ἑκατόνταρχος
hekatontárchēs
Military officer commanding approximately one hundred soldiers; specifically, a centurion in the Roman army. The term identifies a middle-ranking officer with command responsibility, and by extension refers to an individual with local authority within a military hierarchy. In some Greek contexts, it can be used more generally for an officer with similar command over a contingent, even if not strictly one hundred.
Matthew 8:5 · Word #8
Lexicon G1543
| Lemma | ἑκατοντάρχης |
| Transliteration | hekatontárchēs |
| Strong's | G1543 |
| Definition | Military officer commanding approximately one hundred soldiers; specifically, a centurion in the Roman army. The term identifies a middle-ranking officer with command responsibility, and by extension refers to an individual with local authority within a military hierarchy. In some Greek contexts, it can be used more generally for an officer with similar command over a contingent, even if not strictly one hundred. |
Morphology N NOM M SG
All morphology codes
| Part of Speech | N — Noun — A person, place, thing, or idea |
| Case | NOM — Nominative — The subject of the sentence |
| Gender | M — Masculine — Grammatical masculine |
| Number | SG — Singular — One |
Lexical Info
| Lemma | ἑκατόνταρχος |
| Strong's | G1543 |
SIBI-P1 Translation G1543-05
hundred-commander
| Morphological Notes | Noun; nominative; masculine; singular — functioning as a singular male title or office-holder in subject form. |
| Rendering Rationale | The rendering directly reflects the compound root ἑκατόν (hundred) + ἄρχω (to rule/command), preserving the idea of one who commands a hundred. As nominative masculine singular, it stands as the subject form, represented in English by the base noun. |
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