hekatontarchēs · centurion

What it means

hekatontarchēs (ἑκατοντάρχης) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “centurion”.

A Roman officer in command of about a hundred soldiers.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. A Roman officer in charge of about a hundred soldiers.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• centurion ×17
• centurions ×3

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×4
• Luke×3
• Acts×13

• Matthew 8:5

  When he had entered Capernaum, a centurion came to him, pleading with him

• Matthew 8:8

  And the centurion answered and said, “Lord, I am not worthy to have you come under my roof; but only say a word, and my servant will be healed.

• Matthew 8:13

  And Jesus said to the centurion, “Go; as you have believed, let it be done for you.” And the servant was healed in that hour.

• Matthew 27:54

  Now the centurion and those with him keeping watch over Jesus, seeing the earthquake and the things that had happened, were very afraid, saying, “Truly this man was God’s Son.”

• Luke 7:2

  Now a certain centurion’s slave, who was highly valued by him, was sick and was about to die.

• Luke 7:6

  And Jesus was going with them. And when he was already not far from the house, the centurion sent friends, saying to him, “Lord, do not trouble yourself, for I am not worthy for you to come under my roof.

• Luke 23:47

  And the centurion, seeing what had happened, was glorifying God, saying, “Certainly this man was righteous.”

• Acts 10:1

  Now there was a certain man in Caesarea named Cornelius, a centurion of the cohort called the Italian,

• Acts 10:22

  And they said, “Cornelius, a centurion, a righteous man and one who fears God, and well attested by the whole nation of the Jews, was instructed by a holy angel to summon you to his house and to hear words from you.”

• Acts 21:32

  He at once took soldiers and centurions and ran down to them; and when they saw the commander and the soldiers, they stopped beating Paul.

• Acts 22:25

  But when they had stretched him out with the straps, Paul said to the centurion standing there, “Is it lawful for you to whip a man who is a Roman and uncondemned?”

• Acts 22:26

  And when the centurion heard this, going to the commander he reported it, saying, “What are you about to do? For this man is a Roman.”

• Acts 23:17

  And Paul, calling one of the centurions, said, “Take this young man to the commander, for he has something to report to him.”

• Acts 23:23

  And calling two of the centurions, he said, “Get ready two hundred soldiers to go as far as Caesarea, and seventy horsemen and two hundred spearmen, from the third hour of the night;

• Acts 24:23

  And he ordered the centurion that he be kept in custody and have some freedom, and not to prevent anyone of his own people from serving him.

• Acts 27:1

  And when it was decided that we should sail to Italy, they handed over Paul and some other prisoners to a centurion named Julius, of the Augustan Cohort.

• Acts 27:6

  And there the centurion found an Alexandrian ship sailing to Italy and put us on board it.

• Acts 27:11

  But the centurion was persuaded by the pilot and the ship owner more than by what was said by Paul.

• Acts 27:31

  Paul said to the centurion and the soldiers, “Unless these men stay in the ship, you cannot be saved.”

• Acts 27:43

  But the centurion, wanting to save Paul, kept them from their plan, and ordered those who could swim to jump overboard first and get to land,