ΕΚΑΤΟΝΤΑΡΧΟΙ, εκατονταρχοι
EKATONTARCHOI, ekatontarchoi
Sounds Like: heh-kah-ton-TAR-khoi
Translations: centurions, a centurion
From the root: ΕΚΑΤΟΝΤΑΡΧΟΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to military officers in the Roman army who commanded a unit of approximately one hundred soldiers, known as a century. It is a compound word formed from 'hundred' and 'ruler' or 'chief'. In the New Testament, centurions are often depicted in a positive light, showing faith or compassion.
Inflection: Plural, Nominative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G1543 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 14 — 16:476
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΚΑΤΟΝΤΑΡΧΟΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΕΚΑΤΟΝΤΑΡΧΟΙΣ — to centurions, for centurions
- ΕΚΑΤΟΝΤΑΡΧΟΣ — centurion, a centurion
- ΕΚΑΤΟΝΤΑΡΧΟΥ — of a centurion, of the centurion
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