What does κεντυρίων (kentyríōn) mean in the Bible?
κεντυρίων (kentyríōn): Roman military officer commanding about 100 soldiers; represents gentile authority encountering Jesus.
Greek · G2760
κεντυρίων
Centurion
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κεντυρίων G2760
Pronunciation kentyríōn
What does κεντυρίων (kentyríōn) mean in the Bible?
κεντυρίων (kentyríōn): Roman military officer commanding about 100 soldiers; represents gentile authority encountering Jesus.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G2760?
The BSB source-word alignment has 3 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include centurion (3).
Where does κεντυρίων (kentyríōn) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Mark 15:39. Its strongest book concentrations include Mark (3).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It centurion 3× Mark 15:39, Mark 15:44, Mark 15:45
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Mark 15:39
Aligned rows 3
Books represented 1
Mark 3
Source forms
κεντυρίων 1x kentyriōn Mark 15:39
κεντυρίωνα 1x kentyriōna Mark 15:44
κεντυρίωνος 1x kentyriōnos Mark 15:45
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular 1x Mark 15:44
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular 1x Mark 15:45
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular 1x Mark 15:39
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Roman military officer commanding about 100 soldiers; represents gentile authority encountering Jesus.
Strong's G2760
Lexical occurrences 3 verses Greek text appearances 3 times Word forms 3 forms 3 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
centurion
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Roman military officer commanding about 100 soldiers; represents gentile authority encountering Jesus.
a centurion: Mrk.15:39, 44-45 (Mt, Lk, use ἑκιτόνταρχος (-ης), q.v).
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
3 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Mark 15:39 Noun Nominative Singular Masculine
κεντυρίων kenturiwn
a centurion
Read verse Mark 15:44 Noun Accusative Singular Masculine
κεντυρίωνα, kenturiwna
a centurion
Read verse Mark 15:45 Noun Genitive Singular Masculine
κεντυρίωνος, kenturiwnov
a centurion
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 3 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 3 Aligned forms 3 Case pattern Accusative (1) Number pattern Singular (3)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Masculine Mark 15:39 1×
Genitive · Singular · Masculine Mark 15:45 1×
Accusative · Singular · Masculine Mark 15:44 1×
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain