"a hundred years old, Rom. 4:19*"
Definition and meaning
a hundred years old, Rom. 4:19*
In the original Greek the word is written: ἑκατονταετής
Historical context
Paul wrote Romans from Corinth, one of the most important commercial cities in the empire. Rome had a Jewish population of around 50,000. The letter addresses real tensions between Jewish believers with centuries of Torah tradition and Gentile believers with no such background. Emperor Nero was on the throne. Within ten years he would execute both Paul and Peter.
The people who first heard this word were not reading a book — they were living through empires, oppression, exile, and covenant. Every word carried the weight of that reality. Understanding it changes how you read Scripture.
Scripture references
These are the most notable occurrences of hekatontaetes (G1541) across the King James Bible.
And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead, when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Sara's womb:
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Common questions
Strong's G1541 (hekatontaetes) is a Greek word that means: a hundred years old, Rom. 4:19* It appears 1 times in the King James Bible.
The word hekatontaetes (G1541) appears 1 times in the original Greek text.
Strong's G1541 is hekatontaetes, a Greek word defined as: a hundred years old, Rom. 4:19*. James Strong catalogued this in his 1890 concordance to help English readers study the original languages of the Bible.
hekatontaetes is a Greek word found in the New Testament.