Greek noun (masculine) · G1543
G1543
centurion
20 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G1543is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 3 of 27New Testament books
- 7spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G1543
the captain of one hundred men
The King James renders it: centurion.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
G1543 is rendered "centurion". It stands 20 times in the Greek text, across three books.
- Thirteen of the uses stand in Acts, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 8:5When Jesus had entered Capernaum, a centurion came and pleaded with Him,
- The Greek text spells it seven different ways.
The first use
When Jesus had entered Capernaum, a centurion came and pleaded with Him,
Matthew 8:5ἑκατόνταρχος
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- centurion9
- a centurion3
- centurions3
- the centurion3
- Of a centurion1
- to a centurion1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 20, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
7 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- ἑκατοντάρχης8
- ἑκατοντάρχῃ4
- ἑκατόνταρχος3
- ἑκατονταρχῶν2
- ἑκατοντάρχας1
- ἑκατόνταρχον1
- ἑκατοντάρχου1
The grammar of each form
- noun · nominative (subject) · masculine singular11N-NSM
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singular4N-DSM
- noun · genitive (“of”) · masculine plural2N-GPM
- noun · accusative (object) · masculine plural1N-APM
- noun · accusative (object) · masculine singular1N-ASM
- noun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singular1N-GSM
Matthew
four uses
When Jesus had entered Capernaum, a centurion came and pleaded with Him,
- ἑκατόνταρχοςhekatontarchosnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: a centurion
The centurion answered, “Lord, I am not worthy to have You come under my roof. But just say the word, and my servant will be healed.
- ἑκατόνταρχοςhekatontarchosnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: centurion
Then Jesus said to the centurion, “Go! As you have believed, so will it be done for you.” And his servant was healed at that very hour.
- ἑκατοντάρχῃhekatontarchenoun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singulartagged: centurion
When the centurion and those with him who were guarding Jesus saw the earthquake and all that had happened, they were terrified and said, “Truly this was the Son of God.”
- ἑκατόνταρχοςhekatontarchosnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: the centurion
Luke
three uses
There a highly valued servant of a centurion was sick and about to die.
- ἑκατοντάρχουhekatontarchounoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: Of a centurion
So Jesus went with them. But when He was not far from the house, the centurion sent friends with the message: “Lord, do not trouble Yourself, for I am not worthy to have You come under my roof.
- ἑκατοντάρχηςhekatontarchesnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: centurion
When the centurion saw what had happened, he gave glory to God, saying, “Surely this was a righteous man.”
- ἑκατοντάρχηςhekatontarchesnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: centurion
Acts
thirteen uses
At Caesarea there was a man named Cornelius, a centurion in what was called the Italian Regiment.
- ἑκατοντάρχηςhekatontarchesnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: a centurion
“Cornelius the centurion has sent us,” they said. “He is a righteous and God-fearing man with a good reputation among the whole Jewish nation. A holy angel instructed him to request your presence in his home so he could hear a message from you.”
- ἑκατοντάρχηςhekatontarchesnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: a centurion
Immediately he took some soldiers and centurions and ran down to the crowd. When the people saw the commander and the soldiers, they stopped beating Paul.
- ἑκατοντάρχαςhekatontarchasnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: centurions
But as they stretched him out to strap him down, Paul said to the centurion standing there, “Is it lawful for you to flog a Roman citizen without a trial?”
- ἑκατόνταρχονhekatontarchonnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: centurion
On hearing this, the centurion went and reported it to the commander. “What are you going to do?” he said. “This man is a Roman citizen.”
- ἑκατοντάρχηςhekatontarchesnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: centurion
Then Paul called one of the centurions and said, “Take this young man to the commander; he has something to tell him.”
- ἑκατονταρχῶνhekatontarchonnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: centurions
Then he called two of his centurions and said, “Prepare two hundred soldiers, seventy horsemen, and two hundred spearmen to go to Caesarea in the third hour of the night.
- ἑκατονταρχῶνhekatontarchonnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: centurions
He ordered the centurion to keep Paul under guard, but to allow him some freedom and permit his friends to minister to his needs.
- ἑκατοντάρχῃhekatontarchenoun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singulartagged: centurion
When it was decided that we would sail for Italy, Paul and some other prisoners were handed over to a centurion named Julius, who belonged to the Imperial Regiment.
- ἑκατοντάρχῃhekatontarchenoun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singulartagged: to a centurion
There the centurion found an Alexandrian ship sailing for Italy and put us on board.
- ἑκατοντάρχηςhekatontarchesnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: centurion
But contrary to Paul’s advice, the centurion was persuaded by the pilot and by the owner of the ship.
- ἑκατοντάρχηςhekatontarchesnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: the centurion
But Paul said to the centurion and the soldiers, “Unless these men remain with the ship, you cannot be saved.”
- ἑκατοντάρχῃhekatontarchenoun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singulartagged: centurion
But the centurion, wanting to spare Paul’s life, thwarted their plan. He commanded those who could swim to jump overboard first and get to land.
- ἑκατοντάρχηςhekatontarchesnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: the centurion
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
