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Bible Lexicons

Old & New Testament Greek Lexical DictionaryGreek Lexicon

Strong's #1187 - δεξιολάβος

Transliteration

dexiolábos

Phonetics

dex-ee-ol-ab'-os

Origin

from (G1188) and (G2983)

Parts of Speech

masculine noun

TDNT

None

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

throwing with the right hand, a slinger, an archer, javelinmen

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

ASV (1)

Acts 1

BSB (1)

Acts 1

CSB (1)

Acts 1

ESV (1)

Acts 1

KJV (1)

Acts 1

LEB (0)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (1)

Acts 1

N95 (1)

Acts 1

NAS (1)

Acts 1

NLT (1)

Acts 1

WEB (1)

Acts 1

YLT (1)

Acts 1

ASV (1)

spearmen 1

BSB (1)

spearmen 1

CSB (1)

spearmen 1

ESV (1)

spearmen 1

KJV (1)

spearmen 1

LEB (0)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (1)

spearmen 1

N95 (1)

spearmen 1

NAS (1)

spearmen 1

NLT (1)

spearmen 1

WEB (1)

men armed with spears 1

YLT (1)

spearmen 1

RAH

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

SWE

N-APM 1

ANT

N-APM 1

BEZ

N-APM 1

BGB

N-APM 1

BMT

N-APM 1

BYZ

N-APM 1

ELZ

N-APM 1

NA26

N-APM 1

SBL

N-APM 1

SCV

N-APM 1

STV

N-APM 1

TIS

N-APM 1

TRG

N-APM 1

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

δεξιο-λάβος [ᾰ], ὁ,

spearman: in pl., guards, Acts 23:23 (v.l. δεξιοβόλους).

Thayer's Expanded Definition

δεξιολάβος, δεξιολαβου, ὁ (δεξιός and λαμβάνω), a word unknown to the earlier writings, found in Constantinus Porphyrogenitus (10th century) de them. 1, 1, who speaks of δεξιολαβοι, as a kind of soldiers, in company with bowmen (τοξοφοροι) and peltasts; (they are also mentioned by Theophylact Simocatta (hist. 4, 1) in the 7th century; see the quotations in Meyer). Since in Acts 23:23 two hundred of them are ordered to be ready, apparently spearmen are referred to (carrying a lance in the right hand); and so the Vulg. has taken it. The great number spoken of conflicts with the interpretation of those who suppose them to be soldiers whose duty it was to guard captives bound by a chain on the right hand. Meyer at the passage understands them to be (either) javelin men (or slingers).

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

*† δεξιο -βόλος , -ου , ὁ

(< δεξιός , βάλλω ),

one who throws with the right hand: L for δεξιολάβος , Acts 23:23.†

* δεξιολάβος , -ου , ὁ

(< δεξιός , λαμβάνω ),

a kind of soldier, prob. a spearman (Vg., lancearius) or slinger: Acts 23:23.†

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

Vocabulary of the Greek NT

We have been no more fortunate than our predecessors in tracing earlier appearances of this ἅπ . εἰρ . of Acts 23:23. It may be a coinage to translate some title used in the Roman army; but obviously it was coined before Luke’s time, as its meaning could not be deduced from its form. Preuschen (HZNT in loc.) quotes from Matthaei a scholion which is not in Grimm : δεξιολάβοι λέγονται οἱ παραφύλακες .

List of Word Forms

δεξιολαβους δεξιολάβους dexiolabous dexiolábous