ΚΕΝΤΥΡΙΩΝ, κεντυριων
KENTYRIŌN, kentyriōn
Sounds Like: ken-too-REE-ohn
Translations: centurion, a centurion
From the root: ΚΕΝΤΥΡΙΩΝ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: A centurion was a professional officer in the Roman army who commanded a 'century' of 80 to 100 men. This word is a transliteration of the Latin 'centurio'. In the New Testament, centurions are often depicted in a positive light, showing faith or compassion.
Inflection: Singular, Masculine, Nominative. This word inflects for case and number.
Strong’s number: G2760 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- Mark — 15:39
Polycarp of Smyrna
- Martyrdom of Polycarp — 18:1
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- Mark — 15:39
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΕΝΤΥΡΙΩΝ.
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.
- ΚΕΝΤΥΡΙΩΝΑ — centurion, a centurion
- ΚΕΝΤΥΡΙΩΝΟΣ — (of) a centurion
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