ῥαβδοῦχος
rhabdoûchos
“a rod- (the Latin fasces) holder, i.e. a Roman lictor (constable or executioner)”
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Definition
From Mounce's Concise Greek-English Dictionary
Strong’s Definition
a rod- (the Latin fasces) holder, i.e. a Roman lictor (constable or executioner)
Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary
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*
Translated in KJV as
serjeant
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