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

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:21 -

“But you should select from all the people able men, God-fearing, trustworthy, and hating dishonest profit. Place them over the people as commanders of thousands, hundreds, fifties, and tens.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:25 -

So Moses chose able men from all Israel and made them leaders over the people as commanders of thousands, hundreds, fifties, and tens.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:14 -

But Moses became furious with the officers, the commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds, who were returning from the military campaign.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:48 -

The officers who were over the thousands of the army, the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, approached Moses

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:52 -

All the gold of the contribution they offered to the LORD, from the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, was 420 pounds.[fn]

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:54 -

Moses and the priest Eleazar received the gold from the commanders of thousands and of hundreds and brought it into the tent of meeting as a memorial for the Israelites before the LORD.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:15 -

“So I took the leaders of your tribes, wise and respected men, and set them over you as leaders: commanders for thousands, hundreds, fifties, and tens, and officers for your tribes.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:12 -

“He can appoint them for his use as commanders of thousands or commanders of fifties, to plow his ground and reap his harvest, or to make his weapons of war and the equipment for his chariots.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:7 -

Saul said to his servants, “Listen, men of Benjamin: Is Jesse’s son going to give all of you fields and vineyards? Do you think he’ll make all of you commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds?

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:1 -

David reviewed his troops and appointed commanders of thousands and of hundreds over them.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:4 -

In the seventh year, Jehoiada sent for the commanders of hundreds, the Carites, and the guards. He had them come to him in the LORD’s temple, where he made a covenant with them and put them under oath. He showed them the king’s son

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:9 -

So the commanders of hundreds did everything the priest Jehoiada commanded. They each brought their men ​— ​those coming on duty on the Sabbath and those going off duty ​— ​and came to the priest Jehoiada.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:10 -

The priest gave to the commanders of hundreds King David’s spears and shields that were in the LORD’s temple.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:15 -

Then the priest Jehoiada ordered the commanders of hundreds in charge of the army, “Take her out between the ranks, and put to death by the sword anyone who follows her,” for the priest had said, “She is not to be put to death in the LORD’s temple.”

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:19 -

He took the commanders of hundreds, the Carites, the guards, and all the people of the land, and they brought the king from the LORD’s temple. They entered the king’s palace by way of the guards’ gate. Then Joash sat on the throne of the kings.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:1 -

David consulted with all his leaders, the commanders of hundreds and of thousands.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:26 -

This Shelomith and his relatives were in charge of all the treasuries of what had been dedicated by King David, by the family heads who were the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, and by the army commanders.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:1 -

This is the list of the Israelites, the family heads, the commanders of thousands and the commanders of hundreds, and their officers who served the king in every matter to do with the divisions that were on rotated military duty each month throughout[fn] the year. There were 24,000 in each division:

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:6 -

Then the leaders of the households, the leaders of the tribes of Israel, the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, and the officials in charge of the king’s work gave willingly.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 1:2 -

Then Solomon spoke to all Israel, to the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, to the judges, and to every leader in all Israel ​— ​the family heads.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:1 -

Then, in the seventh year, Jehoiada summoned his courage and took the commanders of hundreds into a covenant with him: Azariah son of Jeroham, Ishmael son of Jehohanan, Azariah son of Obed, Maaseiah son of Adaiah, and Elishaphat son of Zichri.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:14 -

Then the priest Jehoiada sent out the commanders of hundreds, those in charge of the army, saying, “Take her out between the ranks, and put anyone who follows her to death by the sword,” for the priest had said, “Don’t put her to death in the LORD’s temple.”

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:5 -

Then Amaziah gathered Judah and assembled them according to ancestral families,[fn] according to commanders of thousands, and according to commanders of hundreds. He numbered those twenty years old or more for all Judah and Benjamin. He found there to be three hundred thousand fit young men who could serve in the army, bearing spear and shield.

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