GreekG1187Noun (Masculine)
δεξιολάβος
dexiolabos
“slinger”
1Occurrences
G1187Strong's #
Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech
Definition
Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)
a guardsman (as if taking the right) or light-armed soldier
from G1188 (δεξιός) and G2983 (λαμβάνω);
Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
a kind of soldier, prob. a spearman (Vg., lancearius) or slinger.† δεξιο-βόλος, -ου, ὁ (δεξιός, βάλλω), one who throws with the right hand: L for δεξιολάβος.
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Grammar & Morphology
Part of Speech
Noun (Masculine)
Morphology Code
G:N-M
Full Description
Greek Noun, Masculine
Occurrences
δεξιολάβος appears 1 time in the New Testament.
Distribution by Book
Acts
1
Key Passages
Acts 23:23BSB
Then he called two of his centurions and said, “Prepare two hundred soldiers, seventy horsemen, and two hundred spearmen to go to Caesarea in the third hour of the night.
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