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ῥαβδοῦχος

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Forms of the word
Dictionary: 
ῥαβδοῦχος, ου, ὁ
Greek transliteration: 
rhabdouchos
Simplified transliteration: 
rhabdouchos
Numbers
Strong's number: 
4465
GK Number: 
4812
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament: 
2
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag: 
n-2a
Gloss: 
officer, the Roman {lictor,} a policeman
Definition: 
the bearer of a wand, of office; a lictor, sergeant, a public servant who bore a bundle or rods before the magistrates as insignia of their office, and carried into execution the sentences they pronounced, Acts 16:35, 38*

Greek-English Concordance for ῥαβδοῦχος

Acts 16:35 But when it was day, the magistrates sent their constables (rhabdouchous | ῥαβδούχους | acc pl masc), saying, “Release those men.”
Acts 16:38 The constables (rhabdouchoi | ῥαβδοῦχοι | nom pl masc) reported these words to the magistrates. And they were afraid when they heard that they were Roman citizens.