Kornēlios · Cornelius

What it means

Kornēlios (Κορνήλιος) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “Cornelius”.

A Roman centurion in Caesarea, one of the first non-Jews to receive the message and be immersed.

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.

Where it appears

• Acts 10:1

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

• Acts 10:3

  He saw clearly in a vision, about the ninth hour of the day, an angel of God coming in to him and saying to him, “Cornelius.”

• Acts 10:17

  Now while Peter was greatly perplexed within himself as to what the vision that he had seen might mean, look, the men who had been sent by Cornelius, having asked for Simon’s house, stood at the gate.

• 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 10:24

  And on the following day he entered into Caesarea. And Cornelius was expecting them, having called together his relatives and close friends.

• Acts 10:25

  And when it happened that Peter entered, Cornelius met him, fell at his feet, and bowed down before him.

• Acts 10:30

  And Cornelius said, “Four days ago, up to this hour, I was praying at the ninth hour in my house; and look, a man stood before me in shining clothing,

• Acts 10:31

  and he says, ‘Cornelius, your prayer has been heard, and your alms have been remembered before God.