Strong's Concordance spekoulatór: a scout, by ext. an executioner Original Word: σπεκουλάτωρ, ορος, ὁPart of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: spekoulatór Phonetic Spelling: (spek-oo-lat'-ore) Short Definition: a body-guardsman, an executioner Definition: a body-guardsman; an executioner. Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 4688: σπεκουλάτωρσπεκουλάτωρ, σπεκουλατορος (R G σπεκουλατορος (cf. Tdf. on Mark as below)), ὁ (the Latin wordspeculator), a looker-out, spy, scout; under the emperors an attendant and member of the body-guard, employed as messengers, watchers, and executioners (Seneca, de ira 1, 16centurio supplicio praepositus codere gladium speculatorem jubet; also de benef. 3, 25); the name is transferred to an attendant of Herod Antipas that acted as executioner: Mark 6:27. Cf. Keim, ii., 512 (English translation, 4:219; J. W. Golling in Thes. Nov. etc. ii., p. 405f.) Strong's Exhaustive Concordance executioner. Of Latin origin; a speculator, i.e. Military scout (spy or (by extension) life-guardsman) -- executioner. Forms and Transliterations σπεκουλατορα σπεκουλάτορα σπεκουλάτωρα spekoulatora spekoulátoraLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel TextsEnglishman's Concordance Strong's Greek 46881 Occurrence σπεκουλάτορα — 1 Occ. Mark 6:27 N-AMS GRK: ὁ βασιλεὺς σπεκουλάτορα ἐπέταξεν ἐνέγκαι NAS: sent an executioner and commanded KJV: sent an executioner, and commanded INT: the king an executioner he commanded to be brought |
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