G4465: ῥαβδοῦχος
rhabdoûchos · “police”
Definition
a rod- (the Latin fasces) holder, i.e. a Roman lictor (constable or executioner)
KJV translates it as: serjeant
Extended definition
ῥαβδοῦχος, -ου, ό
(ῥαβδος, ἔχω),
one who carries a rod or staff of office;
(a) an umpire or judge (Plat.);
(b) in late writers, a Roman lictor: Act.16:38.†
(AS)
(ῥαβδος, ἔχω),
one who carries a rod or staff of office;
(a) an umpire or judge (Plat.);
(b) in late writers, a Roman lictor: Act.16:38.†
(AS)
Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon (1922) via STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0).
How G4465 is translated
- officers ×2
Bible verses with G4465 (rhabdoûchos)
Rhabdoûchos appears in 2 verses.
- Acts 16:35
And when it was day, the magistrates sent the serjeants, saying, Let those men go.
- Acts 16:38
And the serjeants told these words unto the magistrates: and they feared, when they heard that they were Romans.