Strong's G1543

ἑκατοντάρχης(hekatontárchēs)

Language:
Greek (New Testament)

Definition

the captain of one hundred men

Derivation

from G1540 (ἑκατόν) and G757 (ἄρχω);

KJV Translation

In the King James Version, ἑκατοντάρχης is translated as: centurion.

About Strong's Concordance

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance, compiled by James Strong in 1890, assigns a unique number to every Greek root word in the New Testament. The Greek dictionary covers all 5,624 root words. This entry is in the public domain.