κεντυρίων
kentyriōn · centurion
Greek word · Strong’s number G2760 · appears 3 times in the Bible
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kentyriōn (κεντυρίων) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “centurion”.
A Roman officer in command of about a hundred soldiers.
How to say it
ken·ty·ri·ōn
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
- A Roman officer commanding about a hundred soldiers.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
Where it appears
- Mark 15:39
And when the centurion, who stood facing him, saw that he breathed his last in this way, he said, “Truly this man was God’s Son.”
- Mark 15:44
But Pilate was amazed that he was already dead; and summoning the centurion, he asked him whether he had been dead long.
- Mark 15:45
And learning it from the centurion, he granted the corpse to Joseph.