G1187: δεξιολάβος
dexiolábos · “slinger”
Definition
a guardsman (as if taking the right) or light-armed soldier
KJV translates it as: spearman
Extended definition
δεξιολάβος, -ου, ὁ
(δεξιός, λαμβάνω),
a kind of soldier, prob. a spearman (Vg., lancearius) or slinger: Act.23:23.†
δεξιο-βόλος, -ου, ὁ
(δεξιός, βάλλω),
one who throws with the right hand: L for δεξιολάβος, Act.23:23.†
(AS)
(δεξιός, λαμβάνω),
a kind of soldier, prob. a spearman (Vg., lancearius) or slinger: Act.23:23.†
δεξιο-βόλος, -ου, ὁ
(δεξιός, βάλλω),
one who throws with the right hand: L for δεξιολάβος, Act.23:23.†
(AS)
Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon (1922) via STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0).
How G1187 is translated
- spearmen ×1
Bible verses with G1187 (dexiolábos)
Dexiolábos appears in 1 verse.
- Acts 23:23
And he called unto him two centurions, saying, Make ready two hundred soldiers to go to Cesarea, and horsemen threescore and ten, and spearmen two hundred, at the third hour of the night;