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
DC 0 5 5
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 150 151 301

D&C 136:3
Let the companies be organized with captains of hundreds, captains of fifties, and captains of tens, with a president and his two counselors at their head, under the direction of the Twelve Apostles.

D&C 136:7
Let each company, with their captains and presidents, decide how many can go next spring; then choose out a sufficient number of able-bodied and expert men, to take teams, seeds, and farming utensils, to go as pioneers to prepare for putting in spring crops.

D&C 136:15
And appoint presidents, and captains of hundreds, and of fifties, and of tens.