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Lexicon :: Strong's G1187 - dexiolabos

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δεξιολάβος
Transliteration
dexiolabos (Key)
Pronunciation
dex-ee-ol-ab'-os
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
mGNT
1x in 1 unique form(s) TR
1x in 1 unique form(s) LXX
0x in 0 unique form(s)
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Strong’s Definitions

δεξιολάβος dexiolábos, dex-ee-ol-ab'-os; from G1188 and G2983; a guardsman (as if taking the right) or light-armed soldier:—spearman.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x

The KJV translates Strong's G1187 in the following manner: spearmen (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x
The KJV translates Strong's G1187 in the following manner: spearmen (1x).

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

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
δεξιολάβος dexiolábos, dex-ee-ol-ab'-os; from G1188 and G2983; a guardsman (as if taking the right) or light-armed soldier:—spearman.
STRONGS G1187:
δεξιολάβος, -ου, ὁ, (δεξιός and λαμβάνω), a word unknown to the earlier writings, found in Constantinus Porphyrogenitus (10th century) de them. 1, 1, who speaks of δεξιολάβοι, as a kind of soldiers, in company with bowmen (τοξοφόροι) 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].

Related entry:
δεξιοβόλος, -ου, ὁ, (from δεξιός and βάλλω), throwing with the right hand, a slinger, an archer: Acts 23:23 in Lachman ed. min.; cf. the following word.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Acts
23:23; 23:23

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Strong's Number G1187 matches the Greek δεξιολάβος (dexiolabos),
which occurs 1 times in 1 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 23:23

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:23 - Then he called two of the centurions and said, “Get ready two hundred soldiers, with seventy horsemen and two hundred spearmen to go as far as Caesarea at the third hour of the night.[fn]
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