ΕΚΑΤΟΝΤΑΡΧΟΣ, εκατονταρχος
EKATONTARCHOS, ekatontarchos
Sounds Like: heh-kah-ton-TAR-khos
Translations: centurion, a centurion
From the root: ΕΚΑΤΟΝΤΑΡΧΟΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a centurion, a Roman military officer in command of a century (a unit of 100 soldiers). It is a compound word, combining 'hundred' and 'leader', literally meaning 'leader of a hundred'. Centurions were typically career soldiers who rose through the ranks and were responsible for training, discipline, and leading their men in battle.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G1543 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- Luke — 7:6
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Three — 6:15
Justin Martyr
- Second Apology of Justin Martyr — 0:2
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.
- ΕΚΑΤΟΝΤΑΡΧΟΙ — centurions, a centurion
- ΕΚΑΤΟΝΤΑΡΧΟΙΣ — to centurions, for centurions
- ΕΚΑΤΟΝΤΑΡΧΟΥ — of a centurion, of the centurion
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