"in its original signification, a commander of a hundred foot-soldiers, a centurion, Mk. 15:39, 44, 45*"
Definition and meaning
in its original signification, a commander of a hundred foot-soldiers, a centurion, Mk. 15:39, 44, 45*
In the original Greek the word is written: κεντυρίων
Historical context
The Gospel of Mark moves urgently — the word "immediately" appears over 40 times. It was written for a Roman audience familiar with power and action. Jesus is portrayed as a man who acts, heals, and commands authority that the Roman world had never seen from a Jewish teacher.
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 kentyrion (G2760) across the King James Bible.
And when the centurion, which stood over against him, saw that he so cried out, and gave up the ghost, he said, Truly this man was the Son of God.
And Pilate marvelled if he were already dead: and calling unto him the centurion, he asked him whether he had been any while dead.
And when he knew it of the centurion, he gave the body to Joseph.
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Common questions
Strong's G2760 (kentyrion) is a Greek word that means: in its original signification, a commander of a hundred foot-soldiers, a centurion, Mk. 15:39, 44, 45* It appears 3 times in the King James Bible.
The word kentyrion (G2760) appears 3 times in the original Greek text.
Strong's G2760 is kentyrion, a Greek word defined as: in its original signification, a commander of a hundred foot-soldiers, a centurion, Mk. 15:39, 44, 45*. James Strong catalogued this in his 1890 concordance to help English readers study the original languages of the Bible.
kentyrion is a Greek word found in the New Testament.