Lexicon rhabdouchos: a rod holder, i.e. (a Roman) lictor (one holding the rod of office) Original Word: ῥαβδοῦχος, ου, ὁPart of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: rhabdouchos Phonetic Spelling: (hrab-doo'-khos) Short Definition: a lictor, Roman officer Definition: a holder of the rods, a lictor, Roman officer, judge. HELPS word-Studies 4465 rhabdoúxos (from 4464 /rhábdos, "a rod" and 2190/exō, "have") – properly, an official who beat people with lictor-rods to maintain law-and-order (i.e. as "a policeman"); literally, someone carrying a bundle of rods to administer punishment. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom rhabdos and echóDefinitiona rod holder, i.e. (a Roman) lictor (one holding the rod of office) NASB Translationpolicemen (2).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 4465: ῤαβδοῦχοςῤαβδοῦχος, ῥαβδουχου, ὁ ( ῤάβδος and ἔχω; cf. εὐνοῦχος), one who carries the rods i. e. the fasces, a lictor (a public officer who bore the fasces or staff and other insignia of office before the magistrates) ( A. V. serjeants): Acts 16:35, 38. ( Polybius; Diodorus 5, 40; Dionysius Halicarnassus; Herodian, 7, 8, 10 (5 edition, Bekker); διά τί λικτωρεις τούς ῤαβδούχους ὀνομαζουσι; Plutarch, quaest. Rom c. 67.)
Strong's officer, sergeant From rhabdos and echo; a rod- (the Latin fasces) holder, i.e. A Roman lictor (constable or executioner) -- serjeant. see GREEK rhabdos see GREEK echo |
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