Centurion <1,,1543, hekatontarchos>
"a centurion," denotes a military officer commanding from 50 to 100 men, according to the size of the legion of which it was a part (hekaton, "a hundred," archo, "to rule"), e.g., Mat 8:5, Mat 8:8.
<2,,1543, hekatontarches>
has the same meaning as No. 1, e.g., Act 10:1, Act 10:22. The Sept. has this word frequently, to denote "captains of hundreds."
<3,,2760, kenturion>
is a Greek transliteration of the Latin centurio, signifying practically the same as No. 1, Mar 15:39, Mar 1:15-45. There were ten "centurions" to a cohort when the numbers were complete. There were several at Jerusalem under the chief captain mentioned in Act 21:31.
