Difference between revisions of "Centurion"

<div> '''1: '''''Ἑκατοντάρχης''''' ''' (Strong'S #1543 — Noun Masculine — hekatontarchos — hek-at-on-tar'-khace, <i> hek-at-on-tar'-khos </i> ) </div> <p> "a centurion," denotes a military officer commanding from 50 to 100 men, according to the size of the legion of which it was a part (hekaton, "a hundred," archo, "to rule"), e.g., &nbsp;Matthew 8:5,8 . </p> <div> '''2: '''''Ἑκατοντάρχης''''' ''' (Strong'S #1543 — Noun Masculine — hekatontarches — hek-at-on-tar'-khace, <i> hek-at-on-tar'-khos </i> ) </div> <p> has the same meaning as No. 1, e.g., &nbsp;Acts 10:1,22 . The Sept. has this word frequently, to denote "captains of hundreds." </p> <div> '''3: '''''Κεντυρίων''''' ''' (Strong'S #2760 — Noun Masculine — kenturion — ken-too-ree'-ohn ) </div> <p> is a Greek transliteration of the Latin centurio, signifying practically the same as No. 1, &nbsp;Mark 15:39,44,45 . There were ten "centurions" to a cohort when the numbers were complete. There were several at [[Jerusalem]] under the chief captain mentioned in &nbsp;Acts 21:31 . </p>