Gloss
centurion, technically the commander of one hundred
Forms of the word
Dictionary
κεντυρίων, ῶνος, ὁ
Greek transliteration
kentyriōn
Simplified transliteration
kentyrion
Numbers
Strong's number
2760
GK Number
3035
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament
3
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag
n-3f(1a)
Definition
in its original signification, a commander of a hundred foot-soldiers, a centurion, Mk. 15:39, 44, 45*
Greek-English Concordance for κεντυρίων
| Mark 15:39 | And when the centurion (kentyriōn | κεντυρίων | nom sg masc), who was standing in front of him, saw that in this way he had died, he said, “Truly, this man was the son of God!” |
| Mark 15:44 | Pilate was surprised that he was already dead, so summoning the centurion (kentyriōna | κεντυρίωνα | acc sg masc), he asked him if he had been dead for a long time. |
| Mark 15:45 | And learning from the centurion (kentyriōnos | κεντυρίωνος | gen sg masc) that he was dead, he gave the corpse to Joseph. |
