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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 27
    New Testament books
  • 7
    spellings

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

Thirteen of the word's twenty uses are in Acts.

The other 24 New Testament books never use the word.

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,

    Matthew 8:5

    • 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.

    Matthew 8:8

    • 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.

    Matthew 8:13

    • 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.”

    Matthew 27:54

    • ἑκατόνταρχοςhekatontarchosnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: the centurion

Luke

three uses
  • There a highly valued servant of a centurion was sick and about to die.

    Luke 7:2

    • 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.

    Luke 7:6

    • 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.”

    Luke 23:47

    • 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.

    Acts 10:1

    • 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.”

    Acts 10:22

    • 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.

    Acts 21:32

    • 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?”

    Acts 22:25

    • 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.”

    Acts 22:26

    • 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.”

    Acts 23:17

    • 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.

    Acts 23:23

    • 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.

    Acts 24:23

    • 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.

    Acts 27:1

    • ἑκατοντάρχῃhekatontarchenoun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singulartagged: to a centurion
  • There the centurion found an Alexandrian ship sailing for Italy and put us on board.

    Acts 27:6

    • 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.

    Acts 27:11

    • 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.”

    Acts 27:31

    • 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.

    Acts 27:43

    • 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.

Hebrew and Greek text, word tagging and grammar: STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org), Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0. Their grammar codes are written out in English here and shown as tagged beside each one.

Meaning and senses: STEP Bible TBESG (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0), the Brief lexicon based on Abbott-Smith (1922).

Dictionary key: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).

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