Strong G4465ῥαβδοῦχος
police
- Transliteration
- rhabdouchos
- Pronunciation
- hrab-doo'-khos
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Masculine)
Definition
Detailed 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)
In the Bible
Strong G4465 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- serjeant2
First verses
- Acts 16:35And when it was day, the magistrates sent the serjeants, saying, Let those men go.
- Acts 16:38And the serjeants told these words unto the magistrates: and they feared, when they heard that they were Romans.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ῥάβδουχ-ος
(properispomenon), ὁ, one who carries a rod or staff of office:
1 judge, umpire at a contest, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 338a.)]
2 magistrate's attendant, staff-bearer, beadle, [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 734, “UPZ” 3.6 (2nd c.BC, probably), “IG” 9(2).735 (Larissa, 3rd c.BC), 1109.24 (Coropa, 2nd c.BC), NT.Act.16.35; so, probably, in 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.50)]: especially at Rome, of the lictors who carried the fasces, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 5.26.10, etc.: also ῥαβδοῦχοι, αἱ)], female attendants on Oenanthe, mother of Agathocles, [Refs ([prev. author] 15.29.13.)]
(properispomenon), ὁ, one who carries a rod or staff of office:
1 judge, umpire at a contest, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 338a.)]
2 magistrate's attendant, staff-bearer, beadle, [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 734, “UPZ” 3.6 (2nd c.BC, probably), “IG” 9(2).735 (Larissa, 3rd c.BC), 1109.24 (Coropa, 2nd c.BC), NT.Act.16.35; so, probably, in 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.50)]: especially at Rome, of the lictors who carried the fasces, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 5.26.10, etc.: also ῥαβδοῦχοι, αἱ)], female attendants on Oenanthe, mother of Agathocles, [Refs ([prev. author] 15.29.13.)]