ῥαβδοῦχος
rhabdouchos · officer, lictor
Greek word · Strong’s number G4465 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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rhabdouchos (ῥαβδοῦχος) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “officer, lictor”.
Lictor: an officer who carried the rods before Roman magistrates and carried out their orders.
How to say it
rhab·dou·chos
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- A guard attending Roman magistrates, carrying a bundle of rods.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
Related words
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Acts 16:35
And when day came, the magistrates sent the officers, saying, “Release those men.”
- Acts 16:38
And the officers reported these words to the magistrates, and they were afraid when they heard that they were Romans.