Lexicon spekoulatór: a scout, by ext. an executioner Original Word: σπεκουλάτωρ, ορος, ὁPart of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: spekoulatór Phonetic Spelling: (spek-oo-lat'-ore) Short Definition: a body-guardsman, an executioner Definition: a body-guardsman; an executioner. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originof Latin origin Definitiona scout, by ext. an executioner NASB Translationexecutioner (1).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 4688: σπεκουλάτωρσπεκουλάτωρ, σπεκουλατορος ( R G σπεκουλατορος (cf. Tdf. on Mark as below)), ὁ (the Latin word speculator), a looker-out, spy, scout; under the emperors an attendant and member of the body-guard, employed as messengers, watchers, and executioners ( Seneca, de ira 1, 16 centurio supplicio praepositus codere gladium speculatorem jubet; also de benef. 3, 25); the name is transferred to an attendant of Herod Antipas that acted as executioner: Mark 6:27. Cf. Keim, ii., 512 (English translation, 4:219; J. W. Golling in Thes. Nov. etc. ii., p. 405f.)
Strong's executioner. Of Latin origin; a speculator, i.e. Military scout (spy or (by extension) life-guardsman) -- executioner. |
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