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Lexicon :: Strong's G1543 - hekatontarchēs

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ἑκατοντάρχης
Transliteration
hekatontarchēs (Key)
Pronunciation
hek-at-on-tar'-khace
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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Variant Spellings

Sometimes spelled as ἑκατόνταρχος.

Strong’s Definitions

ἑκατοντάρχης hekatontárchēs, hek-at-on-tar'-khace; from G1540 and G757; the captain of one hundred men:—centurion.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 21x

The KJV translates Strong's G1543 in the following manner: centurion (21x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 21x
The KJV translates Strong's G1543 in the following manner: centurion (21x).

  1. an officer in the Roman army

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἑκατοντάρχης hekatontárchēs, hek-at-on-tar'-khace; from G1540 and G757; the captain of one hundred men:—centurion.
STRONGS G1543:
ἑκατοντάρχης, -ου, ὁ, (ἑκατον and ἄρχω; on the terminations ἀρχης and αρχος see the full exposition in Winers Grammar, 61 (60); cf. Buttmann, 73 (64); Bornemann, Schol. ad Luc., p. 151f; [Tdf. Proleg., p. 117; WHs Appendix, p. 156f]), a centurion: Matthew 8:13 [5 and 8 Tdf.] G L T Tr WH; [Matthew 27:54 T]; Luke 7:6 [2 (?)] T WH; [Luke 23:47 T Tr WH]; Acts 10:1, 22; Acts 21:32 L T Tr WH; [Acts 22:26 L T WH]; Acts 24:23; 27:1, 6 L T Tr WH, Acts 27:11 G L T Tr WH, Acts 27:31, 43 L T Tr WH; genitive plural T WH in Acts 23:17, 23. (Aeschylus quoted in Athen. 1, p. 11 d.; Herodotus 7, 81; Dionysius Halicarnassus, Plutarch, others). See the following word.

Related entry:
ἑκατόνταρχος -ου, ὁ, equivalent to ἑκατοντάρχης, which see: Matthew 7:5, 8 [in 5, 8, Tdf. -άρχης]; 13 Rec.; Matthew 27:54 [Tdf. -άρχης]; Luke 7:2, 6 [T WH άρχης]; Luke 23:47 [T Tr WH άρχης]; Acts 21:32 R G; Acts 22:25, 26 [L T WH -άρχης]; Acts 27:6 [R G, 11 Rec., 43 R G], also Acts 28:16 Rec.; genitive plural, Acts 23:17 and Acts 23:23 R G L Tr. (Xenophon, Cyril 5, 3, 41; Plutarch, others) [Cf. Meisterhans p. 53f]
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
7:5; 7:5; 7:8; 7:8; 7:13; 8:5; 8:8; 8:13; 27:54; 27:54
Luke
7:2; 7:2; 7:6; 7:6; 23:47; 23:47
Acts
10:1; 10:22; 21:32; 21:32; 22:25, 26; 22:26; 23:17; 23:17; 23:23; 23:23; 24:23; 27:1; 27:6; 27:6; 27:11; 27:11; 27:31; 27:43; 27:43; 28:16

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Strong's Number G1543 matches the Greek ἑκατοντάρχης (hekatontarchēs),
which occurs 23 times in 23 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:21

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:21 - And do thou look out for thyself out of all the people able men, fearing God, righteous men, hating pride, and thou shalt set over [fn]the people captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, and captains of fifties, and captains of tens.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:25

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:25 - And Moses chose out able men out of all Israel, and he made them captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, and captains of fifties and captains of tens over [fn]the people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:14 - And Moses was angry with the captains of the host, the heads of thousands and the heads of hundreds who came from the battle-array.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:48

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:48 - And all those who were appointed to be officers of thousands of the host, captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, approached Moses, and said to Moses,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:52

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:52 - And all the wrought gold, even the offering that they offered to the Lord, was sixteen thousand and seven hundred and fifty shekels from the captains of thousands and the captains of hundreds.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:54

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:54 - And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold from the captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, and brought the [fn]vessels into the tabernacle of witness, a memorial of the children of Israel before the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:15 - So I took of you wise and understanding and prudent men, and I set them to rule over you as rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, and rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens, and [fn]officers to your judges.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:12 - and his manner shall be to make them to himself captains of hundreds and captains of thousands; and to reap his harvest, and gather his vintage, and prepare his instruments of war, and the implements of his chariots.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:7 - And Saul said to his servants that stood by him, Hear now, ye sons of Benjamin, will the son of Jessæ indeed give all of you fields and vineyards, and will he make you all captains of hundreds and captains of thousands?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:1 - And David numbered the people with him, and set over them captains of thousands and captains of hundreds.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:4 - And in the seventh year Jodae sent and took the captains of hundreds of the [fn]Chorri and of the [fn]Rhasim, and brought them to him into the house of the Lord, and made a covenant of the Lord with them, and adjured them, and Jodae shewed them the king's son.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:9 - And the captains of hundreds did all things that the wise Jodae commanded; and they took each his men, both those that went in on the sabbath-day, [fn]and those that went out on the sabbath-day, and went in to Jodae the priest.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:10 - And the priest gave to the captains of hundreds the swords and spears of king David that were in the house of the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:15 - And Jodae the priest commanded the captains of hundreds who were over the host, and said to them, Bring her forth without the ranges, and he that goes in after her shall certainly die by the sword. For the priest said, Let her not however be slain in the house of the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:19 - And he took the captains of the hundreds, and the Chorri, and the Rhasim, and all the people of the land, and brought down the king out of the house of the Lord; and they went in by the way of the gate of the [fn]footmen of the king's house, and seated him there on the throne of the kings.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:1 - And David took counsel with the captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, even with every commander.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:26 - This Salomoth and his brethren were over all the sacred treasures, which David the king and the heads of families consecrated, and the captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, and princes of the host,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:1 - Now the sons of Israel according to their number, heads of families, captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, and scribes ministering to the king, and for every affair of the king according to their divisions, for every ordinance of coming in and going out monthly, for all the months of the year, one division of them was twenty-four thousand.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:6 - Then the heads of families, and the princes of the children of Israel, and the captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, and the overseers of the works, and the king's builders, offered willingly.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 1:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 1:2 - And Solomon spoke to all Israel, to the captains of thousands, and to the captains of hundreds, and to the judges, and to all the rulers over Israel, even the heads of the families;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:1 - And in the eighth year Jodae strengthened himself, and took the captains of hundreds, Azarias the son of Joram, and Ismael the son of Joanan, and Azarias the son of Obed, and Maasæas the son of Adia, and Elisaphan the son of Zacharias, with him into the house of the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:14 - And Jodae the priest went forth, and Jodae the priest charged the captains of hundreds, even the captains of the host, and said to them, Thrust her forth outside the house, and follow her, and let her be slain with the sword. For the priest said, Let her not be slain in the house of the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:5 - And Amasias assembled the house of Juda, and appointed them according to the houses of their families for captains of thousands and captains of hundreds in all Juda and Jerusalem: and he numbered them from twenty years old and upwards, and found them three hundred thousand able to go out to war, holding spear and shield.
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