Definition
From Mounce's Concise Greek-English Dictionary
Strong's Definition
a speculator, i.e. military scout (spy or (by extension) life-guardsman)
Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary
a sentinel, life-guardsman, a kind of soldiers who formed the body-guard of princes, etc., one of whose duties was to put criminals to death, Mk. 6:27*
Translated in KJV as
executioner
Etymology
of Latin origin;
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