Hekatontarchos ἑκατόνταρχος

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Hekatontarchos
ἑκατόνταρχος
Transliterationhekatontarchos
Strong's numberG1543
LanguageGreek
Part of speechmasculine noun
Glosscenturion
Occurrences21 in 21 verses
Most frequent inActs (14)

Hekatontarchos (Greek ἑκατόνταρχος, Strong's G1543) is a Greek masculine noun meaning “centurion”. It occurs 21 times in 21 verses of the New Testament.

Definition

ἑκατοντάρχης (-άρχος, Mat.8:5, 8 27:54, Luk.7:2, Act.22:25 28:16; cf. M, Pr., 48); -ου
(ἑκατόν, ἄρχω,), [in LXX for מֵאָה שַׂר ;]
a centurion: Mat.8:13, Luk.7:6 23:47, Act.10:1, 22 21:32 22:26 23:17, 23 24:23 27:1, 6 27:11, 31 27:43 (cf. κεντυρίως).†
(AS)

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVcenturion (17), centurions (3), centurion's (1)
BSBcenturion (17), centurions (3)

Verses

Every verse with Hekatontarchos, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Matthew

Luke

Acts

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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