yea, it grieves my soul.