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1.
(
=
1$
, 1543), “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 (
, “a hundred,”
, “to rule”), e.g., Matt. 8:5, 8.
2.
(
=
1$
, 1543), has the same meaning as No. 1, e.g., Acts
10:1, 22. The Sept. has this word frequently, to denote “captains of hundreds.”
3.
$
(
$&
, 2760) is a Greek transliteration of the Latin
$
,
signifying practically the same as No. 1, Mark 15:39, 44-45. There were ten “centurions”
to a cohort when the numbers were complete. There were several at Jerusalem under the
chief captain mentioned in Acts 21:31.¶
CERTAIN, CERTAINTY, CERTAINLY, CERTIFY
A. Noun.
(
1
, 803), primarily, “not liable to fall, steadfast, firm,” hence
denoting “safety,” Acts 5:23, and 1 Thess. 5:3, has the further meaning, “certainty,” Luke
1:4. See
SAFETY
.¶
B. Adjective.
(
)
, 804), safe, is translated “certainty,” Acts 21:34; 22:30; “certain,”
Acts 25:26; “safe,” Phil. 3:1; “sure,” Heb. 6:19. See
SAFE
,
SURE
.¶
Notes:
(1)
4
, “evident, visible,” is translated “certain” in 1 Tim. 6:7,
KJV
. The
most authentic mss. omit it.
(2) The rendering “certain,” is frequently changed in the
RV
, or omitted, e.g., Luke
5:12; 8:22; Acts 23:17; Heb. 2:6; 4:4.
(3) The indefinite pronoun
signifies “anyone, some one, a certain one”; the neuter,
, “a certain thing,” e.g., Matt. 20:20; Mark 14:51.
(4) In the
KJV
of Gal. 1:11,
is rendered “certify,”
RV
, “to make known.”
(5) For “a certain island,” Acts 27:16, see the
RV
, “small island.”
(6) In 1 Cor. 4:11, the verb
, “to be unsettled, to lead a homeless life,” is
rendered “we … have no certain dwelling place.” The unsettlement conveyed by the
word has suggested the meaning “we are vagabonds” or “we lead a vagabond life,” a
probable significance.¶
C. Adverbs.
1.
(
7
, 3689), “really, actually, verily” (from
, “to be”), is translated
“certainly” in Luke 23:47. See
CLEAN
,
INDEED
,
TRUTH
,
VERILY
.
2.
(
1
, 3843): see
ALTOGETHER
, B.
CHAFF
$
(
/ $
, 892), “chaff, the stalk of the grain from which the kernels have
been beaten out, or the straw broken up by a threshing machine,” is found in Matt. 3:12
and Luke 3:17.¶
CHAIN