King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G4465
Transliteration: rhabdouchos
Phonetic Spelling: (hrab-doo'-khos)
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Short Definition: a rod holder, (a Roman) lictor (one holding the rod of office)
Meaning: a rod holder, (a Roman) lictor (one holding the rod of office)
ῤαβδοῦχος, 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.)
Word Summary
rhabdouchos: a rod holder, (a Roman) lictor (one holding the rod of office)
Original Word: ῥαβδοῦχοςTransliteration: rhabdouchos
Phonetic Spelling: (hrab-doo'-khos)
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Short Definition: a rod holder, (a Roman) lictor (one holding the rod of office)
Meaning: a rod holder, (a Roman) lictor (one holding the rod of office)
Strong's Concordance
officer, sergeantFrom rhabdos and echo; a rod- (the Latin fasces) holder, i.e. A Roman lictor (constable or executioner) -- serjeant.
see GREEK rhabdos
see GREEK echo
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
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.)