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G1543 ἑκατοντάρχης (hekatontárchēs)
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ἑκατοντάρχης, ου, ὁ n.m. a centurion

Strong's Definition

from 1540 and 757; the captain of one hundred men

KJV Usage: centurion

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

noun, m. | -ου | ἑκατόν + ἄρχω

55.16 · Military Activities · Soldiers, Officers

centurion, captain a Roman officer in command of about one hundred men In a number of languages, centurion can very readily be rendered by a phrase such as ‘a commander of a hundred soldiers,’ but in many instances the closest natural equivalent is simply ‘captain.’

MAT 8:5 · MAT 8:8 · MAT 8:13 · MAT 27:54 · LUK 7:2 · LUK 7:6 · LUK 23:47 · ACT 10:1 · ACT 10:22 · ACT 21:32 · ACT 22:25 · ACT 22:26 · ACT 23:17 · ACT 23:23 · ACT 24:23 · ACT 27:1 · ACT 27:6 · ACT 27:11 · ACT 27:31 · ACT 27:43

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

ἑκατοντάρχης, -ov, 6, (ἕκατον and apyw; on the terminations apyns and ἀρχὸς see the full exposition in W. 61 (60); ef. B. 73 (64); Bornemann, Schol. ad Lue. p. 151 sq.; [Tdf. Proleg. p. 117; WH. App. p. 156 sq-]), a centurion: Mt. viii. [5 and 8 Tdf.],13 GL T Tr WI; [xxvii. 54 ΤΊ; Lk. vii. [2 (?)], 6 TWH; [xxiii. 47 T Tr WH]; Acts x. 1, 22; xxi.32 LT Tr WH; [xxii. 26 LT WH]; xxiv. 23; xxvii. 1,6 L T Tr WH, 11 GLT Tr WH, 31, 43 L T Tr WH; gen. plur. T WH in Acts xxiii. 17, 23. (Aeschyl. ap. Athen. 1 p. 11 d.; Hat. 7, 81; Dion. Hal., Plut., al.). See the foll. word.

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

ἑκατοντάρχης hekatontarchēs 20x

the text varies between this form and ἑκατόνταρχος, commander of a hundred men, a centurion, Lk. 23:47; Acts 10:1; 27:1ff.

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

ἑκατοντάρχης (-άρχος, Mt 8:5, 8 27:54, Lk 7:2, Ac 22:25 28:16; cf. M, Pr., 48); -ου

(< ἑκατόν, ἄρχω,), [in LXX for מֵאָה שַׂר ;]

a centurion: Mt 8:13, Lk 7:6 23:47, Ac 10:1, 22 21:32 22:26 23:17, 23 24:23 27:1, 6, 11, 31, 43 (cf. κεντυρίως).†

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

ἑκατόνταρχος (hekatontarchos) — centurion. ἑκᾰτόντ-αρχος, ὁ, ={ἑκατοντάρχης}, [NT+5th c.BC+]

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