noun · masculine
kenturiōnos
Greekκεντυρίων (kenturiōn)
Strong’sG2760
a centurion
stem kenturiōn-3 times in the New Testament3 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
*† κεντυρίων, -ωνος, ὁ (Lat. centurio);
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2760 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidken-too-ree'-ohn
a centurion, i.e. captain of one hundred soldiers
Fromof Latin origin;
King Jamescenturion.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | kenturiōnos1×κεντυρίων | kenturiōnois |
| object accusative | kenturiōnon1×κεντυρίωνα | kenturiōnoin |
| direct address vocative | kenturiōnor | kenturiōnoir |
| of, belonging to genitive | kenturiōnou1×κεντυρίωνος | kenturiōnoiu |
| to, for dative | kenturiōno | kenturiōnoi |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
kenturiōno is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
3 occurrences, every one of them listed
kenturiōnos“centurion”subjectnominative singular1×
Mark 15:39“centurion”horaratos de tos kenturiōnos tos paristanarētos ek enantiau autou hoti houtōs ekpnata legata; Alēthōs houtos tos anthrōpos huios theou ate.When the centurion standing there in front of Jesus saw how He had breathed His last, he said, “Truly this man was the Son of God!”
kenturiōnon“centurion”objectaccusative singular1×
Mark 15:44“centurion”tos de Pilatos thaumazata ei ēdē thnēskatē, kai proskaleratos ton kenturiōnon eperōtata auton ei palai apothnēskata;Pilate was surprised to hear that Jesus was already dead, so he summoned the centurion to ask if this was so.
kenturiōnou“centurion”of, belonging togenitive singular1×
Mark 15:45“centurion”kai gnōskaratos apo tou kenturiōnou dōreta tem ptōmem to Iōsēf.When Pilate had confirmed it with the centurion, he granted the body to Joseph.