# G1543 ἑκατοντάρχης

ἑκατοντάρχης (hekatontárchēs), Strong’s G1543: the captain of one hundred men KJV: centurion. Occurs 19 times.

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*hekatontárchēs* — the captain of one hundred men

KJV: centurion

Built from [ἑκατόν hekatón](https://besorah.bible/word/G1540) (a hundred) + [ἄρχω árchō](https://besorah.bible/word/G757) (to be first)

Occurs 19 times.

## Where it occurs
- [Matthew 8:5](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/8?v=5) — When he came into Capernaum, a centurion came to him, asking him for help,
- [Matthew 8:8](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/8?v=8) — The centurion answered, “Lord, I’m not worthy for you to come under my roof. Just say the word, and my servant will be…
- [Matthew 8:13](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/8?v=13) — Yeshua said to the centurion, “Go your way. Let it be done for you as you have believed.” His servant was healed in…
- [Matthew 27:54](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/27?v=54) — Now the centurion and those who were with him watching Yeshua, when they saw the earthquake and the things that were…
- [Luke 7:2](https://besorah.bible/besorah/luke/7?v=2) — A certain centurion’s servant, who was dear to him, was sick and at the point of death.
- [Luke 7:6](https://besorah.bible/besorah/luke/7?v=6) — Yeshua went with them. When he was now not far from the house, the centurion sent friends to him, saying to him, “Lord…
- [Luke 23:47](https://besorah.bible/besorah/luke/23?v=47) — When the centurion saw what was done, he glorified God, saying, “Certainly this was a righteous man.”
- [Acts 10:1](https://besorah.bible/besorah/acts/10?v=1) — Now there was a certain man in Caesarea, Cornelius by name, a centurion of what was called the Italian Regiment,
- [Acts 10:22](https://besorah.bible/besorah/acts/10?v=22) — They said, “Cornelius, a centurion, a righteous man and one who fears God, and well spoken of by all the Jewish nation…
- [Acts 22:25](https://besorah.bible/besorah/acts/22?v=25) — When they had tied him up with straps, Paul asked the centurion who stood by, “Is it lawful for you to scourge a man…