KJV dictionary & concordance
A Roman military captain set over a hundred men.
Definition sources
First occurrence: Matthew 8:5
Complete exact-word concordance
¶ 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 when the Centurion which stood ouer against him, saw that hee so cryed out, and gaue vp the ghost, hee said, Truely this man was the Sonne 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 Pilate marueiled if he were already dead, and calling vnto him the Centurion, hee asked him whether hee had beene any while dead.
And when he knew it of the centurion, he gave the body to Joseph.
And when he knew it of the Centurion, he gaue the body to Ioseph.
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Historical English dictionary sources
A Captaine o uer a hundred footmen.
Captaine of a hundred men.
n. Among the Romans, a military officer who commanded a hundred men, a century or company of infantry, answering to the captain in modern armies.
